We tested a set of rules which I have worked up for playing multi divisional sized 19th century games and especially the Franco Prussian War.
Looking back through my photos it was August.2019! The real world got in the way for a while but with the lifting of restrictions that changed at the weekend. maybe they were simply bad casts? Anyway - Bravo to F&D for the hands on their models.It's been quite a while since Graham H and I have been able to have a game. Some of the hands holding weapons seem to only have three fingers! My Napoleonic Perry minis don't suffer from this so I'm not sure why my AWI models are so afflicted. A pointing officer's extended finger is only moderately longer than the thumb next to it. Many of the 'open handed' officers have 'paws' with short stubby fingers. One of the problems I've had with the Perry AWI models has been the hands. *Not to take away thunder from F&D, but maybe this adds another thing in their favor. I haven't had time to paint anything of late, but I intend to paint some of these when I get the chance (and I will of course post them here)! The range is expanding - the continental greens look even better than the militia and the new mounted officer looks fantastic.
The models are a bit smaller and much slimmer than the Perry and I'm not sure I'd mix the two in units, but I would have no problem fielding them in units along side my existing units. The details, particularly on the faces and hands*, are nicely sculpted and the models carry a nice variety of equipment for that campaign look. The castings are very clean with very little flash or mold lines. All of the models I received are accurately proportioned and well posed.
These models were sculpted by Richard Ansell. There is an art to taking pictures of unpainted castings that I don't have down. First of all, let me say that my photos do not either brand justice.
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