While looking for figures on Ebay, I came across several lots of Peter Laing 18th century miniatures. While I have quite a few already, one of the lots was of American Revolutionary War figures, which I have very few of. Another plus was they were here in the USA, so the postage wasn't bad. I ended up buying 4 lots (the 5th lot was a little overpriced).
Now I just have to figure how to use them.
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| The lot of AWI figures. |
A very nice buy.
ReplyDeleteFinding Peter Laing figures in the US is hard, especially since most people selling them don't know the make.
DeleteVery nice buy indeed!
ReplyDeleteAlan Tradgardland
Although I haven't been doing much with my Peter Laings, when I do find them them, I will purchase them.
DeleteGreat purchase John!
ReplyDeleteI am thinking of using some of them for a Dominion of.. campaign.
DeleteNice idea. I've just got the Frederick the Great set of rules.
DeleteI like his different options included in these rules, along with his pointing out the possibility of using these rules with Imagi-Nations. I am thinking of using some of these figures for Imagi-Nation armies with these rules.
DeleteNext in line for Dominion releases will be a standalone set on the American Revolution with 24 battles included. Will basically use the Dominion of the Spear and Bayonet rules so if you have them you can fight some battles straight away!
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I look forward to this addition. My next posting was to show the little booklets I make from the different Dominion of... rulesets. Now if I can only get some playtime in. Every time I want to play, I get distracted. One reason I am drawn to these rules is how quickly I can get a game in.
DeleteMmm, on reflection Dominion of the Claymore, Tomahawk and Talwar is probably much better. Same rules but the units are much much closer of course.
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I have yet to try these rules; I want to play them using miniatures. I have several ideas on how to game with them, using ideas from other blogs to give them more color.
DeleteA timely Laing find for the AWI anniversary!
ReplyDeleteIt is indeed. With Steve announcing a set of Dominion of AWI rules and battles, some of these figures could be used for dedicated Dominion of...armies, which is one reason I bought them. By the way, I can remember celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Revolutionary War as a kid!
ReplyDeleteI remember some toy soldier links to 1776 / 1976 such as the Airfix AWI OOHO size figures, probably the closest I came to this event in 1976. The following year everything changed when Star Wars was released anyway …
DeleteI feel this same sense of time passing about the Royal Mail Battle of Britain 1940 / 1970 postage stamps set aside for me (and Bayeux tapestry Battle of Hastings Set from 1966, which challenged my chronology of history a bit) along with D-Day 1984 newspapers / souvenir publications that my Dad bought home and set aside for me.
We are now in the last decade for many such WW2 veterans being around.
The D-Day 84 newspapers and my collection of newspaper cuttings from the event feature interviews with many veterans still in their sixties and many just beginning to retire, young 40 year old daughters of veterans who died and many veterans who still had a full head of dark hair proudly meeting our ‘young’ Queen …
posted here https://manoftinblog.wordpress.com/2024/06/05/d-day-80-and-d-day-40-years-on/
I still have a book published by Massachusetts for the Bicentennial. It especially means a lot to me because my father purchased it shortly before he passed away. Sadly, it seems 50 years later no one cares about our history, unless it has to do with the wrongs of the past.
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