Of Dice and Army Men: Loyalists

Sunday, June 5, 2022

AWI 54mm Loyalist Infantry - Butler's and Queen's Rangers

Cheers Fellow Grognards and Young Guard!

It's time for another installment of 'Of Dice and Army Men'! Today I will be posting some new additions to my 54mm AWI armies. I was able to dig in and finally get to the regiments I had set aside for Butler's Rangers and the Queen's Rangers. Dressed in green, black and white, they surely make for sharp looking regiments.

These two regiments are loyalist, raised in the colonies. Many of the officers had experience fighting in the French and Indian War. Osprey has some excellent material written on the Loyalist forces and their origins in the colonies. I learned of some Pennsylvania Loyalist regiments founded close to where I grew up. Who knew?

Just for note, I want to give a shout out to www.warflags.com. All of the regiment flags used on my AWI units are from their free library. Great stuff to be found there. I highly recommend checking them out. All flags are set for 28mm, so I just sized them up to 54mm. I think they look great! All figures are from Armies in Plastic. The standard bearers were conversions from a rifleman loading a rifle and using his ramrod.

Butler's Rangers:

Queen's Rangers:

PAINTED MODELS SCORECARD:

2021 Painted Models: 169

2022 Painted Models: 34

Until Next Time...Keep your musket at the ready and GAME ON!

54mm AWI Loyalist Cavalry - Tarleton's Legion

Good Day Grognards and Young Guard!

Last year I was delighted to find a range of 54mm AWI models that exhibited a high level of detail. In my humble opinion, they are second to none. The company is LOD Enterprises. A hair larger than the Armies in Plastic and BMC/ Americana models that dominate my collection, it is not significant enough to keep from using them. They match well against the size of the AIP Cavalry already in my collection.

I can't wait to get these models on the table. There was a small issue with my purchase. One of the mounted troopers was missing a sword scabbard, so the guys at LOD made it right and sent me an entirely new model to fill my ranks! Shame GW doesn't give customer service like that any more!

I promised I'd send LOD some pics of the finished troops on the wargame table, but due to my game being derailed by snow at SOA 2022 in January, they have yet to get to the table for gaming. I will make good on my promise to the good folks at LOD!

In the meantime, here are some pics of the troops I staged. As you can see, they are based on Tarleton's Legion. They are Loyalist troops raised in the colonies to fight for the crown!