Last year I bought some 15mm Crimean War figures off Trade Me, the New Zealand equivalent of ebay. They were advertised as Lancashire Games figures, but when I got them they did not match the pictures on the website, although they did have Lancashire Games written on the packaging. I asked Allan at Lancashire Games about them and he confirmed that they are older sculpts. So they are quite slim, and a true 15mm figure unlike the newer figures which are closer to 18mm.
About three battalions worth were already painted, so I thought I'd base them up and finish off the armies. I'm looking at using modified Neil Thomas rules, based on the ones that I used for playing French Revolution games.
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My brigade commander talking to one of his Highlander colonels. |
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A Line battalion. these figures were already painted when I received them. |
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British Guards. Again, these were mostly already painted, I had to finish another four figures to complete a battalion. |
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The Gordon Highlanders. These are all my own work. I tried to use the same black line technique as the figures that were already painted so that the whole project is consistent. I think it worked. |
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A close up of the command element. |
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The only Russian battalion that I've painted so far. |
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And a close up of the command to give an idea of my black lining technique. |
In the past I've used
warflag for my banners, but they didn't have anything for the Crimean War. Never mind, I just used Napoleonic flags instead. I'm not sure how close they are to the flags of 40 years later, but they will do for now.
I have 8 battalions, 2 cavalry units and 2 guns for each side to put together, and that will be the whole project. The Allies have 5 British infantry units (including the Rifle Brigade) and 3 French ones to give me a bit of variety. They are supported by Hussars, Lancers, foot artillery and horse artillery. The Russians have 6 line , 1 jager, and a Siberian rifles unit, supported by hussars, Cossacks and 2 guns.
Today my 15mm Napoleonics turned up from Old Glory 15s. The figures are great and I can't wait to get into them. One can never have too many projects!
Nate