AWI Ansbach-Bayreuth Jagers

Here is the latest addition to my American War of Independence collection.  Playing such a key role in so many battles, I decided to make my fourth British and Allied unit, a unit of Jagers.

I opted to paint the Ansbach-Bayeuth Jagers as they fit in with the Southern campaign battles which I am hoping to fill the order of battles for.  The good thing is that they are so similar in dress to their better known Hesse-Cassel comrades that I should be able to get away with using them for both as required.

My sources seem to disagree on the colour of the hat cockade for Ansbach-Bayreuth Jagers so I chose one and opted for black.  I can always change it should more information come my way.

I understand that there were eventually six companies of Ansbach-Bayreuth Jagers serving in North America by the end of the war.

The figures are from the wonderful Perry Miniatures range.  I painted them mostly with Foundry triad paints but for the green I used Vallejo flat green for the main shade, applied over the darkest Russian Green shade.  I then mixed the flat green with some Foundry dragoon green for the highlights.  I made the mistake years ago of making Franco-Prussian War Jager coats too dark and I wanted to avoid that happening again.  Hopefully the appearance on these is close to how it should be.

The logs are twigs are from a wonderful New Years day walk in Wychwood Forest!  It was a wet but refreshing walk and a fine start to clear the lethargy of the Christmas break. The twigs did need some drying out on a radiator before glueing them on though!

 I was pleased with the way these turned out, the figures seem to have individual characters of their own.  As a result I couldn't decide which ones to post pics up of, so I loaded them all up.  I love the detail such as some of the riflemen using their slings to support their rifles in the firing position.

I am determined to paint up more AWI units before my attention gets pulled towards a different period of history.  I nearly started re-basing some WW2 1/285 vehicles (as I have just ordered a Desert Mat from Barrage Miniatures - see last post) but I managed to hold my course and complete these.

That's all for now.  I hope you all have a superb 2016!