"How many units of AWI cavalry do you have?" Topic

And do you have both mounted and dismounted for any given unit – and all painted or not yet? Pretty simple inquiry.

And any comments about how you use them in games are okay to toss in to the mix.

I went overboard and did way too many units of Cav in 15mm – most of them have dismounted as well – all but a few painted.

Just try to vary them a bit in scenarios as to which unit was in the Northern or Southern Campaigns.

British light dragoons, Queens Rangers, and Emmerichs Chasseurs. Both mounted and dismounted.

8 units in 28mm. Allows plenty of flexibility.

4 of Continental light dragoons (plus 2 dismounted versions)
1 of mounted militia (can use any militia dismounted)
2 of British light dragoons (1 dismounted – 16th, I think)
1 of Queens Rangers

All painted and all veterans.
Only use 3-4 at most per game.

All in 25/28mm.
On the Bad Guy side:
17th Light Dragoons
British Legion
Queen's Rangers Hussars (all 2 of them!)
Magua's Own Chevaux Legere

Good Guys:
The guys with white coats and sky blue facings
The guys with brown coats and green facings
Lee's Legion cleverly disguised as British Legion
Philadelphia Light Horse
Militia Stumblebums
Pulaski's Legion
Lauzun's Legion

As for dismounted, I have in the painting queue British Legion, Philadelphia LH, and Pulaski. I got a deal from my Firing Line Guy…
Already painted are Lee's Legion in the pink/lavendar leisure suits.

I have the above on 1"x2" bases. That works for both Age of Reason and my TSATF AWI variant.

In Age of Reason, well, use them to hit disordered or broken units.
In TSATF, well, they are not very big units.
Use caution.

However, Magua's Own have been known to strike fear in the eyes of stolid regulars, just by showing up. That's the players' own morale fail. Has nothing to do with the rules.

British:

16 th Dragoons
17 th Dragoons
Both in Regular uniforms and Summer Overshirts.
British Legion
Queens Ranger Hussars (I have 6…2 packs worth)
Loyalist Mounted Militias (Southern Campaign)

All of these have foot figures.

Continentals:
1 st, 2 nd, 3 rd and 4 th Continentals cavalry units.
Philly Light Horse
Lee's Legion
Pulaski's Legion
Armand's Legion
McCall's SC Dragoons
Ben Jolly's Mounted Vols.
GA State Dragoons
VA State Dragoons
4 mounted militia units. All Southern Campaign.

All have foot counterparts.

Lauzans Dragoons
This is the only unit I do not have foot figures for

None

Also none.

Two, 2nd Continental both Mounted and on foot Painted
17th Dragoons mounted unpainted.

You must always have two per side, lest you be unable to do Guilford. 15s are OK. Soft plastics are OK. 54's are OK, but no one wants to complete a 28mm hard plastic line. It's so much more fun to start another incomplete line instead. ARRGH!!

One of the great money loser ideas of all time is to invest the money into tooling the metal molds for 28mm AWI hard plastic cavalry. I can think of at least 3 different body types needed.
Can you see the outrage if a box of British cavalry came out, and the company held out on Yankee Cav or British a legion to see how the first one did? And then when collectors bought all they needed (one box) they abandoned the idea as a money loser.
Heads would take up lots of space on the sprue.

Buy metal. Only someone determined to lose money would spend thousands of dollars tooling AWI Cav.

All 40mm Trident Designs and all mounted and painted. Had a battle just using all the Cav. once. Loads of fun!

BRITISH
16th Light Dragoons
17th Light Dragoons

LOYALISTS
Tarleton's Legion
Queen's Rangers Hussars
Von Diemar's "Black" Hussars
Emmerich's Dragoons
King's Orange Rangers
King's American Dragoons
British Legion Cav.

AMERICAN
1st (Bland's) Dragoons
2nd (Sheldon's) Dragoons
3rd (Baylor's) Dragoons
4th (Moylan's) Dragoons
Philadelphia Light Horse
North Carolina Rifle Dragoons
Lee's Legion Calvary
Pulaski's Legion Cavalry
Francis Marion's Calvary

FRENCH
Lauzun's Legion Hussars
2nd Legion Hussars

None. Multiple units of infantry, but no cav.

Well, a prize to nevinsrip, well a kudo, for actually having more units than I do. I thought I was unique in having 20 cavalry units – and all with dismounts (including the Brunswickers). Doug gets a kudo, too, but of a lesser order since he just has to pull from his own range of figures he sells but a very nice range and a very stand up gentleman from all reports.

I am pleasantly surprised to see numerous others – I hope to use them to do a variety of hypothetical cavalry heavy AWI games. And in their historical roles at times, too.

Though I can't imagine using cavalry in the AWI without dismounts.

(Winston, without photos of Magua's own, they don't exist, you know? Get on it.)

When I had them, I had a small unit of Brits and a small unit of Continentals.

Ha, Early morning writer, come up and see my collection sometime. Your only 45 minutes away! Maybe play in a game with us too! I have almost 2,000 40mm figures in my AWI army.

(Winston, without photos of Magua's own, they don't exist, you know? Get on it.)

My table is full now with … stuff.
I have a game tomorrow night and maybe I can sneak them into Ireland.
In any event, I feel challenged.
Soon.

Seriously though…
Most cavalry units had short lived, and the uniform we paint them in lasted one year.
One could say "They are who I say they are" and nobody would complain.
But I like to paint and collect.
That's why I have far too many cavalry units than sanity would allow.

Nevinsrip, I am excited at the mention of British Light dragoons in "summer overshirts." This is something new to me (having not paid much attention to AWI cavalry, since coming into the subject sideways, so to speak). I hope it will be 'the thing learned' today.

Winston. Bad guys?

At the moment I have under development the British Legion, Pulaski's Legion and the 3rd Light Dragoons. The holdup on completing Pulaski is finding a good figure for the lancers. I intend to do some 17th British Light Dragoons as well, but cannot decide whether to do them in summer or winter clothing. I also intend to do some 1st Light Dragoons and some militia horse so that I can cover or at least fake the actions in the southern campaign.

I forgot the Swamp Fox troops.

Currently three, and, yes the Prinz Ludwig Dragoons are both mounted and dismounted.

1st Cont. Dragoons
2nd Cont. Dragoons
3rd Cont. Dragoons
4th Cont. Dragoons

Full Regiment Range 4 -12 figures at a 1:10 scale.

3 Troops 16th Light Dragoons
range 11-12 figures per troop. Same scale.

1 Troop 17th Light Dragoons
12 figures same scale

All have 2/3 the number of figures per troop dismounted too.

Lauzons Legion
If I recall correctly 25-27 figures. Full regiment. Same scale. No dismounted.

Philadelphia Light Horse
Full regiment 3 figures. Same scale. All mounted.

Prinz Ludwig Dragoons
33 figures. Full regiment. Same scale. All dismounted.

To do:
20 2nd CT. Light Horse. Full regiment. Same scale. No dismounted.

All 15mm.

One British, one Loyalist, two Continental. Rarely used except for the Loyalist unit.

Tarletons Legion,and a cheat-I use my War of 1812 dragoons for American Rev,theyre close enough. All in 15mm.

I forgot about the Brunswick Dragoons.
I have a bag of Old Glory Prussian Dragoons that will become both mounted jaegers and Prinz Ludwig.

16th LD (Tarleton helmet)
17th LD (regular LD helmet)
BL/QR cav (Tarleton helmet)

2nd Cont
3rd Cont

Militia horse (either side)

Civilian scouts (either side)

Mine are 15/18mm so I have have some leeway.

None, I'm building in plastic….

Only 2, Washington's dragoons and 16th Light dragoons.

And a mess of mounted rifles.

I have Continental and British/Tory cavalry in 28mm and 15mm. Enough to cover just about any unit, although I have only painted enough in 28mm to do Cowpens so far. I have some dismounts, but not many.

I had about 30 and sold them off, didn't really fell they added much to the games, just another layer of rules. They had very little impact on the battlefield IMHO and seemed to be used in more abstract ways than to put them out on a table.

One unit. How do I use them? Badly.

You would think that I would remember the Over Mountain Men, who rode to Kings Mountain. I have both foot and mounted for those.

17th LD (Light Dragoon helmet)
QR/BL (Tarleton helmet)

That's about it (for now). I have more unpainted horse for both sides. Seems like the Doodle dragoons never did much during the larger engagements (Guilford maybe an exception)

Too many.

None…. for now!!