Thanks to Paul Watson donating some lead figures, I've been able to increase my Germania Rifles with four more figures today. This unit was raised in San Francisco, 1868, and was operational till 1881. National guard records indicate it had a reputation for winning prizes for marksmanship and numbered about 100 men. For wargaming purposes I think it will be interesting to give them a shooting bonus in my Dominion War campaign.
MGB
Another outstanding collection :)
ReplyDeleteThey're wonderful - thanks for sharing :)
Love the central front figure, the slightly off step of his feet gives him a fantastic animation :)
ReplyDeletePaul, that figure came in an eBay purchase, I agree, the figure is very nicely animated, and it was a Guardsman. Did not fit in with the 'all firing' units so I drafted into this unit, all somewhat larger/taller castings.
DeleteMichael
Excellent group, very unique! Nice job!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Brad, its a useful unit on the wargames table, and its a useful unit to utilise those slightly larger castings.
DeleteMichael
Great unit and should definitely have some sort of bonus when firing
ReplyDeleteThanks MJT, no risk of forgetting which unit has a firing bonus, lol.
DeleteMichael
White bearskins (or busby?) shouldn't work but they do. The kneeling figures work very well too!
ReplyDeleteMark, I do agree. And its such a perfect contrast to the black bearskin and red tunics of the Empire troops.
DeleteMichael
See the Dominion Campaign posts for more on this unit.
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