From PeteF: Lee's Legion - Purple Warriors (90 points)

One of the things I've grown to like about painting Revolutionary War (AWI to any limeys out there) miniatures is the uncertainty over uniforms. Information is scattered and scanty - in some cases the attire of an entire unit is based on what a single deserter was wearing, in others it is mere conjecture.

The leading artist of AWI uniforms is Don Troiani and he has Lee's Legion foot soldiers in purple.

The consensus seems to be that this is what they wore in the Northern campaign and that when they moved to the southern theater they were uniformed in green jackets (identical to their enemies in the British Legion) with light brown breeches. Some sources have the cavalry element in buff jackets - which is what I went with and others indicate that later they wore standard continental blue with red facings.

Since I needed one unit of 6 sharpshooting veterans and one unit of newer recruits I put the veterans in purple and other unit in green. Some might think they look a little leisure- suity but these purple warriors will give the redcoats a headache.

The minis are from Perry - very nice animation and poses.  Great sculpts - dodgy casting. I'll be going back to Perry for most, if not all of my remaining AWI needs.

They are based on 20mm rounds, magnetized so that they can easily be used for different rules sets - although it looks like their fighting will mostly be governed by Rebels & Patriots.

18 foot for 90 points.

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And we now switch to the mobile minionizing device. First up is a snazzy entry from PeteF, showcasing a mix of purple and green.

My own take on the Don Troiani painting is that Lee's Kegion wore pink, since it looks a lot like the pinks in the US Army's pinks and greens. But Pete has done a smashing job on the purple.

90 points incoming!