Epic Revolution, Part 7: A Scientific Investigation of Figure Scale

 

What scale is the Warlord Games Epic Revolution? Well, after an extensive, scientific investigation of about 2 minutes I have determined"

1. From the bottom of the feet to the eyes it is 13.5 mm.

2. From the bottom of the feet to the top of their headgear they are 15 mm.

Ta Dah!

Will my findings hold up after the peer review? I had to place the stand on another stand because my blankety blank blank ruler has a margin at the end so I had to extrapolate with my calibrated eyeball.

Thank goodness I have a calibrated eyeball to extrapolate.

Epic Revolution, Part 6: British Army Brigade

 

What a great Christmas present! I think Santa has figured out what to give me each year. As I type this, I have already figured out how I'm going to organize my British and Colonial forces which will be an upcoming post. In the meantime, let's look at what came in the box with a present surprise.

All in all you get:

4 mounted British commanders

1 British standard Line Infantry regiment (80 soldiers)

1 British small Line Infantry regiment (60 soldiers)

1 British small Militia regiment (60 soldiers)

1 British tiny Light Company regiment skirmishing (10 soldiers)

1 British Artillery piece (1 cannon)

Plus:

Plastic bases

Full color British & Continental flag leaflet

Assembly & Painting guide leaflet

The Flag Sheet is the same flag sheet that is in the Continental Army Brigade box and I suspect the other boxes. Actually I'm glad I have a backup in case I mess up a flag: 

British Colors: King's Color and Regimental Color for the 23rd (Royal Welch Fusiliers), 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot, 33rd (West Riding) Regiment of Foot, 44th Regiment of Foot, 63rd Regiment of Foot, and the 64th Regiment of Foot. A nice selection of Colors as it represents units that did a lot of fighting and gives you essentially one facing color each which at this scale can just represent generic units.

Hessian: Let's not forget that the Hessian or German troops made up roughly 1/3 of British forces. Leibfahne (Colonel's Colors) and Ordinärfahne (Regimental Colors) of Fusilier Regiment von Knyphausen, Musketeer Regiment von Donop, Regiment von Mirbach, Grenadier Regiment von Rall, Musketeer Leib Regiment (Erbprinz) and Musketeer Regiment von Bose.

French: Colonel's Flag and Regimental Flag for the Regiment de Gatinais.

Americans: The Betsy Ross Flag, the Grand Union flag, General Washington's Headquarters Flag and five flags with the Striped Canton and a colored field. I think we got a little lazy with the American flags; then again, it is really hard to pin down which flags were actually carried. Washington's HQ flag is perplexing as there are no "HQ units" in the range but I look at it as a vignette project.

For the troops you get 2 frames of the British Infantry; I was surprised to see the additional mounted commander/officer that doesn't get advertised on the Warlord web site. As with the other "line" frames you have the option of one or two standard bearers. Since these will be British units they will definitely have two. Just so you know, I don't care if a particular unit didn't carry their colors in a battle - they are going to carry them on my tabletop!

A close up of the light infantry skirmishing. I particularly like the officer with the sword in a heroic pose.

I was pleasantly surprised to see the officer on the right; I assumed, since I had only seen pictures of the officer on the left, that it was the only one in the set. At this scale it can also be a Hessian officer or Continental office by carefully trimming the gorget from the figure (not to get ahead of myself but I did that and it's easy!) 

In addition there is one generic infantry sprue that you guessed it - will be painted as British Infantry. The less standard uniformed figures will find themselves in the American militia. The artillery are gong to have head swaps and wear the helmet for two reasons: The American and British artillery uniforms are very similar so I want the British to be easily recognizable and, I'll be using the tricorn decapitated heads to replace the heads of drummers wearing the bearskin for my Continentals.

There you go - on to painting!

2026: The Grand and Glorious Plan!

Yep. Sam is back. He is kicking ass and taking names - and he is finally running out of names and will be (hopefully) kicking more ass as he looks for Charlie.

Happy New Year! Each year I develop a plan (What? You were a Joint Operational Planner in your last years in the military?) to focus my hobby activities and this year is no different. On with the plan!

1. Phase 3 of the Boxer Rebellion Project for The Men Who Would be Kings. To complete my Chinese Field Force for the Boxer Rebellion I'm going to add two Boxer units of 16 figures each. The Boxers will be from Crusader Miniatures Boxer Rebellion Range.

2. The American War for Independence in the South. As a military historian I had a special interest in the AWI in the South (harrumph, published papers, etc.). I have down the AWI in miniature twice in 25/28mm and now I'm going to do it again using Warlord Games Epic Revolution range of 13.5 mm figures. The British and American armies will be representative of he armies that fought in the last years of the war in the South. I will post later on the planned organization of the two forces.

The first unit completed is the Musketeer Regiment von Bose of the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel which famously fought back to back during the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. German troops comprised 1/3 of units for the British Army during the AWI.

 3. The Search for Charlie. Listen up! The Quest is on for 2026. Yep . . . finally. And the bad guys are wetting their pants.

4. Terrain. I just realized I have no 15mm terrain for the AWI. Hmmm . . . In addition a key piece of terrain will be built for "The Search for Charlie" that will be needed later in the adventure.

5. Games, Games, Games.

In addition to our Pulp Campaign "The Search for Charlie" there will be action in the Peninsular during the Napoleonic Wars, China in the 1900's, back to the NW Frontier in 1897, the English Civil War, some Unmatched and why not - some WH40K action.  Depending on progress maybe even the AWI.

Short and focused. Let's see what happens.

The 2025 Plan: How did it Go?

 

It was a great and unexpected year and the direction my hobby plan led; who would have thought that surgery and an old thesis would lead to two new projects that will continue into 2026? 

Well . . . I had foot surgery that I knew was eventually coming from my distinguished (HAH!) career as an Infantry officer. Who knew that during a recovery that I would watch a moving about a bunch of singers in one family that would launch me on a project that is almost exclusively dominating my hobby activities! I haven't been this excited since I did my Pashtun project for the North West Frontier - and like all great projects it will never be complete.Let's take a look at the plan and the year in review:

1. Take some pictures of my newly painted 28mm Ghurkas for the Northwest Frontier from Perry Miniatures and post them. I love the rules The Men Who Would be Kings as I am definitely a Hollywood kind of gamer when it comes to Colonial Gaming. 

Well this was easy - DONE!

The 1st Battalion, 3rd Ghurka Rifles are ready to leave the depot. Figures by Perry Miniatures.

In addition, I need to take some pictures of "Team Chase" (okay, it's Jonny Quest) from Pulp Miniatures by Bob Murch (contact Bob Murch by email if you are in the states for updated pricing information with the new tariffs) for an exciting, adventure filled post! DONE! 

2. Finish painting the Ogre miniatures for Honorable Son #4 (The Flying Engineer). DONE!

DONE!

The Ogre Mark III.

Heavy Artillery.

Infantry in powered armor.

3. Paint a Sikh unit and British mountain gun for the Northwest Frontier. If I have more time also a British Infantry unit and another group of Pashtun tribesmen. Not only will it see duty on the Northwest Frontier but will do double duty as the 1st Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force in China (See Paragraph 6). The British mountain gun is on the back burner for now but when I get to it, it won't take long to do.

The Sikh unit from Perry Miniatures is complete with a bonus that it can also deploy for the Boxer Rebellion project. my new project. I'm planning on painting the British mountain gun in 2026.

If there's a piper, I'll paint it. The unit is also from Perry Miniatures for the game The Men Who Would be Kings.

I also added some ridiculously overloaded pack mules from WizKids.

4. Finish my "German" Division for the French Army for the Peninsular War. I'm currently not on planning any artillery. I currently now have all of the figures/units I want courtesy of WoFun Miniatures. All units have been put together and based - I just need to finish the bases. You can see below how the units will look and how I am doing the bases with the picture of the Rhine Battalion Number 3 (Frankfurt). Net up will be the contingent from the Duchy of Baden with future posts with a little history attached. 

The figures and organization are done. I still need to finish putting sand and static grass on the bases. I really want to do a big battle Napoleonic battle in the Peninsular War in 2026.

Confederation of the Rhine Battalion Number 3 (Frankfurt), converted Dutch Infantry from WoFun Miniatures.

5. "The Search for Charlie". Okay, it's time to get this campaign started and find out what really happened to Charlie - and Sam is pissed. 

This has really slid - but SHHHHHHH! Sam made have found a clue and the next chapter WILL START IN 2026. Can the world handle the truth?

Sam has the Nazi goons right were he wants them.

New Goals:

6. In addition I have decided to paint a new unit of an army I have never done before. Time to pick one out.

Ta Dah. I did exactly that. While recovery from foot surgery (technically I still in the recovery phase - 3 weeks to go!) I watched a historical drama about the Von Trapp Family singers. Yep, the basis for the Sound of Music. I knew that Georg Von Trapp was a naval war hero in the Austro-Hungarian Navy during World War I, but that was the extent of my knowledge. So with a little research . . . GREAT SCOTT!!! HE FOUGHT IN THE BOXER REBELLION AS A NAVAL CADET IN THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN NAVY! New Period. 

Oh boy - a new project that is now 2/3 finished. My generic 8 Nations Alliance Field Force for the Men Who Would be Kings based on the Seymour Expedition is complete as is the Imperial Chinese army. What's next? Hmmmm.

Austro-Hungarian Naval Brigade led by von Trapp.

It's been a while since I have been so excited about a new project and especially with figures (Imperial Japanese and Imperial (Qing Dynasty) Chinese. What's great about doing the Boxer Rebellion is that I basically have all of the forces I need for the 8 Nations Alliance. By adding Austro-Hungarian Sailors and Japanese Infantry, I can give the 8 Nations Alliance the right look for a generic force using the rules The Men Who Would be Kings. Speaking of Japanese Infantry:

Japanese Infantry from Crusader Miniatures.

Most of the British Forces of the Relief Expedition were Indian so the 1st Sikhs, Punjab Frontier Force will join and my already painted Bengal Lancers will be along for the ride. I already have Russian forces so for now the Relief Expedition is done (though I'm sure I'll add more forces for the Legation). Now the majority of the painting will shift to the Chinese forces, both Boxers and Imperial Chinese Army. My latest purchases are the new Kansu Braves from Crusader Miniatures and some Chinese banners.

The first infantry unit for the Tenacious Army of the Imperial Chinese Army. Figures from Wargames Foundry and banners from Crusader miniatures.

Captain General Nieh Shih-ch'eng of the Tenacious Army  Shih-ch'eng of the Tenacious Army. Figures by Wargames Foundry, banner from Crusader Miniatures and gong by Pulp Figures.

The first infantry unit for the Tenacious Army of the Imperial Chinese Army. Figures from Wargames Foundry and banners from Crusader miniatures.

Chinese Krupp mountain gun Model 1895. Figures from Wargames Foundry and gun from Askari Miniatures.

Kansu Braves from Crusader Miniatures.

7. I'm also going to work on my forces for Xenos Rampant. I have more figures - not sure when I'll get around to them. No longer a goal this year.

I did however painted a Strike Force Commander and another figure for my Mobile Infantry that looks remarkably like a Space Marine.

"As a Space Marine officer, I prefer not to wear my helmet into combat. Heads up displays, thermal imagery, communication nets, real time location and the status of my Marines - plus the protection it provides are for sissies. Plus I can see my chain sword better without it.

I painted this guy too: 

8. Why not; time to do some more armies for One Hour Wargames. I have the figures and plan on doing some ECW and Ancients next year.

9. Games!

10. Breaking news - New Project! The AWI in the South using Warlord Games Epic Revolution Range. Now that I can sit and paint again, the production line should start speeding up.

Musketeer Regiment von Bose (sans Grenadiers) marching through Philadelphia.

The Hobby Front and execution of the plan turned out better than I thought. Huzzah! Now on to 2026.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to all of my friends around the world!!!