Henry Turner Miniatures

I went ahead and purchased some models from Henry Turner on My Mini Factory. I picked up the Continetal Starter Army, the casualty pack and the Irregular Cavalry. the Cavalry pack is a bargain. There are four different poses of a number of different troop types including British Legion. He also has dead horses, hats and discarded rifles in the pack. These all could be interesting to add to various scenic bits for the table. Possibly something to decorate my rather bland shock marker dials.

I have made a few tests to try on my replacement printer. I will hope that things work well. I have a selection of British Legion casualties for my first print. We will see how it goes.

With my purchase, I will have plenty of options to round out my Mounted Militia as well. The pack comes with 45 different variations. There are poses for trotting, standing and galloping horses, each with multiple poses of riders. The Continental Dragoon pack has a similar number of poses. The artillery pack come with a 6 pounder gun. One without a base and one with. The crew has 11 different crew members including a fellow who could be a battery commander with a telescope. Of all of the artillery packs I have seen, this is the only one that has a pose with a fellow covering his ears. To me, this seems like the only sensible person in the crew.

For the Continental Infantry, there are a number of really nice options. Several different poses for each: firing, at the ready, loading, marching. Enough to make unique looking forces that look like they are moving in unison without being robots. Using the rule of threes, you can easily have one group of 8 marching, another at the ready and a third firing and loading. The foot command gives you figures for NCOs and officers. There is plenty of like here.

The starter army comes with mounted officers as well. There are multiple poses here as well. I will likely pick up the British Regulars as well. But I want to wait until I at least finish off my British Legion that I have on painting sticks now. I am interested in how these print out and if the bases will work with my new basing system that I have worked on. These may send me back to the drawing board. I sure hope not.

To keep my mind on the British Legion, I am reading an article on the Battle of Biggin Bridge - April 14, 1780. Given that the opposing forces were elements of the Continental Dragoons, that may be my next force to paint up.