15mm AWI British Foot Regiments

Most units in the ECW collection have been placed on the "30mm ECW" page header.  Not included in this pictorial are a number of figures used as informational markers. 

15mm AWI Project:

Following up from the post showing the French and German contingents, below are photos of the British foot regiments.  Regiments are composed of either Frontier (FR), Freikorps (FK), Jeff Valent (JV), or Minifig (MF) figures.  Regiment identification is listed left to right.

 Delancey's Bde (FK), 44th (JV),22nd (JV),10th (JV)

 9th (JV), 62nd (JV), Queen's Rangers (FR), 47th (JV)

 33rd (JV), 5th (FR), 38th (FR), 49th (FR)

 17th (FR), 52nd (FR), 37th (JV), 63rd (JV)

 Combined Lt Infantry (FR), Combined Grenadier (FR),

 71st Highland (FR), King's Royal Regiment (FR) 

 24th (JV), 4th (JV), 27th (JV), 45th (JV)

Lt Infantry (FK), Lt Infantry (FK), Prinz Ludwig Dragoons (MF), 

Hesse-Darmstadt Jaegers (MF), Hessian Jaegers (MF)

Antietam Photo Shoot

With the recent marking of the 150th anniversary of the battle of Antietam, I gathered together some photos taken on my battlefield walk in the spring of 2010.

   Lower (Burnside) Bridge

Lower (Burnside) Bridge from the Georgians' vantage point

McClellan's HQ - Pry House

Dunkard Church

Mumma Farm

Approach to Bloody Lane from NE

 Bloody Lane from Observation Tower

Bloody Lane

Row of monuments along Cornfield

McKinley Monument

The inscription on the McKinley monument reads,
"Sergeant McKinley Co. E. 23rd Ohio Vol. Infantry, while in charge of the Commissary Department, on the afternoon of the day of the battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862, personally and without orders served "hot coffee" and "warm food" to every man in the Regiment, on this spot and in doing so had to pass under fire."

Cedar Mountain - Union Victory!

This Cedar Mountain game was fought in mid-2010 using Republic rules and 10mm figures.  While a brief AAR was posted soon after the game, I never posted accompanying photos.  Well, two years later, here are some photos.

The Cedar Mountain game on Sunday resulted in a (surprising to me, at least) Union victory. Although Scott, as Banks, lost half of Crawford's brigade to Confederate artillery on the approach to the Wheatfield, the remainder of Williams' division pushed Winder back from the Wheatfield with Ronald and Garnett retiring nearly one mile to the west. In the center, Banks' batteries dealt death onto Early and Taliaferro. Even in the south, the Federal battery hugging Hudson House inflicted huge casualties upon Ewell before being overrun. A.P. Hill arrived along the Culpeper Road and pushed his brigades into the fight in a piecemal fashion in an attempt to stabilize the situation. At one point, three Confederate divisions had panicked. With the arrival of darkness came Ricketts, and the game was halted with a Federal tactical victory.

 5pm Deployments

Early Deploys Around Crittenden's

 Deployments from SE

Confederates on Slaughter's Mountain

Well done, Scott!

15mm AWI Frontier French and Germans

September showed a low figure count with respect to figures completed.  If not for the 48 6mm light bow completed in the last week, total count would have been under 30.  With a little luck, OCT counts will show improvement.

On the painting table are nine 28mm Renegade Roman cavalry and a dozen Renegade slingers.  The only progress made in the last week is painting the horse flesh.  Weather on the Palouse has been exceptional and many miles were logged on the bike.

Monthly Painting Tally for SEP 2012

Unit_Name	Nation	Era	Scale	Figure Cnt	Equip Cnt
14th Light Dragoon Regiment	Britain	Napoleonic Wars	28mm	8
26th Infantry Regiment of Foot	Britain	Napoleonic Wars	28mm	20
Light Bow	Spain	Punic Wars	6mm	48
		Totals		76

15mm AWI Project:
Below are three group shots of the allied contingents in my 15mm AWI Project.  All figures are Frontier with the exception of one or two command figures from Freikorps.  While the Frontier figures are all single pose, they hold much character and appear quite disciplined in mass. Figures are based with each regiment on one stand.

French: Left to right:

Rgts: Agenois, Saintonge, Combined grenadiers 

German: Left to right:

Rgts: Prinz Carl, Mirbach, Wutingau, von Donop

German: Left to right:

Rgts: von Trumbach, Grenadier Rall, von Ditfurth, von Lossberg

From Website to Blog

The Palouse Wargaming Journal has migrated into the blogosphere. While the website provided more control and functionality, a blog seems to provide easier maintenance. I'll give blogging through this medium a try. Currently, all 2012 entries from the website have been converted and migrated into this blog. Conversion is not an easy task but I will convert additional postings as time permits.

28mm Napoleonic Project:
In preparation for Kevin's game on the 23rd, I completed two British units: the 26th Regiment of foot and two squadrons of the 14th Lt Dragoons.

The 26th comprises 20 Brigade Games' British infantry including two skirmishers.



The 14th Lt Dragoons are Front Rank.

6mm Ancients (Punic Wars) Project:
In my last Command and Colors: Ancients game with Jake, the scenario required one unit of light bow. I didn't have any bow in my collection and had to requisition the bowmen from Jake's collection. Now, that problem has been resolved with the addition of six stands of light bow (48 figures).

Game Day: 28mm Napoleonics in Peninsula

Kevin hosted a large Peninsular battle on the 23rd including a large table having custom-made, arid terrain.  Nicely done, Kevin!

The scenario involved five British/Allied brigades (3 inf, 2 cav) defending against a French attack consisting of four infantry brigades and two cavalry brigades.

The battle began briskly as both combatants pushed their cavalry aggressively on the British right flank.  Around the farmhouse, heavy French skirmishing forced the defenders to fall back from the walls allowing the French to make a breach.  Before the British could counterattack, French legere pushed the British completely out of the compound.  

Returning to the cavalry battle, outnumbering the British 17 squadrons to 12, French horse gradually gained the upper hand and sent the British horse streaming from the battlefield. With the collapse of the British right and pressure mounting across the battlefield,  British commander ordered a general withdrawal.

Victory to the French!

Initial Troop Deployments

Cavalry Action Begins on the British Right Flank

French Push British Out of Walled Farmhouse

Allied Center as French Skirmishers Advance on Keep

French Pressure the Allied Center After Clearing Farmhouse

End Game: British Left Falls Back as British Right Collapses

Cycling and CC:A

I drove down to Moscow on Saturday for cycling and a CCA game with Jake.

For CCA, Jake singled out the 2nd Battle of Beneventum. I took command of the Carthaginians while Jake commanded the Romans. The battle started off well for the Carthaginians as I pressed the attack on the right. The Romans took heavy casualties and two units were destroyed. Jake thought all was lost but he brought the heavy infantry up with Gracchus attached and stopped my attack. Romans then took advantage of the over-extended Carthaginian right by destroying two Carthaginian units. Both sides then closed on the Carthaginian left and the initial Carthaginian elephant attack was repulsed. Romans counterattacked and was stopped. Jake attacked again and this time broke through the Carthaginian left. In these attacks/counterattacks, the Carthaginian lost three medium infantry units. These losses dropped the Carthaginian offensive capability to near zero. The Roman player then picked off one more unit in the center and killed the attached leader.

Battle of Beneventum ended with a 7-4 Roman victory.

28mm Napoleonic Project:
In preparation for Kevin's Napoleonic game on the 23rd, I committed to painting two squadrons of British light dragoons. I also managed to complete one more British line battalion in time for the game. Well, not quite completed since I still have to dip and base the figures but will be completed by Sunday. Also nearing completion are 10 dismounted dragoons.