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| Freeman's Farm war game staged at the Seven Years War Association convention several years ago. Fife and Drum figures, of course. |
I have been reluctant to take down the AWI terrain from our recent skirmish game that we played several weeks ago. The table terrain looks really good and it may well be one of my best efforts ever (or at least in my top ten). I staged several pictures of Saratoga British and their Indian allies on the table. They are shown below:
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| British flank company troops wearing the cut down jackets and hats worn by Burgoyne's troops in the Saratoga Campaign of 1777. |
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| Highlander flank company men. I paired one firing and one loading figure together. |
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| More Highlanders on the edge of a cornfield |
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| The Crown's Loyalist troops (Boo, hiss; or huzzah, depending on your point of view) These are mostly American militia figures painted with green coats and buff facings. The officers come from the British Fife and Drum figures. |
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| Burgoyne's Mohawk allies. These were the last figures that Richard Ansell sculpted for me. |
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| Indians taking cover in a cornfield. I like how this picture turned out. |
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| More Mohawk allies, this time wearing hunting shirts. |
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| British line infantry in Saratoga uniforms |
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| Daniel Morgan's riflemen at Saratoga. These figures were sculpted to specifically be Morgan's Rifles. |
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| American militia. Sorry about the poor lighting in this picture. |
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| New Hampshire regiments |
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| Daniel Morgan directs his riflemen during the opening stages of Freeman's Farm |
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| American Militia fight it out with some Brunswick troops |
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| Brunswick grenadiers converted from FD Hessian grenadiers |
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| Desperate action up close on the skirmish line. |
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| Freeman's Farm terrain |
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| More Freeman's Farm terrain |
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| One of the New Hampshire or Massachusetts regiments. |
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| General Burgoyne and his staff and senior officers |
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| Benedict Arnold, back when he was one of the good guys at Saratoga. |
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Jim, FYI Fotor.com has some very nice features to aid lighting and color correction issues. You might want to have a look at it.
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Stokes
Something happened to the pictures when they uploaded for some reason. That got darker and less sharp.
DeleteGreat photos Jim, really lovely, so many great miniatures on the table and what a table it is!! Quite superb.
ReplyDeleteThe terrain gives a great setting to some fine troops. What a wealth of photos.
ReplyDeleteThe native Americans remind me of my visit to a Six Nations museum and it was an interesting snippet that these were the last figures Richard Ansell sculpted for the range.
Huzzah for the Loyalists. Nothing to be with the politics but they are a reminder of Mike Butterfield who took a particular interest in them back over 35 years ago when he edited and produced the Redcoat Society Journal.
My favourites are the Hessians for the uniforms - it may have been practical but it's hard to like the British uniforms once they've taken scissors and butchered them even though I'm sure it was a practical idea. I like a parade!
Thanks
Stephen
Yes, I’m rather fond of the Hessions and Brunswick troops for the reason that you mention.
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