A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse! - Richard III

Progress!

I have sorted out what I have and what I 'need'. I need nothing...what I want however...

Back to what I have:

14 British Legion Cavalry

14 Colonial 3rd Dragoons

35+ light infantry

The fate of the cavalry is self-explanatory... The light infantry on the other hand... 15 will be painted as Legion light infantry. 15 will be painted as miscellaneous Colonial light infantry. The remaining 15 were originally a dilemma. I think the solution is to paint them as the British 16th Regiment of foot dragoons.

Cavalry

So far I have both sets of horses primed, standed and the first highlight coat painted. Tarleton's dragoons are glued to painting sticks and primed. The Colonials are cleaned waiting to be primed.

Infantry
All the light infantry has been cleaned; glued to painting sticks and primed.

Artillery

I have all the guns (2 x 12pdr, 3 x 8pdr & 1 howitzer) cleaned, assembled and primed. I have the crew mounted on two man stands with a number of singles with rare earth magnets in their bases. That allows me to add the odd man to make three crew out of two. These are all primed on their bases, but I might just glue the singles to small stands (which I happen to have) though I do like the 'gimmick' of the magnets. Time will tell. I want to find a 'neutral' way to paint the gunners so they will look fine as either Brit's or Colonials.

Tim, they call him

Whoa there, Hoss!

Or...oh look...a bunny!

Ok...two things

1) I discovered that my assumption about leaving the Denison smocks on my Brit Airlanding guys to last is a BAD idea. Let me say that again... BAD idea. So lets forget I ever said that. Also, I am waiting on some mini's to arrive to complete the company, sooooo...

2) Back in November of '08 I purchased some 15mm AWI (American War of Independence) mini's. I bought some British Legion (Tarleton) Light Dragoons and Infantry and some Colonial 3rd Light Dragoons. I am going to play a game of PAL (Patriots and Loyalists) and was reminded of them. I have decided to take a break from WWII and take a trip in Mr. Peabody's wayback machine some 230 years in the past.

I did one of my painting guides on these guys, but basically:

3rd Continental Light Dragoons; Col. George Baylor's Dragoons; 3rd Legionary Corps, 1781

• Coat - white, white buttons
• Facings - med. blue
• Waistcoat - white
• Breaches - buff
• Headgear - black cap, med. blue turban,white feather
  

British Legion; Tarleton's Legion; Green Dragoons.

• Coat - green, brass buttons
• Facings - black buffs 7 collar, trimed with white lace.
• Breaches - buff
• Headgear - Black Tarleton helmet, green turban, and green plume on the left side.

These guys are very colorful and I think they will be a blast to paint!

Tim, they call him...