ClintB: 15mm War of Spanish Succession (116 Points)

Well having tried the "Songs of Drums and Shakos" I personally did not feel they fitted with the ACW so having had a rummage through the lead pile and raked out my figures from my stalled "Donnybrook" project as I can see the War of Spanish Succession working so much better than American Civil War for the "Songs of..." rules.

The rummage turned up mostly cavalry. From which I have made 2 units. 1 French and this one English. 9 figures in each unit including a gentleman type leader a trumpet and a standard. I already had some British flags of the period so one standard was a gift with no mucking about. 

For the French standard I went for a fairly generic design from the period rather than try to copy an existing and well known historical regiment. After all if you copy a regiment it means you can only use them in the battles that they fought in or accept that you have left historical accuracy and started on the path of pure fantasy (that should raise some eyebrows and bring much jeering from certain purists).

The figures are "Black Hat" bought some 2 years ago so they jumped the painting queue considerably. They were all part of a British army box set but painting the uniforms Grey with red trim has allowed me to do 1/2 as French as the uniforms were VERY similar in design if not colour!

There were only 4 foot troops left to paint the rest being finished last year. So I thought to finish them off. Again a French and British standard bearer., a British Drummer and a French Sargent. The standards were not present but a pin mage a good substitute at this scale with a flag of the period popped on top.

A total of 18 Cavalry and 4 on foot. And 4 simple flags if you want to push the boat out.

As I have no more painting for other people this week I will either start some 20mm Arab/Israeli stuff or some US FOW desined for eBay. Cheers Guys


From Curt:

Beautiful work Clint (and a very nice points bomb I must add)! I really like the bright green facings against the red uniforms on the cavalry - very smart. I also like the look of round bases for the cavalry. I think I first saw this with LotR stuff and really liked the aesthetic. It think it works especially well with skirmish figures as they don't need to have that boot-to-boot look of formed units.

Question: What is it about 'Songs of Drums and Shakos' that doesn't fit the American Civil War with you? 

Again, a very enjoyable diversion. Thanks!