Pony Wars: Mounted Indians I

I managed to finish the first 'Red Indians' for the forthcoming Pony Wars (or B Troop Ain't Coming Back) rules, painting up thirty-five 10mm castings from Irregular Miniatures.

I'm not 100% certain about basing requirements, mainly casualty removal, but as I need rather a lot of hostiles I decided the first batch would be based in 5's.

It must be noted that the miniatures are lovely and I was really surprised with the quality of the sculpts. They are a little bit slimmer than Lancashire and Pendraken's models but are compatible. 

Now I've finished these I'll order some more from Irregular and another company of cavalry from Lancashire Games.

Pony Wars: Company A, 2nd US Cavalry

As stated in my A Cunning Plan (or two...) for 2021!, one cunning plan was to build up some forces for the forthcoming reissue of Pony Wars (or B Troop Ain't Coming Back) which is due out sometime soon. It does require rather a lot of miniatures (600 mounted Indians IIRC) so I'm working on scaling the game back 50% and doing it in 10mm...

Lancashire Games have a fledgling Pony Wars range so I ordered some US Cavalry from them and painted up my first company.

Despite the small scale I am happy with the end result of my painting efforts, though I have baulked at painting the lettering on the guidon!

Next up on the painting table will be some Indians (ordered from Irregular - they are lovely) or some Army wagons to go with the cavalry...

Of course the project necessitated re-watching John Ford's Cavalry Trilogy so inspired by the first and third films, my cavalry regiment in Pony Wars will be the 2nd US Cavalry commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Kirby Yorke...