American staff (4)

These are more Old Glory staff figures: the guys on foot from the "Dismounted Continental High Command" pack and the mounted general is the Philip Schuyler figure from the "Continental Personalities" set. Schuyler is an interesting choice for a personality figure, as his career as a Major-General in the Continental Army wasn't very distinguished and he resigned in 1779. He doesn't appear in any of the Caliver/"British Grenadier!" scenario books, so I could put him to use as someone else. Most of the scenarios involve the famous trio of Washington, Gates and Greene as the commanders-in-chief on the American side. But there are a hand-full of scenarios that have others as the c-in-c: Brigadier-General John Ashe (Brier Creek); Major-General Charles Lee (Monmouth); Major-General Benjamin Lincoln (Stono Ferry, Bound Brook); and Major-General Artemas Ward (Dorchester Heights). So this is basically a general and staff on a "British Grenadier!" c-in-c base of 70mm x 60mm to represents these gentlemen in the relevant scenarios.

I thought the Schuyler figure was pretty good, and the horse doesn't look like it's about to fall in the Grand National.  He's supposed to be looking at the chap waving his arm but, annoyingly, the eyelines of the two don't quite match up.  I thought maybe the general has received a despatch or some new orders, which the staff are reading, and he's thinking how best to act on this change in circumstances.

4 figures. Painted September 2024.