My collection of Loyalist Units.
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The Queen's Rangers or 1st American Regiment had a unique organization consisting of 8 line companies, a light company, a grenadier company and a Highland company. It also had a light dragoon troop and a hussar troop. Jack Scruby (now Historifigs) made a line figure and a hussar figure.
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| Another view of the Queens Rangers. The figures are 25mm Jack Scruby figures now produced by Historifigs. Modeling the unit in old school 25mm is a bit of a challenge given that there is only one pose available from Historifigs. The Queens Rangers retained their green coats throughout the war and as a whole functioned as a light infantry unit. |
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| The Historifigs Queens Rangers Hussars. |
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| The King's American Regiment was raised in New York but saw considerable service in the Southern Campaign. Loyalist units, in general, started the war in green coats, switching to red coats in 1777 and 1778. I modeled most of my Loyalist units in green to distinguish them from British Foot. |
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| Another view of the King's American Regiment |
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| This photo and the subsequent photo feature Emmerich's Chasseurs. The unit functioned like mounted infantry, serving mainly between the lines by raiding and scouting. The figures are Airfix from the Washington's Army set. |
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| The mounted portion of Emmerich's Chasseurs. The figures are Jack Scruby's (Historifigs) mounted infantry. |
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| Emmerich's Chasseurs as a unit for Rebels and Patriots |
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| The Royal Regiment of New York or Johnson's Royal Greens. The regiment served in Upper New York and Canada, usually serving with the Iroquois who were loyal to Great Britain. |
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| Johnson's Royal Greens from the Airfix Washington's Army set. |
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| Butler's Rangers known by the patriots as Butler's baby killers for atrocities both real and imagined for propaganda purposes. Butler's unit always served with the Iroquois and that meant atrocities on both sides.. |
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| The figures are 20 Band B Miniatures from the UK. Although 20mm they fit in with my other units. The height difference being imperceptible. They are excellent sculpts with a "chunky" look to them. |
2 comments:
Very nice indeed, Bruce. I do enjoy Old School figures. My AWI units include a number of Minifigs S Range, Minifigsn as well as Ron Wall sculpts. Also some Tradition which I like very much. I just picked up a lot of Parkfield, Falcon, and some manufacturer which I am unable to identify.
Thanks for stopping by and leaving a wonderful comment. My first AWI collection is old school now but was not in 70s. I had Garrison, Hinchcliffe and Minifigs with a few Scruby’s. Sadly, I sold them off. When I got back into the hobby i went 1/72 plastic and old school 25mm. Your collection sounds cool. BTW, I recognized your name. Thanks for promoting the hobby like you did back in the day.
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