More ACW Figures

 These new stands of figures are ready for maneuvers.  Figures are 28mm Steve Barber models.  Not sure how I like them; the figs have separate torsos, heads, and arms that provide a small degree of variability at the price of gaps that need filling.  Not to big a task.  Kind of fiddly getting that shoulder rest pose with the big hats though.  Quality of the sculpts is very good though so they are welcome to my existing collection of mainly Sash and Saber and Raven Banner figures.  They match up well in terms of size.

Flags are from Flag Dude (Rick O'Brien).

 

Some Rough and Ready Rebels

 A couple of rebel units without jackets.  These minis are Perry rather than my usual Sash and Saber.

A CSA Regiment

 Another Confederate regiment takes the field.  This group used a more brown & grey palette

compared to the previous blue & grey palette.

All are Sash and Saber 25mm figures.

A Regiment of Rebels

A new "regiment" of rebels for the ACW collection.  Sash and Saber figures.  When painting a bunch of CSA troops I usually pick either a blue-grey palette (as these fellas use) or grey-brown palette (as the next batch will have).  That way I get some semblance of a uniform within a "regiment" but still get variety across the battlefield.

A picture of the primed troops under the LED lighting.  

A picture of the troops with base coats applied.

A pics of the ready to roll rebels

ACW Artillery & Crews

 Finished some CSA and USA artillery and crew.  the artillery is just sitting on the crew base so I can switch out 12lbr, 3", 6lbr, and Howitzer pieces.  These are Sash and Saber 28mm figs, nice figs as usual.

A Rabble of Rebels

This time something for me . . . more 25mm Confederates.  Minis from Sash and Saber.  Twelve stands total plus some dismounted cav.

28mm American Civil War Minis

Started a new collection of 28mm ACW figures.  First purchase was Yankee and Rebel skirmishers from Sash and Saber

Figures are mounted 3 to a 40mm wide by 30mm deep base.  This basing will be suitable for Fire n Fury or any number of other rules.

I've based 28mm figs individually before but this is the first time mounting multiple figures on a base, so I decided to spend some time with the bases.  The bases are covered with "scenery mortar," a powder that is mixed with water and spread on the base and pushed up around the figure bases.  The scenery mortar seems to be a powder mix of fine sawdust and glue that binds all together with the added water.  Model railroader use this stuff a lot and for me it is easier to work with than spackle compound from the hardware store.  Added some ballast and rocks to the wet mortar.

Anyway, after the mortar dries, about 8 hours, I brushed it with Earth Undercoat (Woodland Scenics product) mixed with water and white glue to add color to the mortar and some more binding to the ballast and rocks.  When that dried I then added the tall grass and static grass followed by dry brushing of the base.  Viola.

Next I'm doing the Yankees.