Britain came close to entering the American Civil War after the Trent Affair.
I am modelling the British Intervention Force, 1862 to use with the Sharp Practice skirmish / small forces rules.
The only Swedish regiment I will be modelling for the GNW, and only because one of my partner's ancestors commanded the regiment in the early - mid 1600's!
Wonderful figures and a joy to paint. They really capture a sense of movement!
This is a completely new period and theatre for me, but I am planning a BIF force for the forthcoming Sharp Practice v2 rules release... This is my test figure, Perry's miniature painted as a member of the 16th Foot in campaign dress. Trying a slightly different painting technique from my other coll...
As far as I was led to believe, Viskovatov is at least slightly discredited as afar as uniforms go - is he more accurate regarding standards? Hoglunds makes no mention of tassels or cravats, Konstam refers to two gold tassels and a gold-plated finial. I did notice what appears to be a 'red stripe' a...