Haitian Revolution - Haitian Flag Bearers and Commanders

 

I've been busy these past few weeks trying to tidy up my paint desk in readiness for the Painting Challenge that starts tomorrow. 

I started painting these months ago hoping to use them for my Haitian Revolution game at Broadside in June. But in the end didn't need them, so they were pushed to the back of the queue

All 4 figures are from Britannia Miniatures, which are available from Andy at Grubby Tanks.

I had to do a little conversion work, chopping off some heads and replacing them with black heads from Trent Miniatures range. I found an image of what the Haitian flags probably looked like and printed these off myself.

I also painted another 4 figures from Britannia, but this time holding the French flag!

So we could end up playing a game with 4 units of former slaves on each side fighting each other??

I also painted a few commanders for the Haitian's These are once again conversions of Britannia Miniatures, using Trent heads.

I quite liked the idea of having a figure with a red bicorne like the image of Jean-Jacques Dessalines. I suppose I should have painted white trousers????

Lastly 4 French Commanders from the Britannia range, these of course still have their heads in place.

So you can see just what you can do with just a little conversion work.

And that's it for todays post!