Saloon and Hotel

This Saloon and Hotel is for my western town called Serenity which of course it's anything but!It's part of the town I built over a summer a few years back.It's populated by some of my western figures.The saloon was quite an undertaking and doing clapboard walls took a lot longer then I ever thought it would!The name of the saloon is an invention,but I wouldn't be surprised if one saloon did have this,although it would only be by accident and not design.




Miniature Company:Wargames Foundry

Wheeled Cannon

This cannon is probably(really is) a bit late for the period in question and really should rest on the ground.However,I don't think it's too out of place with the complete wooden carriage and wheels and so will not stick out like a sore thumb.
I like the image of this miniature with the old veteran smiling at the shock of the young man at his first test firing of a cannon.They really are loud!
Interesting note in that cannon were used at Crecy.
Miniature Company:Wargames Foundry

The Black Princes Longbowmen

These longbowmen belong to the Black Princes retinue and are wearing his retinue colors of green and white.These deadly archers proved to be the bane of the French at both Crecy and Poitier's.If these men were ever captured by the French,then they could expect little mercy and if they were not killed out of hand then often they would cut off their draw cord pull fingers.The result was that English longbowmen would show their two fingers before battle to taunt the French by showing they still had theirs and intended to put them to good use.As you can see,my center archer is doing just that!(LoL)
Miniature Company:Wargames Foundry

Lord Thomas Beauchamp's Knights and Men at Arms

This is for my Early Hundred Years War English army based around the Black Princes and Lord Thomas Beauchamp's Earl of Warwick's retinues at the battles of Crecy and Poitier's.The rule system is Warhammer Ancient Battles.This Retinue is a combination of Knights and Men at Arms serving Lord Beauchamp.I couldn't find his colors for his retinue so I decided on blue and white.His personal heraldry is correct however.All the knights are actual knights that did serve in these campaign's to include Sir FitzSimon's carrying the banner of St. George and Lord Thomas Beauchamp himself in the center front leading the unit.
Ignore the standards as I need to paint some up and just photocopied these so as not to have blank poles.All the heraldry on the knights themselves however I did paint on and this does take some time,but is pleasing in the end.
Miniature Company:Wargames Foundry

Finley's 6pdr. Battery/Cannon

This is Finley's 6pdr. Battery/Cannon.In this scene Finley decided he wished to show up in his finest military uniform as he didn't want to make a bad impression on the British!His men however,are far more practical.I decided to keep the cannon clean as the rest of the army was painted in same fashion.This helps keep the army cohesive in appearance.
Miniature Company:Wargames Foundry

Stevens Commander of the Virgina Militia

Here is Stevens the commander of Virgina Militia ready to crush the British or at least try and keep his men from running away!Another interesting thing about this period was the rustic buckskin uniforms some of the American officers wore.This was common with the rank and file and in the case of Americans, often officers wore it as well.This of course happened in other wars,but was a more common sight in North America then elsewhere.
Miniature Company:Perry

1st Virgina Militia

First up is the 1st Virgina militia regiment.I decided to mix in a few continentals with the militia.I plan on doing this with all my militia units as this both looks nice and was historically accurate at this point in the war.Also,like I said in the opener I'll be using a wet theme to my bases as the day was described as such. The Don't Tread on me flag was invention of mine as I could not find any reference as will be the case with most of the American units.The defiant words and the rattlesnake was a common theme used by many different units during the course of the war.The unit is just beginning to panic and some of the men are starting to run.Hey,they are militia after all.They started off saying "Give me liberty or give me death!Freedom!",but looks like they are changing their minds to "I left my powder back at the house,I'll be back in a second!"
Miniature Companies:Perry and Wargames Foundry