I finally got around to playing my first few games of The Silver Bayonet by Osprey Games. For those not familiar The Silver Bayonet is a skirmish level wargame set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars.
Although the mechanics of the rules are different than Frostgrave the structure of the game and it's scenarios are very similar. To that end I'm planning on painting all the monsters needed for the 14 scenarios in the game as well as a few odds and ends from the random encounter table. This will also be the kickoff for my plan to start building a collection of historic based/themed fantasy figures not only for The Silver Bayonet but for an assortment of other games and scenarios I'm planning on playing this year.
First up my Silver Bayonet Warband is led by Lt Archibald Tavington III. Archie is a proper gentleman on loan from the 95th rifle regiment.
Along with their Lieutenant four rifleman have been seconded to the unit to explore and battle the unknown. Two of the riflemen are by Warlord Games and two of them are from Perry Miniatures.
Accompanying the chosen men of the 95th is Doctor Theodore Theopolis. The good doctor is proper soldier and in addition to his medical skills is not afraid to use his pistol to see off any hobgoblins that might be found harassing the countryside.
Lastly Angus McHaggis is a highlander from Scotland. Angus keeps to the old ways and carries a great claymore to mete out the king's justice to the forces of the unnatural.
For my first batch of baddies I painted a bunch of Dark Wolves. For these models I used the WizKids wolves. The thing I like best about these wolves is that they scale properly with 28mm figures as they are the size of a large dog, and not the size of a horse that could be ridden by a man-sized figure.
Next up are the goblins. I used the Hobbit Escape From Goblintown goblins which are some of my favourite goblin figures EVER. I have used these for a bunch of other projects and I'm sure I'll continue finding more uses for these excellent figures.
No horror game set in this era would be complete without ghosts. Again WizKids had the perfect ghosts. These are great transparent figures that fit the theme of the game perfectly. I particularly like the ghost lady carrying her severed head and floating through the headstone.
One of the figures I struggled with the most was the Hobgoblin. The description of the Hobgoblin in The Silver Bayonet doesn't really match the design or aesthetic of any of the hobgoblin miniatures I am aware of. I decided to ignore the names on packages and actually landed on a Reaper orc that seemed like a perfect fit for the description in the game. I'm really happy with how this figure turned out and could see adding more of these style orcs down the road.
One of the other models I struggled with was finding an appropriately scaled Scarecrow. Surprisingly (to me at least) most of the Scarecrow miniatures on the market are surprisingly large and over-scaled compare to man-sized figures. Once again WizKids had a model that was both a great size and had a nice look to it.
I'm off to a pretty good start. I have a few more packs/units of monsters to add as well as a bunch more single figure entries to be completely ready for the full campaign. I'm hoping to get at least another dozen miniatures done this week, and then I might switch gears to scenery next week just to change things up.
And as always remember The Silver Bayonet and all the miniatures I've painted here are available from your friendly local game store.
Thanks for checking in,
-Jay
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