AWI: Grenadiers

A quick post for the last unit of British grenadiers for the Black Powder collection.

These are from BnB Miniatures and rank up nicely next to other manufacturers covering the period. Like the last unit, painted as combined grenadiers from different units in the field - hence different coloured facings and cuffs.

Also a small unit of (using what's left in the box) of French, Bourbonnais grenadiers from the Revell, Set 02574, Austrian Infantry. Another unit who were allowed to ware their Bearskins on campaign, despite the 1779 uniform ordonnance requiring grenadiers to wear tricorns.

15mm Hellenistic - Finishing a 20 year old pile of lead

Got the fever leading up to the holiday break and smashed out a mass of 15mm bags of ancients, in a box of 'To Do' that's been there for well over 20 years.

Mostly Frei Korps like the thureophoroi and thorakitai above, trying my hand at some more interesting and colourful shield patterns.

By the looks of it there's some Thracian thureophoroi mixed in with the regulars and yet another unit (4 DBx/ADLG) stands of Thrcians with rhomphaia.

Also some late Roman republic legionnaires, labelled Frei Korps on QRF's site but clearly a different style to the old 'bobble heads'

Some great detail on these 15mm figures and I think there's still six bags of these guys to go.

Also finishing off some cavalry to make up units for Hail Caesar, with some cataphracts finally making an appearance.

Which brings us to some rebased command and a raft of various psiloi.

Another 8 Cretan archers (above) because you can't have too many... and finally some slingers.

And including some Roman archers... to go with the legionnaires?

Then on to some Essex Miniatures 15mm in the shape of some javelinmen and hoplites.

I think these are several different baggies of Essex's hoplites, including mercenary and Thebans.

Where not molded on, the spears are all piano wire.

So having finished off another small hump from the mountain of shame, the only thing left to do is finish off the newer 15mm hump of Romans... and order some more 😆