British Rangers & Shawnee, Oh my! Peter Pig AWI

Happy Summertime all. Here is a little peek at some very snazzy Peter Pig AWI Native Americans and their British & Canadian ranger allies. Painted up a small force to battle the locals in the colony of Kentucky circa 1782 during the American war of independence.

Calling this upcoming skirmish the Battle of Salt Lick Bend, loosely based on the real Battle of Blue Licks, a defeat nearing massacre for the Kentucky colonials near the tail end of the AWI. The Kentuckians remain on the To Be Painted table however. Led by the irascible “Dirty” Captain Girty, this force includes two units of 10 Native American allies, meant to represent an alliance of many different tribes but primarily the Shawnee and Wyandot, and one detachment of Anglo-Canadian rangers. I may expand to one more unit of Native allies eventually to outnumber the hapless Kentuckians even more.




Captain Girty

Really enjoying the Peter Pig stuff. I will definitely be purchasing more in several different periods because they are highly detailed, well proportioned, and have some great sculpts and poses. At the time of this post I purchased some English Civil War pikes, artillery, and a few cavalry + some Russian Civil War figures. Stay Tuned. I also picked up a few of the lucky piggy dice because, c’mon, look at them! After looking I found a Petey Pig dealer in California, Brookhurst Hobbies. I've been very happy with their selection and service so far.



Using the ruleset This Very Ground: Victory or Death by Keith Stine (2nd Edition, Iron Ivan Games). In my opinion, this is a really good ruleset for wargaming skirmish level battles in North America from the 1600’s-1800’s. The book itself looks nice, is well laid out with lots of pictures and tables for a bunch of different conflicts and eras. $25 USD for a hard copy. You can find the rules here. I altered some of the distances and tweaked some rules to make it friendly for 15mm scale on a 4x4 foot table or smaller. For combat and leadership each unit has three characteristics (d10), Marksmanship, Valor (Melee), and Courage. Officers hold the line, rallying off disruption and smoke counters after units have fired, or join in for extra chutzpah during the melee attack.


Shawnee warrior & Sachem Peter Pig 15mm

Anglo-Canadian rangers leading the way


Keep Rolling those Crits..
  -15mm Dieter

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