The rest she did. I find these three hew more toward a thinner, more traditional 25mm scale.On the larger end of the spectrum, I’ve shown a line-up of North Star, AW, Galloping Major and Redoubt as the modern 28mm “heroic” scale.Finally, I’ve placed two Indian leaders side by side with the Conquest model at one extreme and the towering Redoubt figure on the other.So there you have it, some visual comparisons of what are broadly viewed as 28mm Indian miniatures. This means I’m not looking at a very popular manufacturer like Perry Miniatures in the photos above.

The Settlers Defending packs (FIW AAC 1 and FIW AAC 2) contain a total of a dozen figures armed with guns, clad in everday clothes and topped with tricorne or broad round hats.The real prize are the six figures in the Command and Characters pack (FIW AAC3) which contains an aproned baker or butcher armed with a blunderbuss, a preacher toting a bible and pistol, and, a man on the run with a knife drawn with a gun at the ready.
I like the heft of metal on the table, I don’t like to put in assembly time and I like how metal takes paint. 28mm pewter French & Indian War miniatures, Anglo-American Volunteers Defending the Colonies. Here are the first figures Laurel did for us. Pledge £12 or more About US$ 16 Add-on, King George commands T-shirt … The drummer stands resting as is catching his breath before the next command beat through his drum.

Even each line figure, either loading or firing, has slight tweaks to their pose or equipment to show each miniature as an individual within the Virginia Provincial Regiment.Click to visit our club in Brooklyn, New York.Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.GM miniatures are the among the largest in my collection, cast at a 28mm heroic scale. Looking across my couple hundred British metal models, they are reflective of the diversity of the British in North America of the 18th-century. The differences in kit, headgear, uniforms, poses and personalities are what call out to me strongest for the period and keep me coming back to the table again.Sometimes it seems the #1 topic all miniatures gamers have is one of scale and how miniatures from different manufacturers scale together. What they do ask about is manufacturers and scale.So here it is, taking the first of a couple swings at addressing scale for French and Indian War tabletop gaming with a look at Indians from my collection. Galloping Major Galloping Major. Especially the guy with the sword behind his back. As a bonus, the six figures I ordered were supplemented with a seventh figure thrown in for free, a nice thing GM offers to larger orders. Elsewhere on the site you can see the separate, detailed posts for,As with other sculpts in their lines, the traditional Conquest models (now distributed by.In the above, I’ve got common British Regulars (“Redcoats”) from both Blue Moon and Conquest side-by-side to show the extremes in scale. Particularly with these civilian figures, there is a lot of indiviuality here. I have another 25 or so waiting in Chuck's painting queue. Finally, flesh and eyes were painted. 28mm French & Indian War miniatures, regular soldiers recruited in France for colonial service.LA MARINE: 28mm French Soldiers for the French & Indian War. Compagnies Franches de la Marine. Knives, hatchets, jewelry, powder horns and various shoulder-slung bags equip these figures nicely for any campaign. Galloping Major is raising funds for Allies on the Frontier on Kickstarter! Figures used in actual play are seen at arm’s length or table distance of some three feet or more, obscuring fine differences of a millilmeter or two between models. Companies like AW, Galloping Major and Sash and Saber have a lot of consistency in their models since they are owned and operated by the sculptors themselves. From my research I was able to tell the  Virginia Provincials went through two distinct uniform designs. The size of the models presents the opportunity for a lot of detail and individual personality, especially in some great facial expressions.These Indians present a more traditional look with chests bared and dress in leather loincloths and leggings. To my eye, the later uniforms somehow look “more American” as the Virginians exited the war already sowing the seeds of the Revolution against British Crown rule to come over the next two decades.As stated above, these Galloping Major castings feature some great personality. Last updated December 13, 2018. The Galloping Major figures really work well with the KMM heads. Exposed skin and the leather leggings and straps got a careful light coat of brown wash to finish the painting. Following on my recent post comparing,My British collection spans about ten manufacturers and I’ve lined up a selection of miniatures in the photos below. And with that, I have a lot of opinions.The first one is that many manufacturers use different sculptors over time, creating variations even within one company’s lines of figures. One of these figures is the one I painted up with her as an example.
I particularly like the two officers. 28mm French & Indian War miniatures, regular soldiers recruited in France for colonial service. The imagination can really run wild in painting clothing in a variety of earth tones and muted reds, blues and green. This gave me the excuse to acquire a pin vise drill, a long overdue addition to my hobby kit. When I run convention games or post photos of scenarios online, people don’t ask about what books I used in my research or what sites, museums or archives I’ve visited. I had leftover flag photocopies from my previous British so my standards would all blend together nicely.

Workers from.As with my Indian FIW models, its the variety to be found across manufacturers the weighs heavier than any difference in side-by-side scaling.

So, having painted up redcoats and Hurons, I tried out my first solo game of Muskets & Tomahawks yesterday.