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European Land Forces, Hell Yes, Its the Regulars.

March 20, 2019

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I have started on the European Land Forces Faction, I say faction, actually they can be used for any faction. I like the look of these figures and in the European Colonial Militia starter box, you get a nice force to add to your troops in have already or to start yourself a new force, a more Military looking force.

In the box you get a mounted Commander, 4 cavalry figures, 8 infantry figures and a cannon and 4 crew. This makes a nice force and I have decided to paint the infantry and cavalry figures first before the cannon. The reason is simple as at the club we are running a campaign and I dont have the resources for artillery but I do for cavalry so cavalry it is.

I will post more on the campaign shortly.

European Land Forces, Hell Yes, Its the Regulars.

Now these are nice CAD design sculpts and are nicely detailed and look about right for the later part of the 17th century. early part of the 18th century. I have to admit my only gripe is that they are not as clean a caste as for War Banner but they do clean up nicely and once done look good.

I have decided that I will be adding these to my French force, but wanted them generic enough to be used with any of my forces but especially the Spanish. So I used “Armies and Enemies of Louis XIV” as a reference as the book covers not only the Glorious Sun King but also the English and the Dutch. This is helpful as I have two boxes of the European Colonial Militia and the others I am looking at painting for the English.

So I am gone for the simple Army painter method of block colour, I have used Vallejo Model Colour Sky Grey for the coats as it is a wonderfully light grey that is light enough to be grey or white. Grey for the French, white for the Spanish, and even work of others colonial militia.

French Regular Infantry

I have based them on two units, the grey coats, blue trousers, red cuffs and stockings are Regiment La Reine and the grey coat and green trousers, stockings and cuffs are Regiment Sourches. I’m happy with the way they look and now it’s onto some Dragoons.