Thursday 8 February 2024

American Civil War Project Update #2

Just a quick update, finished some Confederate Skirmishers the other day and for a first effort at painting ACW, I'd say I'm pretty chuffed.

I was definitely happy with some of the different Butternut tones I was able to achieve. These Foundry figures despite being old paint up incredibly well. Tried something a little different with the basing as I bought a load of tufts on "bulk" from Amazon. 


This project will halt for a bit now, as I am trying to finish off my Indian Mutiny for March. It is nice however to know the finish I can achieve. I've got about 24 Confederates in various stages of batch painting which I'll head back too as soon as possible.

Monday 5 February 2024

Indian Mutiny Project Overview

I thought I'd make this post just for my sanity and to keep a handle on what exactly else is needed to finalize my Indian Mutiny Project.

So far the Mutineers are roughly 80% complete, with the British forces around 50%. I will be needing various other things after to paint, such as Elephants, Doolies, more civilians just to add character to my games. I really want to keep painting more and more, but I think I need to move onto other projects, now that I am playing games regularly. As mentioned I can always come back later and add to these forces. I think its realistic to set a target of completion by end of March. 

*Note some Officers in the 7th Bengal have done away with rank as much as they have done away with their British Uniforms. As such this is reflected in the roster*

Listing the Mutineer units so far: 

 

Mutineer Forces

Force Commander - Rank III Officer - 9pts - "Subedar Major" Jagadish Alam (WIP)

8th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry (Done)
Rank II Officer - 6pts - "Subedar" Sanjay Goswami
Well-Ordered Sepoys - 4pts
Well-Ordered Sepoys - 4pts

8th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry (Done)
Rank I Officer - 3pts - "Havildar" Chandran Singh
Well-Ordered Sepoys - 4pts
Well-Ordered Sepoys - 4pts

8th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry Skirmishers (Done)
Rank II Officer - 6pts - "Havildar Major" Gopal Khan
Sepoy Skirmishers - 7pts

Group Total - 38pts

25th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry (Volunteers) (Done)
Rank II Officer - 6pts - "Subedar" Sukhinder Basran
Well-Ordered Sepoys - 4pts
Well-Ordered Sepoys - 4pts

25th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry (Volunteers) (Done)
Rank I Officer - 3pts - "Naik" Suneet Bagri
Well-Ordered Sepoys - 4pts
Well-Ordered Sepoys - 4pts

3rd Bengal Light Cavalry (Done)
Rank II Officer - 6pts - "Jemadar" Abhik Salimullah
Mutineer Cavalry - 6pts

Group Total - 37pts

7th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry (Done)
Rank I Officer - 3pts - Bhaskor Rai
Sepoy Rabble - 3pts
Sepoy Rabble - 3pts

7th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry (Done)
Rank II Officer - 6pts - Rishabh Ghani
Mutineer Artillery (Medium Gun) - 6pts

Rank I Officer - 3pts - Bihari Rakib  (WIP)
Badmashes with Muskets - 3pts

Group Total - 27pts

Listing the British & HEIC units so far:

British & HEIC Forces

Force Commander - Rank III Officer - 9pts - "Brigadier" Ambrose McArthy (WIP)

7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers) (Done)
Rank II Officer - 6pts - "Major" Bernard Haycroft
British Regulars with Rifled Muskets - 10pts
British Regulars with Rifled Muskets - 10pts

34th Cumberland Regiment of Foot (Done)
Rank II Officer - 6pts - "Sergeant Major" Anderson Ward
British Regulars with Muskets - 7pts
British Regulars with Muskets - 7pts

86th (Royal Country Down) Regiment of Foot (Done)
Rank II Officer - 6pts "Captain" Fredrick Burnside
British Regulars with Muskets - 7pts

Total - 59pts

Regiment of Ferozepore (Done)
Rank II Officer  - 6pts - "Sergeant Major" John Borthwell
Loyal Native Infantry - 3pts
Loyal Native Infantry - 3pts

Pearls Naval Brigade (WIP)
Rank II Officer - 6pts - "Lieutenant" Henry Marsden
Rank I Officer - 3pts - "Corporal" Isiah Hughes
Royal Navy Sailors - 3pts
Royal Navy Sailors - 3pts

Pearls Naval Brigade Artillery (WIP)
Rank II Officer - 6pts - "Lieutenant" Furman Blakely
British Artillery - (Heavy Gun) - 9pts

Total - 42pts

24th Regiment of Foot (WIP)
Rank II Officer - 6pts - "Sergeant Major" Millard Wigram
Rank I Officer - 3pts - "Sergeant" Marcus Newell
British Regulars with Muskets - 7pts
British Regulars with Muskets - 7pts

13th Somerset Light Infantry (WIP)
Rank II Officer - 6pts - "Sergeant Major" Clifford Delagney
British Regulars with Muskets - 7pts
British Regulars with Muskets - 7pts

Gurkhas "Nasiri Battalion" (Done)
Rank II Officer - 6pts - "Sergeant Major" Robert Cadden
Native Skirmishers with Rifles - 9pts

Total - 58pts

Currently working through the remainder of the 7th Bengal and then will push onto some more British units that I'll post when done.