A few days before my discovery mentioned in the last post, I bought a rather large collection of 15mm Frontier War of 1812 miniatures. The main reason I purchased it is I thought it had a few figures that I have been looking for. I did spend more than normal, but finding such a collection of 1812 Americans is a rarity.
One reason I wanted these figures were to paint some of them as 1820's-1830's volunteer militia companies, possibly to be used in an imagi-nation wargame campaign. I started painting one unit the same day I received them, as there is some primer on most of the figures. I also wanted to try some new acrylic paints, artist in the tube type. I like the tube paint as it tends to cover the figures better; however, the colors are much darker than the label shows. They also seem to dry a little darker. Perhaps it is that I bought a very cheap set, not wanting to invest $30 in paints.
As I was finishing up the figures I also realized that the figures were not the same ones I was looking for. The shako is shorter and these figures have a canteen and haversack: the figure I was looking for only has a bayonet sheath. Still, I still plan to move forward with the militia plan. That would give me 9- 4 man units.
In the end, I am thinking of another project, using these figures for War of1812 skirmish games.
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On the left are command figures and soldiers in overcoats. On the right are Riflemen. |
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These are Marine figures. |
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I believe the figures on the left might be British, as they have wings in their shoulders. The figures on the right are lovely American sappers with aprons! I have to figure a way to use these figures. |
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Another shot of the sappers. |
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Various command figures, including 2 Minifigs officers. |
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The main reason I bought this lot. 36 infantry advancing. |
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The new figure painted on the left, the original figure that I was looking for. |
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Close up of the difference in the figures. I didn't notice until looking at this picture that the left figure also is more animated than the right figure. |
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The front of the figures. These two figures are more my style; these isn't too much detail in these figures. The rest of the Frontier figures are the same height as these figures, but much more stocky with more detail. |
Frontier are the only chunky figures I really liked.
ReplyDeleteI haven't decided how I feel about them. However,"Old School" War of 1812 figures are hard to come by. And I really like the looks of the riflemen.
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