Black Powder Colonial Militia Men Unbox and Build

[@e-4airman124]

thank you

[@philRminiatures]

Wow, nice looking minis, great details!

[@MiniWarMutt]

Yes, looking forward to getting these up for Revolutionary war and French/Indian, too. Take it easy

[@charlie418791]

My kinda boys... Have a happy Thanksgiving.

[@MiniWarMutt]

Thanks for watching! Have a great Thanksgiving!

[@WarGamingNewbHistorical]

I like Wargames Delivered. Great value and love getting the digital books. Great build! Assuming you're using this for Wiley Games. Keep it up, Brian!

[@MiniWarMutt]

Thanks for watching. They will be used for Fistful of Lead and Rebels and Patriots.

[@basicminiaturepainting]

Very cool unboxing and build

[@MiniWarMutt]

Thank you.

[@mcmurray7355]

Nice! I have a box of these painted up. Agreed on the construction pains, but they look fine when they’re done, and I got them super cheap years ago

[@MiniWarMutt]

Cool. Thanks for watching McMurray! Now, I might be looking at some 15's lol.

[@davidgray5764]

I didn’t know there were letters for the arms and the body type. Nobody on the internet shows you how to actually build the soldiers. I found it very difficult to do, even with a magnifying light. It would helpfully to have video showing how the legs and arms can be swapped on different bodies.

[@HacksawsHobbyBunker]

Some nice figures can be built up from that set. (Warning - pedantic comments follow - look away!) Minor nitpicks - the knit caps are distinctly Canadian Voyaguer/Courer du Bois style hats and not something typical of a colonist outside of Canada. The hunting shirts with fringe are cool, and the matching trousers should both be linen (either undyed or dyed certain colours) - buckskin was made into breeches but I am not aware of documented buckskin trousers for this period - thats more of a 19th Century thing. The set seems to lack Indian style leggings which is a shame, they were commonly worn by militia and especially backwoods types. A bit of green stuff could correct that if one desired. If you squint a bit they will do in a pinch for FIW - and the knit caps would be perfect for Canadian Militia. The muskets appear to be all of the British pattern and not French...the waistcoats are a bit short on the townies but thats getting off into the weeds and these are wargaming figures so likely nobody but me would even notice either of those things. I told you it was pedantic. Don't even get me started on Indian trade shirts. Anyway, some nice figures to fill out units. Thanks for coming to my TED talk! 😀

[@MiniWarMutt]

Cool. Thanks for watching. I plan on using some of these for the FIW someday. May not be as accurate, but will do for a game. But, now I've been looking at some 15's for that era. We will see. Have a great weekend.

[@tolemykus4805]

You are truly an 18th century renaissance man. Where are my Iroquois Nation peeps at tonight! :-)

[@MiniWarMutt]

😆

[@e-4airman124]

is there a place to find American officers on horses as leaders British also

[@polkagatos]

Florida had Seminole indians if correctly remembering

[@MiniWarMutt]

Yup. There are a few tribes involved in the French/Indian war.

[@charleslatora5750]

...no counters...😳

[@MiniWarMutt]

Nope Nope Nope. Not gonna happen. LoL