Thursday 27 February 2020

Finally a start to the American War Independence

Followers will know I have been purchasing and planning a new project, finally I have something to share on this. I picked these up about a year ago they were half painted then languished on a shelf whilst I focussed on other stuff. Anyway AWI is officially a project now with my first unit completed.
 British Light Infantry a mixed battalion, hence I gave them no standard. These are Foundry figures lovely but a bit of a challenge for my painting skills with a lot of detail and variety of poses. Done now though 🤪
An officer, I purchased this guy with some more figures from a mate part painted so he just needed finishing off.

I have another unit completed just need to complete the bases. No games played in the dungeon as flooding and work seem to be wiping out my weekends☹️

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  1. Norm27 February 2020 at 08:58

    Matt, what a lovely unit, worth every brush-stroke! Hope you are not getting the worst of the weather, there is certainly a lot of water misery for many to contend with.

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    1. Matt Crump27 February 2020 at 17:09

      Thanks Norm they just seemed a bit fiddly and having done some more generic Perry infantry they are easier. Certainly a lot of water about, in my other life I work for the Environment Agency and spend a lot of my time planning for, mitigating or managing flooding !

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  2. Bluewillow27 February 2020 at 11:11

    Lovely, great to see your project on its way.
    I am yet to get to my 400 odd Perry and foundry figures in the stash for my AWI project started, one day perhaps.

    Cheers
    Matt

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    1. Matt Crump27 February 2020 at 17:10

      Thanks......sounds like a lot in the pipeline for your project. It can feel a bit daunting. I was in the same place with my ACW collection but once you get stuck in things start to develop.

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  3. Jonathan Freitag27 February 2020 at 11:16

    “Challenge for your painting skills?” Your LI look brilliant!

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    1. Matt Crump27 February 2020 at 17:11

      Thanks they are lovely figures, loads of detail......we’ll call this table top standard !

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  4. Phil Robinson27 February 2020 at 14:15

    An excellent start there Matt, onward!

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  5. MartinC27 February 2020 at 19:48

    Top job on these Matt.

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  6. Stew28 February 2020 at 01:37

    Great start on the AWI. Looks great! With the new version of Muskets and Tomahawks coming out I think I’ll be finally starting AWI too, so I’ll be interested in following along with your project.

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    1. Matt Crump28 February 2020 at 10:23

      Thanks Stew, nice period and subtlety different to ACW I do have quite a few figures collected now ready to paint !

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  7. Michal DwarfCrypt28 February 2020 at 05:46

    Woooow! That's awesome Matt!

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  8. caveadsum147128 February 2020 at 09:28

    Super looking lights and nice commander!
    Best Iain

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  9. David28 February 2020 at 09:55

    A good start there Matt! Looking forward to seeing more, many more, in due course.

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