Sunday, September 27, 2020

Perry Brothers British Infantry for the American Civil War

 My alt-ACW project gets some reinforcements with this regiment of Perry Brothers British infantry from their British Intervention Force range.

 The figures are Perry codes and BIF 16 Line Infantry Marching Campaign Dress Plain Frock Coats and Kilmarnicks and BIF 15 Line Infanry Command Marching, Campaign Dress and Kilmarnocks.  I’m sure eventually I’ll add some flashy types like Guards and Highlanders but I want the bulk of the force to plain warriors for the working day.

Once again I went with flags by Adolfo Ramos,which are certainly worth the money if you can afford them and don’t mind the long wait from Spain.  As my friend James says, it’s “Faces, Bases and Flags”.  The flags are of the British 55th Regiment of Adolfo’s Crimean War range, which is close enough for government work.

Unfortunately the national colour was in contact with the paper strip that Adolfo had included in the package and there was some bleeding from the printer ink, which I tried to fix free hand as you can see in the photo below.  No harm no foul, I am a happy customer of Adolfo’s.

 

 A sergeant and an officer separately based for Sharpe Practice.

 “Steady, my good fellows!  Sojers of the Queen ain’t afraid of no Americans!"

 Next in the pipeline in this project are some British artillery and Canadian militia cavalry.  It’s a long haul project but interesting figures and is teaching me a little bit about Britiain’s mid-Victorian Army.

Thanks for looking and blessings to your brushes!

MP+ 

 

 

32 comments:

  1. Good work, Michael! These British could be pressed into service on a number of different theaters.

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    1. Thanks Jonathan. I suspect I could use them in Crimean War games or against FPW era French or Germans as the mood struck me.

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    2. Or against Russians or Afghanis in the Great Game?

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    3. Oh that would be cool Franco-Prussian war turns into World war one! Now how much is austrian uniforms change by the 1860s?

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    4. These are all terrific ideas. Maybe a Russian force advancing south from an Alaska that, in another timeline, the US never sold?

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  2. If I'm unhappy with part of a flag I'll try to bend it to hide that section

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  3. Lovely looking soldiers of the queen! Pity about the flag,but you seem to have recovered!
    Best

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    1. Thanks. Yes, the flag fix should not be too noticeable on the table.

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  4. Michael: have you been reading Harry Harrison's 'Stars and Stripes' stories? Tsk, tsk.
    Cheers,
    Ion

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    1. Mix of rebel and Union troops with a bit of green in the uniforms could work.

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    2. Yep, most the uniforms I saw, were grey caps and trousers. With green jackets. So toss in a few blue bits as well. Then done.

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  6. Fantastic figures, looking forward to seeing them on the table.
    Cheers
    Stu

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    1. Thanks Stu, I'm excited to see them on the table as well.

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  7. These look really good Mike! How many more units of them are in the pipeline?

    Nice work on the flag too, wouldn't have noticed had you not mentioned it. :)

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    1. Thanks Dai. I have plans for a small division. I have two regiments of Canadian militia cavalry in the queue, three Whitworth guns, and two more regiments of foot plus command figures, so enough to get started if I crack on with the old brushes.

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  8. Very nice work! I started a similar project, but I took the figures from Old Glory's 25mm Maori War list.

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    1. Thanks John. Somewhere on Twitter I saw a nice looking Maori Wars hex and counter game - Legion Wargames, I think. Something I know NOTHING about.

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  9. As Grenzer John pointed out these figures would paint up well for NZ Maori Wars - interesting Osprey book on the topic

    https://manoftinblog.wordpress.com/2017/12/20/maori-wars-update-1846-1916-2017/

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    1. Thanks, Mark. I should visit NZ on a research trip when COVID is over.

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  10. Wow, handsome unit with most impressive flags!

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  11. Very nice work - have been tempted to get a few of these Perry figures with exactly the same idea in mind ….I have managed to resist so far - other ideas taking precedence, but one day.....

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    1. Thanks Ross. The Perry figures are not to everyone's taste, but I am fond of their ACW and BIF ranges and I look forward to getting them on the table and into a scrap or two.

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