Skirmishers AWI

Skirmishers, like these British light company members facing American Continentals, were an important part of late 18th century warfare. They were used mostly to mask the movement of one's troops, harass opposing lines and disrupt the enemy's movements. 

Most skirmishers were armed with the same smoothbore flintlock muskets of the regular line soldiers.

Yet some unites were armed with rifled flintlocks which gave them much better range. But for most armies, rifles were considered too expensive and slow to load to be cost effective for 18th century armies.

These Epic scale figures were painted in early September.

Man? Machine? Maybe Both?

Straight out of an armor-smiths fevered nightmare, comes this colossal metallic "creature," Timor Homo-Metallum! A "man' with no flesh, only gears, pumps, metal and a human brain all powered by the controlled fires of the Jotun Surt.

Timor Homo-Metallum (or Redd Eske Metallmenn to many Norsemen), the man-machine, was created to win battles against creatures of flesh and bone, be they human, demi-human or beast. For all will be present at Ragnarök.

Redd Eske Metallmenn Timor Homo-Metallum is a plastic piece that I recently finished.

Pennsylvanian Continentals

This Continental regiment of Pennsylvanian soldiers is ready to fight the British for American Independence.

Trained in the European style of combat using musket and bayonet, they, and their other Continental brethren, form the backbone of any American army.  

This is the latest regiment of my 250th anniversary American War for Independence Epic Battles force I am building. 

Gorgon Bonemastar-Killer of Dragons.

Frost Giants are known for their strength and fearlessness. But few surpass the warmaster, Gorgon Bonemastar.

Not only does he wear the bones of his defeated foes...

he even uses the lower jawbone of a dragon as his main weapon.

Those who are not intimidated by a giant that literally ripped a dragon apart to use this weapon, must truly be fools!

Gorgon Bonemastar is a large plastic piece I painted earlier this summer.

Technical Difficulties

Sorry for the delay in posts. Due to computer problems, it has been way too many weeks since my last post in August. Hopefully, I have solved the problem.

You Can Never Have Enough Milita

Colonial Milita was the original "Nation Guard" before the American Revolution.

Quality and training varied greatly from unit to unit. And uniformity of weapons was basically unheard of. As were uniforms in general, in both cases it was usually left to the individual soldier to supply his own clothing and weapon(s). 

 But what they lacked in training and uniformity, they made up in numbers. And as the Russians were fond of saying, large numbers of troops have a quality all their own.

These are plastic Warlord "Epic" scalepieces I painted in July.

Capture a Sacrificial Victim-Gain Fame and Power

No risk, no gain. 

Every common Aztec/Mexica warrior knew the fastest way to improve their lives was though capturing an enemy warrior in battle.

Those brave enough to risk their own lives to capture or conversely be captured, knew the danger. Success meant fame and honors, failure meant capture and being a human sacrifice to the gods by your enemies.

These are plastic pieces I painted last week.