Milestone Reached

After all these many years, I've finally finished painting all of the native Americans for my French and Indian War collection: one last fighting unit, the hero and villain stands, the specialty figures from Blue Moon (log ram, torch bearers, ladder carriers/climbers, 'lacrosse' players, and both civilian villages (with one figure being a dog to make up numbers plus nine babes in arms).  Must admit I pushed hard to get this done and may have cut a few corners quality wise but - as always - these are gaming pieces, not works of art.  Still have to texture the bases and do the seal coating but that's just time.   Once proper basing is complete there will be photos.  Might wait to paint up the village buildings, though.  I'd like the villagers photographed within their respective villages (two of them - one long house and two huts per village, at least for now).   Feels good to get them done.

Numbers, including the other fighting unit finished this year:

42 + 4 fighting unit #6
42 + 4 Fighting unit #7
6 + 6 Leaders for all seven fighting units
18 + 6 Hero and Villains figures
29 + 6 specialty figures
60 + 8 villagers

197 figures + 34 or so casualty figures (a few extra in the mix so I need to double check those counts on a later edit) for 231 total

Now need to finish up some European gun crew figures and some higher leaders to be ready for a game in less than two weeks.  Have two more fighting units, one French and one British, on the painting table that aren't likely to be done for the game but will leave just six more fighting units to finish plus some various auxiliary figures to finish out the collection - I'm starting to taste being done with the collection.  Goal: first day of summer have it all done.  Hoping.

Quality is good but finished and playable is the ultimate goal.  So finished is better.