More British AWI

 

It is well over a year since I last posted pics of my slowly expanding British army - I have been much more successful in building up their American opponents. Below is the latest regiment - the 63rd Foot, which saw a good deal of action during the war. Perry figures (32) with hand painted Mark Allen flags.

Below are some British light infantry in skirmish order - I did a dozen in total on 6 bases. We tend to field close order battalions of 6-10 bases and have separate units for when they are deployed in skirmish order - simply leaving an inch between bases and saying they are in skirmish order just doesn't look right - especially if the figures are marching. It means painting a few extra figures but....  In LFOD a base can represent anything from 50-75 actual men, depending on the size of the battle being played, although we have always used a 1:10 figure scale, making a close order base of 4 figures represent 40 men, or around 240-400 men per regiment. We usually say that a 2 man skirmish or cavalry base represents around 20, so this unit would be around 120 strong - perhaps 3 or 4 detached light companies. The figures are once again from Perry Miniatures.