10mm American War of Independence

[xccam]

I have started painting up 10mm figures for the battle of Cowpens (1781), at a figure ratio of roughly 1:8, as a bit of a project for lockdown.

I have painted 24 figures to represent the approximately 180 soldiers of the 7th Royal Fusiliers.





The figures are based on 40x25mm bases using the rear 5mm for labels.
I think this gives a good looseness of files suitable for the battles on the North American continent.

[Glorfindel]

Excellent painting - well done.

[Steve J]

Wonderful work .

[mollinary]

Lovely job, really does justice to Clib's excellent sculpts! 

[Norm]

Lovely job

[mmcv]

Excellent!

[xccam]

Thank you for the kind words, I agree that they are fun sculpts, @mollinary!

[Westmarcher]

Very nice, indeed! I'm currently reading my Osprey books on the Philadelphia campaign again and, suitably enthused, toying with the idea of starting a small Pendraken AWI collection. In the planning of such matters, numbers of figures and bases are a critical factor. Although my SYW battalions are 32 figures strong, I don't fancy going in so heavily this time and will probably approach unit size from a more 'minimalist' direction (e.g., 3 figs per base instead of 8 ). What rules did you have in mind when deciding on your unit size and basing regime?

[M113Grunt]

Excellent modeling and brilliant paint work.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Very cool

[paulr]

 

A fascinating battle

Westmarcher, 3 figures per base seems very low. The foot looks best in two ranks

[Techno]

Excellent job on those  !

Cheers - Phil

[xccam]

Thank you all.

@Westmarcher, I don't really have any rules in mind, because the likelihood is that they will likely do much more sitting in boxes than they will do refighting any actual battles. I did mock up a quick ruleset which I may try to properly finish bodging together once both sides are completed, but that was more to help sketch out what I wanted to do with the figures and labels.

As for 8 to a base and 24 figures, I think 8 looks nicely spaced on those sized bases and at 1:8 figure ratio the 7th at Cowpens would be 22 figures and I see no harm in the extra 2!

[Shutuphippie]

Great work 

[Noktu]

Good contrast achieved with the painting and basing!

[Ace of Spades]

Beautiful figures, a joy to paint. You certainly do them justice!

Cheers,
Rob

[steve_holmes_11]

Those are really beautiful.

I reflect that I've hardly lifted my brushes since the lockdown has begun.
Currently front of the queue are 15mm Indians (For Dragon Rampant) and 2mm Renaissance.

I've a cunning plan to save my £18.00 non-spend on railway tickets and use it to launch my 10mm Irregular Wars contingents.

[xccam]

Thank you for all the kind comments.
First update of figures added since then -

The first 3 bases of the 71st Fraser's Highlanders




A 3-Pounder




Here is a group shot including the first 3 bases of the 7th Royal Fusiliers, 71st Fraser's Highlanders, Legion Cavalry (but not the 3pdr)

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Excellent work on those

[Techno]

They look great !! 

Cheers - Phil