North Star Rouse War Of 1812 Minis For Muskets & Tomahawks
November 9, 2020 by brennon
The War Of 1812 is the focus of a selection of miniature packs from North Star Military Figures for Muskets & Tomahawks. You'll be able to pick up some new characters and infantry to help play out the Historical battles between the United States and Great Britain.
British Regulars // Muskets & Tomahawks
There are an array of different options for you to pick up including British Regulars as you see above as well as plenty of options for the Americans too. On the American side of things, you've got the US Regulars...
US Regulars // Muskets & Tomahawks
...and also a selection of US Militia too.
US Militia // Muskets & Tomahawks
The War Of 1812 is an interesting one from a cursory glance over it as I write this. For a lot of British Historians, it is apparently considered to be a minor element of the larger Napoleonic War although a lot of the US considers it a war in its own right.
The focus here was on a lot of battles between various allied forces in North America and the Native Americans were very much drawn into this conflict. To match this, you'll actually find Indian Warriors and their leaders as part of this release, many dressed in the red coats of the British!
It's worth doing some more reading around this HERE although if you're someone who knows their history maybe drop some thoughts on The War Of 1812 in the comments below.
What do you think?
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This is a part of history I’ve always wanted to get stuck into and these new releases are very tempting although I’ve been looking at the Foundry 1812 range for a good bit now. These are looking nice ?
I know a fair bit about the war, and I can say that for the British you can literally use any Napoleonic plastics for the British. Stick to the Peninsular War kit and you’re fine and it will undoubtedly save you some pennies. As for the Yanks, you tend to need to look to companies like this for them. If you want a good reference book for the British uniforms of the war, then I’d recommend Rene Chartrand’s ‘The Scarlet Coat’. I think he also has a book on U.S. uniforms of the war, too, but I can’t remember what… Read more »
Quite tempted by this – be great to finally take the plunge with Napoleonics but I’ve always been put off by the sheer size of everything. A good skirmish ruleset like this should help me take the plunge. Anyone know who does an MDF ruined White House? 😛
Great new figures for colonial battles.
I love this from that wiki page: “[e]verybody’s happy with the outcome of the war. Americans are happy because they think they won, the Canadians are happy because they know they won and avoided being swallowed up by the United States, and the British are happiest because they’ve forgotten all about it” so much humour going on here
Key points of the war were the stellar performances of the US Navy frigates, particularly the USS Constitution and the complete lack of impact those battles had on the war. Also the most famous battle, the Battle of New Orleans, was a surprising US victory. It also occurred after a peace treaty had been signed but none of the participants knew it due to the slow rate of communication. And it’s called the War of 1812 but lasted until 1815. It’s also sometimes called Mr. Madison’s war as he was the US President at the time. The war started over… Read more »