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Wednesday, 24 December 2008

ACW units using vintage castings

In addition to my ACW "dodgy castings" project, I have a small number of units or part-units using originial figures. I am posting some pictures of these. There are also some S Range units I have posted on the Lone S Ranger blog and some by other manufacturers (Rose and Minifigs 20mm) I am posting on The Old Metal Detector. As often with ACW figures the Confederates with a more "Regulars" look mainly use nominally Union figures.

The picture here is an unnamed unit using CS6 Confederate infantry charging in broad-brimmed hat and blanket roll.

ACW unit: 10th Georgia, US1 US2 painted as Confederate

Saturday, 13 December 2008

ACW project: artillery

The first figures I have painted up are the artillerymen - 19 Union and 18 Confederate (at least the way I've painted them). Given the quality of the castings and of my painting, they have turned out surprisingly well. I have block painted them, based on coins, and sealed with plastidip - a habit transferred from my method for plastics.

I have no artillery pices for these figures to man and am on the look out for good suggestions. t the moment I am thinking Jacklex, but would like the option of Parrots, Armstrongs etc. I don't know if the Newline pieces would match for sixe. I am also on the lookout for some guns which would be suitable for Minifigs S Range crews.

ACW project: Confederate and Union Generals CS 7 and US 7

My regimental and brigade commanders should come from this group. From L to R, two CS 7, one US 7 painted as Confederate, the converted FN 11 napoleonic French Infantry Officer in Greatcoat charging previously posted, and four US 7.

Searching

For the Napoleonic range there are now four main ways to search this blog for the figure you are looking for.

If you can read the first part of the code number of a figure, you can search using codes.

If you know or think you know the nationality of the figure, you can search by nation.

If you are looking for a foot figure (infantry or artillery), you can search by pose.

If you are looking for a mounted figure, you can search by type.

For smaller ranges (American Civil War and Medieval) there is a simpler search - by range (ACW or Medieval) and then by foot, mounted or artillery figures.

You can find a listing of the Hinton Hunt range on the Vintage 20 mil site.

Inspirations

There have been a number of people who have been an inspiration in pursuing this hobby and getting this project off the ground.

I couldn't have got started properly myself without the Vintage 20 mil site created by Richard and Harry .

Pierre Omidyar invented e-bay in 1995 and so has been responsible for my haemorrhaging money for the last few years.

I would like to thank fellow e-bay buyers who have made prices for Hinton Hunt items so high on e-bay that I have mainly stopped haemorrhaging money and am very tempted to start selling instead of buying.

If you don't know it already you really should check out the Hinton Hunt Vintage Wargames blog.

A group of fellow collectors and enthusiasts have offered help, support, comments, figures, words of wisdom, or even sold me figures - among them Alan, Dick, Harry, Ian, Iain, Jim, John, Peter, Tony, Uwe and Will. If I have missed you off you know who you are (and I have obviously forgotten).

Thanks to those who have joined in the joint purchase of a number of large collections and who have passed on the opportunities for these.

And not really for this blog, thanks to those who are buying up the moulds for a number of lovely old 20mm ranges (other than Hinton Hunt) and will be bringing them into production soon.

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