Hello- introduction! The BIG project
I've been an avid British Grenadier player for a couple of years now. I've been a lurker here for a bit, but finally decided to register! I have a lot of interest in early American history, especially the Revolutionary period. I'm an avid wargamer and have actually recently decided to clear out a lot of my projects to focus more on AWI. You'll probably start seeing a lot of painting posts in the future from me!

Hi LLM! Welcome! I am looking forward to the photos. Which scale do you collect, and which campaign(s) do you favor?

I collect 25mm scale- I tend to like the northern campaigns in NY, NJ and Penn a lot, probably because I've lived in those regions for the past 12 years!

Welcome - nice to see the American branch of the "BG family" expanding. Looking forward to the pictures.

So, onto the BIG project. I've decided to focus on the Saratoga fights as a starting point for collecting my new forces. I recently finished up a great trade with a hoarde of figs coming my way. In order to organize my collecting and painting, I went through the three scenarios in the BG books that are from that period, looked at the orders of battle, then compiled a master shopping/research/painting list based on maximum troop numbers I need to play the scenarios. It's a lot of figures, but it will be a fun way to approach this. I can take a unit, research the uniforms, paint it, base it, move onto the next. I'll probably alternate British and American so I don't get burned out painting any one scheme. I have a number of uniform books on the period- but I may post a question here or there if I can't find the unit's uniform description. For example, going over the list, i can't find a description for Dearborn's Light Bn. Any info on that one? Here are the units, as well as the maximum number of figs required to play the Saratoga, Bemis Hts, & Hubbarton scenarios in the BG books. 1st New Hamp. Cont Reg. 16 (18) 2nd New Hamp Cont Reg 16 (18) 3rd New Hamp Reg 16 2nd NY Regt 18 4th NY Regt 16 1st Conn Militia 24 2nd Conn Militia 18 Grasshopper Guns 2 Dearborn's Light Bn 12 (24) 11th VA Rifle Regt 24 Morgan's Rifles 16 2nd Mass Cont Regt 16 (24) 8th Mass Cont Regt 16 (24) 9th Mass Regt 16 (24) 1st Canadian Regt 2 sets of 16 6 pdr guns- 3 models 12 pdr guns- 3 models If the 11th Mass Cont (16) lookeded really different than the 2nd, 8th, or 9th, I'll paint it up. Otherwise, I may just use these regts and have a flag command to swap out for one of the scenarios. Warner's Addn Cont Regt 18 & 18. (may be able to use exisiting models from above) BRITISH 9th Foot 16 20th Foot 12 (16) 21st Foot 12 (16) 62nd Foot 16 24th foot 20 RA 6 pdr guns- 4 models RA 3 pdr guns- 2 models RA 12 pdr gun- 1 model RA Howitser Btty- 2 model guns 2 Units of Combined Grenadiers 20 & 16 (so 9 stands of grenadiers) Light Infantry 16 Scouts: roughly 22 or 24, divided between Tories and Indians Brunswick Rhetz 18 Specht 18 Hesse Hanau 6 pdr gun- 2 models Jaeger Bttn- 9 skirms Jaegers 10 (maybe just make all skirms, or a few on 20x40mm to rank up when needed to rank up)