I've got a bunch of odd bits that I've worked on over the challenge that I am submitting as one War of 1812 smorgasbord. The enclosed pictures are of
- 9 Royal artillery gunners using the Victrix plastic set. I like the Victrix artillery set, but am going off the Victrix experience as a whole. The unit of infantry that I'm finishing off was a real bugger to assemble and paint.
- 2 Victrix 6 pounders from the plastic box set. They went together ok, but a tad fiddly.
- 2 metal naval guns from Brigade Hobbies picked up at the same time as the Meese. I believe that these are an 18lber and a 12lber. From what I can tell, fortress guns in North America often came on naval carriages (that is certainly the case at Louisbourg).
- A US command stand including a General and a Light Dragoon escort (both on horseback). These are modified from the Perry French Dragoon set. The general has his lapels trimmed off and a Victrix infantry officer head. The dragoon was modified as with my earlier unit of the 2nd Light Dragoons. I really like the plastic dragoon set.
- A British command stand including a General and an Aide-de-camp from the Canadian Fencibles Regiment. Again, these started life as French Dragoons. I trimmed the lapels down but not off to represent the British officers' coat which frequently had a triangle of coloured lapel showing. The general's head came from the Perry British infantry box and his aide de camp sports a Brigade Hobbies round hat (the ex-Victrix Royal Marine Hats). The round hat was apparently the very height of fashion with the beaux sabres on the Niagara in 1813. Much like the Dukes of Hazard hair and mustache in 1980s Biloxi I imagine.
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