18mm FIW for Two Fat Lardies
Recently I ran across the new Sharp Practice v2 edition from Two Fat Lardies prior to its release. I had never been a big fan of the demos I'd seen of version 1. Perhaps it was in the presentation of version 2 or I have just evolved as a wargamer, but I became quite interested in version 2. After purchasing a copy of the rules and the poker chips I set about repainting my 18mm FIW figures.
My original painting of these figures was done five or more years ago. As my painting has evolved and I brought these figures back out for an examination I really disliked the way they looked. Being in the middle of a French Revolution painting project I didn't want to spend a ton of time repainting all of the figures, and decided to do some touch up instead. This process actually absorbed a couple of weeks of time (since I paint when I can fit it in). I found that I would say "I don't need to bother repainting that group" and then change my mind and touch up another group. It became a situation where I had touched up all the 18mm FIW figures to some degree. I also had to purchase some round bases to go with this figures so I could base them for this rule system.
Below are my "completed" FIW figures. Some of these figures I did a better job touching up than some of the others, but on the whole I am content with them.
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| Frontier Skirmishers or Militia |
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| Birdseye view of the fight |
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| French Indian Allies |
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| Indian Allies (either side) |
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| Frontier Skirmishers or Militia |
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| I painted these all in the same "uniform" to give me flexibility when using them as either militia or some type of provincial French unit |
