Command stands for the Army of Pendawar

 No army is complete without commanders, so right at the beginning of this project I decided to integrate my command figures and bases into the painting queue as I went along. The Army of Pendawar will only have two Brigades of infantry, each of two Native and one European Battalion in the initial phase. So, aside from a base of figures to represent the army’s overall commander, I need two Brigade commanders to be represented. Here is the first of those two bases, featuring a rather hot and bothered looking mounted general accompanied by a junior officer on foot and a ‘water-wallah’. The figures are all from the Perry Miniatures Napoleonic range’s British in Egypt ~

I also decided to incorporate into my two European battalions a seventh base of figures to represent the battalions’ commanding officers. Of no practical purpose in a game, except perhaps to confer the extra dice for Large units if we choose, but I like the idea of the overall look it will give to the game. It will also mean that if a Brigadier is ‘killed’ in a game there is a ready made replacement on the table. By mounting these battalion vignettes on regular 40x50mm bases rather than round ones it will help us remember to lower the Command Rating of the newly created Brigade Commander by 1! The first such base also serves as a test piece for painting the Perry Miniatures British Napoleonic figures, as it comprises a Mounted Officer, a sergeant with spontoon, and a musket armed private, and represents the 38th or Staffordshire Regiment ~

This is the inspiration if you will have it for the command bases of the European battalions, and incidentally for my flag designs, showing General Lake at the Battle of Delhi, 11th September 1803.

Next in the painting queue after the 3rd Native Infantry Battalion I’m working on currently will be a battery of foot artillery, again from the same Perry Miniatures range.