Even though I don't get much chance to play (because of my present state of health), I enjoy the concept and flow of the game, The Silver Bayonet, a Napoleonic horror game in the skirmish style. Just about any and all Napoleonic period soldiers and civilians can be used and the barn door is wide open when it comes to monsters and myths. I've obtained most of the books and I'm waiting (Hint! Hint!) for a book on Ireland or the Scottish Highlands. Things there are not what we expect. As an example, a werewolf in the Irish mythos is a protector of the innocent! Now that's a switch!
Anyway here are a few of my most recent painted figs for the genre.
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| Skeletons are always interesting as on-board nasties. This guy certainly needs a hot meal! (Northstar miniatures) |
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| He's listed as "Dr. Barnabas of the Infernal Embassy." I suppose he's a ghost of some sort and I certainly like the figure. I'd say a hot meal in is order for him as well. (Brigade Games Miniatures) |
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| A ghostly knight I like my ghosts green even though many prefer blue. (Ral Partha miniature) |
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| Two infirmiers for a French force. I'm not sure how much use they'd be on the table, but they're nice old Minifig offerings picked up at a Bring-n-buy. |
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| Two French officers who could be commanders or specialists of some sort. Always good to have a few extra. One is uniformed as an engineer! (Unknown make) |
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| A French Voltigeur who could be handy in a tough spot. (Unknown make) |
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| An Austrian Grenz regiment trooper loading. (Perry Miniatures) |
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| Russians... a grenadier officer and a Pavlov grenadier soldier (Purchased through Mirliton Miniatures in Italy, who actually provided quick service, considering the distance from Canada.) |
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| A British soldier of a light infantry regiment. (Mirliton Miniatures) |
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| I've been wanting to do a Swedish Silver Bayonet crew for a while. Here we have a infantryman in the old "round-hat" uniform, an officer in similar kit*, and another infantryman in 1814 kit with a Russian style "Kivar" shako, much admired by the Swedes. {* these two are originally figures for the Cisalpine Republic.} (Mirliton figures) |
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| Two more troopers of the Swedish army. A jager of the Savolax Regiment - although a Finnish outfit disbanded after the Russo-Swedish War, I wanted to add a Finn to honour a friend of mine in Finland. Since we can play pretty "fast and loose" with uniforms, I used the grey uniform and added the Kivar. The other is an infantryman of the Bohuslans regiment who were referred to as "The Parrots" because of their light blue coatees, yellow facings and shako festoon, and green plumes for the light platoons. (Mirliton figures) |
I have other figures I'll be blogging about shortly (sci-fi, Pulp/Gangster, etc.) but this is today's theme. I hope you like them.
