| nevinsrip | 08 Aug 2017 1:40 a.m. PST |
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| Alexja | 08 Aug 2017 4:39 a.m. PST |
nicely done,i like the way you incorporate your figures with nice terrain pieces |
| Winston Smith | 08 Aug 2017 6:25 a.m. PST |
Don't they have brown coats? |
| nevinsrip | 08 Aug 2017 7:46 a.m. PST |
John, No. These are the Light Cot 4 th battalion. Green with white and in proper jockey caps. Right off the Perry plastic card insert. |
| Brechtel198 | 08 Aug 2017 6:48 p.m. PST |
I didn't know that the Philadelphia Associators had light cavalry. I was under the impression that they were infantry only. |
| Winston Smith | 08 Aug 2017 7:38 p.m. PST |
The cavalry is the Philadelphia Light Horse.
The Assiciators were a reply to the pacifist Quaker controlled Assembly which would not authorize a militia. link They had infantry, artillery and light cavalry. Almost a Legion, but not quite. |
Doug MSC  | 09 Aug 2017 6:18 a.m. PST |
From what I have read the Associators had no Cav. The Philadelphia Light horse were a separate cav.unit that was one of the oldest Military units in America. They wore Brown coats faced white and had their own flag. |
| Early morning writer | 09 Aug 2017 6:50 a.m. PST |
"They had infantry, artillery and light cavalry. Almost a Legion, but not quite." If they had all three arms, how is it that they are not a Legion? Or is it simply that the various constituent units served separately but not under a unified command, which I suppose would allow the difference. |
| Brechtel198 | 10 Aug 2017 6:21 a.m. PST |
The Philadelphia Light Horse was not a part of the Associators. They were, as far as I can find out, an independent unit. |
| nevinsrip | 11 Aug 2017 7:23 a.m. PST |
Could be. I just generically called them Associators, which may, in fact, be wrong. I'm all about the way that these look. |
| Doug MSC | 11 Aug 2017 8:46 a.m. PST |
You could do whatever pleases you. They are your toys. And if I was playing a game with you, I would have no problem bring them into the picture. Fun and enjoyment is what it's all about! |
| nevinsrip | 11 Aug 2017 10:39 a.m. PST |
I'm fine being corrected about calling them by the wrong name.
I took it from the Perry plastic AWI box insert card.
It lists under Philly Asociators Battalions 1775-1776
a Light Coy, 4 th Battalion, wearing a green coat, faced white, with a jockey cap for headgear.
I liked the look and made the conversions. I mounted them up, just because I wanted to. I like having unique figures and I'm pleased as punch with the way they turned out. |
| Brechtel198 | 12 Aug 2017 2:52 p.m. PST |
They are excellent figures-very well done. |
| Brechtel198 | 12 Aug 2017 2:55 p.m. PST |
They had infantry, artillery and light cavalry. Almost a Legion, but not quite. In August 1775 the Associators had four infantry battalions, one rifle battalion, an artillery battalion, and the City Guards, something of an auxiliary police force. I don't believe they had cavalry. |
paints his first three ships from the starter set.
