In honor of the battles of Lexington and Concord 250 years ago this Saturday, April 19th, Wargames Atlantic has announced a new range of 28mm Miniatures. Let’s check them out!
As dawn broke on the morning of April 19th, 1775, a column of elite British soldiers marching through Lexington, MA, on their way to Concord, were confronted by a line of colonial militia. To commemorate the 250th anniversary of these battles Wargames Atlantic has announced that two sets of 28mm miniatures depicting these forces will be released shortly!
The colonial militia set will be 30 miniatures, made up of 6 identical frames. These miniatures come in a variety of poses, including loading, firing, advancing and marching. Each frame is composed of 5 bodies, ten heads and six arm combinations. WA has said they will be appropriate for portraying militia present at Lexington and Concord, as well as Bunker Hill, but in truth they can portray the type of New England Militia that served in much of the Northern theater of the war.
The British sprue is a bit less versatile, interestingly enough. It also makes five complete models, but with fewer options. There are only five sets of arms, one for each body, meaning that some of your models will be marching and others will be skirmishing with no choice from you. There are only six head options, all wearing the bear skin cap of the British grenadier. This last bit is a true shame, as the British forces at Lexington and Concord were only half grenadiers. The rest were light infantry, outfitted identically to the grenadiers except that they wore different hats. Furthermore, the grenadiers almost certainly never wore their expensive bear skin caps in the field, opting to keep them in storage and wear basic infantry tricorns or even “unpinned” hats instead. Welcome to the infinite nitpicking of historical wargaming!
The good news is that these sets will be largely interchangeable. The militia come with more than enough heads to supply the British with correct headwear, if one so desires. Arms are bit more complicated, as the lace on the shoulders of the British soldiers denotes “flank” or elite companies, which the colonials obviously don’t have. Still, using colonial arms on British torsos should make convincing regular (i.e. non grenadier or light) infantry.
What do you think of these frames? Will you be picking any up for a new project? Sound off in the comments!
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