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American War of Independence buildings

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One thing I needed for the AWI project was some suitable buildings for Colonial America. There wasn’t that much available, so I went for some Perry/Renedra items.

This is the Perry church.

I have one more like it that I plan to assemble and paint in different colors. 

This is a Colonial building by Perry. 

I painted it in colors similar to Putnam cottage in Greenwich (CT) where I grew up.  

Our house has a somewhat similar paint scheme, too. 

Nice piece, it comes with additional fences and some accessories. 

One of 2 very rural “log cabin” designs form Renedra.

I have another of these to assemble and paint, too!

Basic but very suitable for the frontier… which was much closer to the coast then!

A second Rendra design, with different roofing and painted differentlty.

Once again, simple but effective, and not too much footprint onthe table.

I have another of these to assemble and paint as well.
I also have a LOT of split rail and other fencing to base and paint too. 
Finally, last month I backed the Rebels and Redcoats Kickstarter for scalable 3-D printable STL files. Now I just need to decide what I want and have some print those items!

Georgia Loyalist Militia, American Revolutionary War

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 Georgia was the smallest and least radical of the 13 North American colonies. 

Georgia did not even send a representative to the first Continental congress in 1774, and for the second Congress in 1775,  the delegates couldn’t agree on a position and thus none went; one county, acting on its own, sent Lyman Hall to Philadelphia where he was the only representative from Georgia for quite some time.
The Patriot cause in Georgia was bolstered by the events of Lexington and Concord (1775), resulting in the second Provincial Congress of Georgia later that year. That body adopted the Association’s ban on trade with Great Britain, and set up local committees to enforce it. 
The heavy-handed tactics of the local committee in Augusta led to the first violence in the backcountry. On August 2, 1775, members of the committee confronted Thomas Brown at his residence on the South Carolina side of the Savannah River above Augusta. Brown had come to Georgia with seventy or so indentured servants in November 1774 in answer to Governor Wright’s advertisement of the advantages of the newly Ceded Lands above Augusta and founded a settlement called Brownsborough. He attracted the anger of the Whigs by publicly denouncing the Association and summoning friends of the king to join a counter-association. When he refused to swear to honor the Association, the crowd of Liberty men tortured him in various ways, scalping and fracturing his skull, burning his feet, and hauling him, unconscious, through the streets of Augusta as an object lesson to those who would denounce the Association.

When he recovered, Brown retired into the Carolina backcountry, where he and other leaders enlisted hundreds of loyalists and threatened a march on Augusta. After much marching about and some skirmishing around the town of Ninety-Six, Brown and his friends heeded South Carolina governor Sir William Campbell’s advice to await the arrival of the British. Brown retreated to Florida and persuaded Florida governor Patrick Tonyn to allow him to recruit a corps of rangers who would lead Indians to fight on the frontiers in conjunction with the expected landing on the coast. Meanwhile, rumors of a British-instigated plot to enlist enslaved Africans and Indians to help defeat the American patriots alarmed Georgians and Carolinians. Though false, the rumors were generally believed, and John Stuart, the Indian Commissioner, fled in fear for his life from Charleston, South Carolina, to Florida.  [from The New Georgia Encyclopedia, where there is a detailed article on the War in Georgia].

Battles took place in Georgia and adjacent British controlled Florida

Battle of the Rice Boats (Naval in Savannah, March 1776), Battle of Kettle Creek (February 1779), Battle of Briar Creek (March 1779), Siege of Savannah (September 1779), Siege of Augusta (May-June 1781. The evacuation of Savannah by the British took place in July 1782.
Thus Georgia narrowly avoided being retained by the British in the peace treaty signed in 1783, and the same treaty also returned Florida to Spain. 

New Books on the American Revolutionary War, and beyond

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This is from our long time book loving freind – a slew of great uniforms in this one, and more!

I got this one with our 1776Campaign in a Day event planned for 2027 in mind. 

Got this used copy for my Brandywine game planning ,and an excellent one it is!

The big sweep of events in a critical year; very engaging!

How the American victories at Trenton and Princeton came about. 

Well, those Brunswickers  aren’t going to paint themselves, are they?

More details on the British army

A good overview of the most important campaigns of the American Revolutionary War

Another title from our freind

and another

and yet another!

More Patriot Rifles

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When we did our Brandywine playtest in June, I realized that I needed some more Patriot Riflemen. 

There was another code pf Rifles from Brigade Games that I didn’t use for my first units, so that was a natural choice. 
Besides, it’s hard to go wrong with more hunting shorts for the AWI!
“Skirmishing” poses for these fellows!
As with my first set, I did them as 2 subunits of six figures each. 
This kind of “unbleached” linen color was probably the most common for the garment.
We Americans tend to over emphasize the number and importance of Riflemen deployed during the Revolution, but they were still one important advantage, with the British just having a couple of German Jager battalions to counter them.
I’ve somewhat arbitrarily designated these as the famous Morgan’s Rifles. Once again, lovely sculpts by Brigade Games!

Acheson Acquisitions

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Back in May, Acheson Creations had a 20% off sale. Having anumber of new items that I had my eye on, this was a no brainer to take advantage of!

This is the Iroquois Village in 15 mm. The long house was so key to the identity of the Iroquois, that their own name for themselves, “Haudenosuanee”, means “People of the Long House”. Craig makes a 25 mm version as well, but that the buildings  much larger and much more expensive. That would be fine fora skirmish game, but I don’t really do those. These are intended mostly for the planned Fall 2027 Campaign in a Day event based upon the Saratoga time frame of 1777. They don’t look utof place with the 25 mm figures especially if you figure a stand is probably representing at least 50 to 100 men!

I’ll need a fort or two for that event, and this should fit the bill admirably!

So much so that I bought enough for 2 (and the sections could easily be assembled to make a roughly double sized fort as well. AchesonCreations products have always been very good values (at least if you live in the US), but at 20% (and less shipping proportionately for a large order), it was a VERY good deal!  🙂

Craig has also been pumping outa bunch of Assyrian buildings, something you don’t see much of. 

Side view of building #1

Assyrian building #2

and #3

Assyrian ceremonial bath with bas-relief

Assyrian steles and a free “ruins” Craig tossed in with the order. 

All the Assyrian pieces together. Along with all the Assyrian stuff I already have and have made, perhaps a pulp adventure set in an Assyrian archeological dig, or even a fantasy RPG set in Assyria come to mind as possible future project ideas!