Author Topic: Nick's new ACW project (Read 57867 times)

zippyfusenet · « **Reply #135 on:** November 04, 2018, 03:12:53 AM »

What do people think?

Welp, I looked it up for you in the venerable Michael Blake American Civil War Infantry, Almark Publications c.1970. He quotes Confederate regulations, and I doubt they've changed much since 1970. Red sashes for company and regimental officers. This could be specifically for infantry regiments, I'll look up the cavalry and artillery regs if you want. Buff sashes for generals.

DintheDin · « **Reply #136 on:** November 04, 2018, 02:44:45 PM »

To join the fray

I have a huge book
"The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War"
1983, Arno Press Inc. and Crown Publishing Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging on Publication Data
US War Dept.

~~It shows the Confederate Colonel with a yellow and the Major with a red sash.~~

EDIT: You don't call it a fingerslip, I have to apologize!

Correction: Confederate Colonel with a red and the Major with a yellow sash

nicknorthstar · « **Reply #137 on:** November 04, 2018, 02:46:45 PM »

Oh grief.

DintheDin · « **Reply #138 on:** November 04, 2018, 02:50:34 PM »

Quote from: nicknorthstar on November 04, 2018, 02:46:45 PM

Oh grief.
That'll confirm Painting War's guide.

OMG what did my hands write?
One thousand apologies! I almost caused you a cardiac syndrome!
It is just the opposite!

COLONEL RED!

MAJOR YELLOW!

Sorry again!

nicknorthstar · « **Reply #139 on:** November 04, 2018, 03:05:58 PM »

Back to the Union for a few posts.
Artmaster Studios have finished painting the second Union Brigade to hit the Bloody Lane on September the 17th 1862.
They are Morris' Brigade made up of the 108th New York Infantry, 130th Pennsylvania Infantry and 14th Connecticut Infantry.

I asked Artmaster to paint them in standard Union uniforms, and for the bases to match my Confederates. The difference is the Union have white blooming foliage to represent the flowing clover they were coming through.

For my part, I've researched the unit flags, and modeled the officers faces before giving them to Artmaster.
The three units of this Brigade were all 'green', mostly only been formed for a month.

This is the 108th New York Infantry:
Commander Colonel Oliver Hazard Palmer.

See picture 2 for the model of Colonel Palmer.
The flags are very much standard Union Volunteer issue. I bought some GMB Design paper flags and hand painted the 108th onto them. (pic 3)

nicknorthstar · « **Reply #140 on:** November 04, 2018, 03:20:50 PM »

The next regiment, the 130th Pennsylvania Infantry.

Commander Colonel Henry I Zinn.

See pic 3.

Flags. The 130th had a standard pattern regimental flag. Some Pennsylvania Volunteers carried a regimental flag with different designs on the two sides, but not the 130th. I hand painted the number on. Pennsylvania regiments carried a State version of the National flag, the 130th didn't get theirs until a month after Antietam, so I've given them a National flag without the regiment title on. Other Pennsylvania units with surviving flags show them with the oval pattern Stars, so that's the style of National flag I've given them. (pic 2)

nicknorthstar · « **Reply #141 on:** November 04, 2018, 03:43:08 PM »

The third regiment are the 14th Connecticut Infantry. (The Nutmeg Regiment)

Commander Lieutenant Colonel Sanford H Perkins.

Pic 2

Perkins took over command of the regiment, another green formation, as their Colonel, Dwight Morris, had been given command of the full Brigade.

Flags. I couldn't find an actual flag surviving for this regiment, nor an illustration, but there was the best thing, the re-enactors. GMB do a Connecticut Regt. paper flag, and their Regimental flag is spot on, just with the regimental number to be painted on. But the National flag for the Connecticut has a rather spectacular eagle within the stars.

The GMB flags is the regular Stars and Stripes, and as the eagle on the real flag was both beyond my skill and time to do, I've gone with GMB's flag with the '14th' hand painted on. (pic3)

DintheDin · « **Reply #142 on:** November 04, 2018, 03:43:30 PM »

Excellent similarity of your commanders' faces with the real pictures!
And in general, some soldiers' face expressions you have achieved, are epic!
Cheers!

vodkafan · « **Reply #143 on:** November 04, 2018, 06:34:08 PM »

Nick would love to see a shot of whole brigades together, or even a shot each of the whole Union and Confederate sides that you have painted so far ....or are you saving that pic till the end?

Lord Raglan · « **Reply #144 on:** November 04, 2018, 07:03:33 PM »

Its just nice seeing those flag poles a more realistic size, as those previous monstrosities were just hideous

nicknorthstar · « **Reply #145 on:** November 04, 2018, 07:05:13 PM »

I'm itching to do the same Vodkafan, just need to put a few minutes aside to do it, and I'd like to grab someone with a camera rather than my phone to take the snaps.

nicknorthstar · « **Reply #146 on:** November 05, 2018, 07:03:11 PM »

Thought I'd have a 'march past' with the Union Army.

I've not painted any of these, but I've collected them since the beginning of August. In pic 1, the first two lines are the Artmaster painted figures, not cheap, I concede not to every gamers budget, but the lines behind are cheap painted figures I've picked up. I've touched up the paint work, added new flags and based them to match the rest of the army, and I think they don't do too bad.

nicknorthstar · « **Reply #147 on:** November 05, 2018, 07:10:16 PM »

I had to get the Rebs out as well!

Again, I didn't have a single ACW figure before August this year.

The lead Regiment and the two lines following I've painted, and have made up the bulk of this thread.

The lines behind are figures I've picked up, all at less than the cost of the castings, touched up the paintwork, added flags and rebased to match.

nicknorthstar · « **Reply #148 on:** November 05, 2018, 07:14:17 PM »

One last picture, Billy Yank v Johnny Reb.

bluewillow · « **Reply #149 on:** November 05, 2018, 09:17:34 PM »

Inspiring work

Cheers
Matt

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