Last week I had a serious case of the wargaming butterfly, starting 3 different units and finishing none! This week I have been a bit more disciplined and managed to get one of them finished - a unit for The Auxiliary Division of the Royal Irish Constabulary (ADRIC), aka the Auxies. These will join the unit of Black and Tans that I did for the Empire Theme earlier in the challenge. The Auxiliary Division was a paramilitary unit formed to combat the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the Irish War of Independence (1919-1921). Like the Black and Tans, the Auxies were largely formed of ex-British Army soldiers, although in the case of the Auxies they were primarily made up of ex-officers, rather than ex-NCOs.
In theory part of and subordinate to the RIC, in reality the Auxiliaries operated as an independent force, and were infamous for their aggressive tactics, swift raids, destruction of property and violent reprisals against civilians. They wore the same mixture of British Army khaki and RIC dark green uniforms as the Black and Tans, with the most distinctive feature being the Balmoral hats that they wore.
These figures are mostly from Footsore Miniatures Inter-War Range specifically for the IWI - sadly soon to be discontinued. First up we have a trio of Auxiliary officers - the one with the shotgun is from Footsore, the other two are from Gripping Beast's Woodbine Design Company range of WW1 British. This is a very versatile range as they come with separate heads and GB do a wide range of head variants - in this case I have used the heads wearing Tam O'Shanters (GB don't have a specific Balmoral head variant and these are close enough in appearance).
Points-wise that is 14x 28mm figures = 70 points, so I am closing in on halfway to my target for the Challenge.
From Dave. An interesting period I think with various sub divisions with each side . They certainly look the part . 70 pts it is .
They certainly look like a brutal lot, nice work.
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