Here's a uniform guide to the American War of Independence in an unusual format. Rather than the usual Osprey-style painting guide, it is a chart that offers the colors for the coats, turnbacks, facing, cuffs, waistcoat, and pants. There are dozens of different AWI units here.
I think that the American Revolution is a good period for beginning miniature wargamers to get into. The battles tended to be small, so you don't need a lot of figures. However, the uniforms are colorful and varied, so you have a lot of visual appeal. I've got a couple of good sized American and British armies in 15mm -- mostly the old Washington's Wars figures -- and am planning on joining a friend in painting 25mm armies soon.
I’m trying to determine what acrylic blue paint is the closest to AWI continental blue. Can you recommend a color guide with this type of info? Thank you!
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Miniature Wargaming is part of the "adventure games" hobby, which includes r ole p laying and board games. Wargamers recreate battles on the tabletop with toy soldiers, like a more complicated game of chess. Models range in height from 6mm to 28mm tall, with 15mm and 25mm being the most popular. There also is a growing interest in toy soldiers and military models, such as the 1/32 and 1/35 scale plastic soldiers from Conte, and Marx.
The most popular miniature wargames are fantasy and science fiction based, such as Warhammer, Warhammer 40K, Warmachine and The Lord of the Rings. World War II games such as Flames of War and Axis and Allies are new favorites. Other favorite historical periods include Napoleonics, the American Civil War, and ancients, such as Romans or Greeks. Other gamers enjoy miniature naval wargames, recreating battles like Trafalgar, Jutland and the Coral Sea.
Hobbyists research historical periods and paint their tiny soldiers in accurate uniforms. Others develop "historically realistic" rules sets or build scale battlefield terrain using model railroad techniques.
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Some of the bigger hobby companies are Games Workshop, which produces Warhammer, Wargames Foundry and Old Glory Miniatures. Wizards of the Coast produces several lines of pre-painted miniatures games, such as the Star Wars and Dungeons and Dragons miniatures games, and a historical game with pre-painted miniatures: The new Axis and Allies game. Wizkids produces a fantasy collectable miniatures game, such as the Mage Knight and Heroclick fantasy games, the science fiction games MechWarrior and Rocketmen, as well as the quasi-historical Pirates of the Spanish Main.
I’m trying to determine what acrylic blue paint is the closest to AWI continental blue. Can you recommend a color guide with this type of info? Thank you!
Posted by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 11/14 at 04:54 PM | #
I just use a light navy blue
Posted by The Editor on 11/14 at 05:16 PM | #