Now I have almost completed my target number of units for the 19th Century Imagi-Nations armies. Two infantry units were completed this week and the final cavalry unit is on the painting table (Lancers one of my favourite miniatures). I am pondering what my next project should be.
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| The final two infantry units completed |
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| Final cavalry unit on the painting table |
One project I do want to start this year is to finally paint my old English Civil War Hinchcliffe miniatures. I started to collect these when I was about 13 years old until I was 15. It is not a huge collection (maybe 250 in all) but they will be a bit of an undertaking to prepare. I need to strip off a layer of two of paint from my previous attempts at painting them.
I have a number of Spencer Smith plastic Seven Years War figures obtained in a swap of figures earlier this year. They also include some Indians and frontiersmen. Just over 200 figures all together.
As I have really enjoyed painting my 19th Century Imagi-Nations Spencer Smith armies. I though this would be a good sized project to paint these up as French-Indian Wars armies. So after Friday night after spreading out all the available miniatures, it looks like I should be able to field per side:
- 6 line infantry units
- 1 grenadier units
- 2-3 frontiersmen units
- 1-2 indian scout units
- 2 artillery units
- 1 howitzer unit
Two tidy armies for some large skirmish style games.
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| Planning how to organise and base forces |
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| Plastic Indians (Spencer Smith?) |
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| Frontiersmen |
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| Artillery |
Peter,
ReplyDeleteYes- French Indian Wars certainly sounds an interesting Theater for a NEW Gaming Project- a good choice. Cheers. KEV.
Hi KEV. It should be interesting. Getting these models as part of an exchange has meant they determined the setting. One I only have a scant knowledge of, but should be fun none the less. Peter
DeleteTwo of the highlights of the hobby: finishing a project and starting a new one!
ReplyDeleteVery true.
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