More 1812 painted

I have now at this moment of writing actually painted all my 1812 miniatures that I own!!! 1 box of perry British infantry and 1 box of victrix British infantry. A break down of what I've painted them as is in the previous post. But, here are some pictures of the 'brigades', well if you assume each 12 man unit is a battalion. I don't know tho, I'm toying with making them 16 or maybe shrinking them down to 10, I dunno. I should work out what rules I want to use, so know how big units should be.

The Americans and the British
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The new units are the sort of militia or line U.S. unit. The green faced British unit with grey trousers, as well as the rifles and British light company in the foreground. You may also notice I have now moved my wargaming up into my loft where I have a 4 foot by 4 foot table.

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Back to canada

I had this idea to try to paint all my unpainted troops over summer, and not to buy any new toys till I have. How long this will last, I don't know. Anyway so the fist thing I have pulled out is my 1812 stuff. I took these pics a week ago so I have actually finished a lot of the unpainted stuff in these photos. I am organising my forces in units of roughly 12 most often including an officer, Sergeant and drummer, maybe even a standard.

Pics 1 &2: All 24 Victrix that I have painted as British line infantry

A day or two of painting and I will have:

• 12 British Line (with officer, drummer and Sergeant)
• 12 British line (with officer and Sergeant)
• 12 British line (with officer, standard and drummer)
• 6 British light company
• 7 British Rifles (with Sergeant)

Of course any of these could be used as Canadians, as they where uniformed as the British regulars where possible. I have held off painting a unit specifically as Canadian till I have a larger collection. When I do, I'll do then in green coats faced red and with blue/grey trousers; like the upper Canada militia were uniformed in 1813. This uniform will distinguish them from British regulars, paricually in a game and besides I quite like that look. Also when I get the next box of perry infantry the light company will go up to 12 strong.

As for the americans:

• 12 Line (grey coats)
• 12 line (blue coats)
• 18 Poorly uniformed line or militia

I did 12 with grey coats (scott's brigade) just for a bit of varity. The unit of 18 has some men in full uniform, some in civilian dress and some inbetween, so they can be used as ragged line infantry or a half uniformed militia. my next purchase for the americans will be some perry plastic french dragoons, to convert to US light dragoons.

Pic 3: Rifles and milita

Pic 4: more british on the workbench