This would however require an engineers cart and some British engineers. Fortunately The Other Partizan show was due so I purchased a MDF / Resin engineers cart from Warbases along with one of their Heavy Draft Horses.
For the figures it was into the bits boxes. The engineering officer I made using a Perry metal officer from the BH 106 Colonels in bicornes ( Worldwide 1808-13) set with the lace on the jacket front removed. I should have removed the gorget as well but forgot.
As for the others, technically Royal Military Artificers until 1812 when they became the Royal Sappers and Miners, I used two left over Victrix artillerymen and two Victrix centre company figures, all with the shoulder tufts removed. These were painted to match the figures in Plate D of the Osprey book MAA 204 Wellington's Specialist Troops.
Apparently most of the field engineering work was carried out by the Royal Staff Corps troops as the
Royal Military Artificers were in short supply and being controlled by the Board of Ordnance rather than Horse Guards the usual inter department coordination problems no doubt arose.
Still need to base the cart but overall I'm happy how these came out and I'm looking forward to the game.
Nice bits, and just the thing to give the game the proper "table dressing"!
ReplyDeleteThanks, they will form an integral part of a game I have planned, not just window dressing. Although they may perform that function in other games.
DeleteI really Like these! Where did you get the tool?
ReplyDeleteThanks,
DeleteThe main bulk of the wagon contents is a resin piece that comes with the wagon.
The axe is a spare from a medieval plastic set carved down to look more like a wood axe.
The spade is a small shield from the same medieval set with a random flagstaff offcut attached.