Thursday, July 3, 2014

British Rifles

Here is one of my favorite British units: The 95º Rifles.

I've watched the Sharpe's TV series, an adaptation of the novels that tell the story of a corporal in that regiment, who begins a legendary career as officer after saving Commander Wellesley (later Duke of Wellington) from a raid of french scout cavalry in Spain. Since then, I've been dying to paint my own british rifles.

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I choosed to paint them with grey breeches, instead of the most common green of regulations, as I feel they look better this way.

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The number of models in the box forced me to compromise on my initial plans. I couldn't come up with a full regiment of 4 bases and still have sufficient numbers of skirmishers. Since I believe having skirmishers is more important with this unit, and the fact that a full regiment of 4 bases would mean I'd be fielding the entirety of the King's rifle corps as a single fighting force (not historically accurate), I decided to go with more skirmishers, instead.

The end result is that I have 9 skirmish and 3 regimental bases.

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(Sharpe?! Is that you?!)

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I'll most likely be fielding this unit with only 2 bases, representing a Small Unit in Black Powder (Stamina 2), which can be reformed into skirmishing order by replacing them for 4 small bases.

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Here is the unit in mixed order;
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Skirmish Order:
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The good number of skirmish bases I have allow me to also field the unit as a small one by using 8 bases aligned together, such as I've show on a earlier post with the british light infantry.

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In the future, I may acquire a second box of these fellows and complete the unit with a fourth regimented base, but for now, this will do just fine.

*End of Transmission*



2 comments:

  1. They look like they mean business.

    Hey, Sharpe, look out for Sgt Harper!

    As you know, the 95th usually had its companies spread out along the front, blostering the skirmish screen, rather than deplolying en masse, so I think you made the right choice with basing for now. My own 95th rifles will be in the pipeline after Historicon.

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  2. Excellent work with the 95th, great paint job and basing...and very nice blog too!

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