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Offline nicknorthstar

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Re: Nick's new ACW project
« Reply #225 on: January 10, 2019, 09:02:54 PM »
I've given Wargames Soldiers and Strategy an article, which is really a synopsis of this post  lol. It's in the next issue:

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Re: Nick's new ACW project
« Reply #226 on: January 11, 2019, 06:33:41 PM »
The yellow trim of his uniform says he's Cavalry.



Of course. Were they at Antietam?

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Re: Nick's new ACW project
« Reply #227 on: January 11, 2019, 07:34:06 PM »
Lovely work on Cobb's Legion Nick!
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Re: Nick's new ACW project
« Reply #228 on: January 11, 2019, 07:46:51 PM »
Thanks Helen.
Not sure where Cobb's Legion Cavalry and Artillery ended up, I've been focused on the Infantry Battalion. I'll do an investigation.
One thing I do know is, neither sides cavalry played any real role at the Battle of Antietam.

++update++
Cobb's Legion cavalry were at Antietam, but as I suspected, not directly in the Battle itself. They were way out on the flanks, but still suffered artillery and rifle fire. Their real moment of glory was before the battle, when they charged a Union Cavalry force with drawn sabres.
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Re: Nick's new ACW project
« Reply #229 on: January 12, 2019, 03:36:12 AM »
1862 was when the infantry said "who ever saw a dead cavalryman?"

This changed some later, though the cavalry was always safer than serving afoot.
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Re: Nick's new ACW project
« Reply #230 on: January 12, 2019, 10:30:06 AM »
1862 was when the infantry said "who ever saw a dead cavalryman?"

This changed some later, though the cavalry was always safer than serving afoot.

That's right. Infantry were always jealous about their cavalry -even artillery- colleagues.
Southern cavalrymen losing their mount were going home to find a replacement or else they would serve with infantry.
So, for tabletop battles, especially in the early years, it is logical to play cavalry away from infantry, except some cases that they skirmish dismounted in some screening or delaying actions.
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Re: Nick's new ACW project
« Reply #231 on: January 12, 2019, 05:32:39 PM »
Consequently, with reference to GWTW, I take it Rhett had bragging rights over Ashley, though he seems to have fought in only one battle (and in an unknown capacity, albeit apparently with distinction).

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Re: Nick's new ACW project
« Reply #232 on: January 13, 2019, 03:14:52 PM »
Just showing off these new figures from Artizan Design. Mike Owen has done them as Renegades for his Wild West range. I'm not sure if they are historically accurate for the ACW, but they look good.
So when Dave Woodward got them painted for North Star's marketing and we'd taken pictures, I got him to re-base them to join the Company D figures I already had in my Confederate army.

http://www.artizandesigns.com/list.php?lat=1

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Re: Nick's new ACW project
« Reply #233 on: January 13, 2019, 06:28:59 PM »
They look like irregular Confederate cavalry from the west. There were lots of these guys, coming and going as they pleased. If they'd been in the infantry the Army of Tennessee would not have been so badly outnumbered. Needless to say, their chances of surviving the war were much higher in the cavalry.

That's the flip side of the western Confederate army usually having at least parity in cavalry numbers and sometimes more than their Union opponents.

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Re: Nick's new ACW project
« Reply #234 on: January 13, 2019, 06:53:15 PM »
Very nice sculpts, very well painted!
Could be Quantrills raiders
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantrill%27s_Raiders

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Re: Nick's new ACW project
« Reply #235 on: January 13, 2019, 08:13:36 PM »
Mike Owen designed them as 'bitter enders', Confederates going to Mexico after the war rather than surrendering.

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Re: Nick's new ACW project
« Reply #236 on: January 16, 2019, 11:56:27 AM »
Hello Y'all

I promised to end this thread, but here's a link to 'Painting Cobb's Legion'.

What I've done is written a 'how I painted these figures' article for the North Star online magazine. It goes over how I painted the figures, which I hinted at in this thread but didn't go into detail.

Hope it's interesting:
http://nstarmagazine.com/PDFS/Painting%20Cobb%E2%80%99s%20Legion.pdf

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Re: Nick's new ACW project
« Reply #237 on: January 24, 2019, 11:46:50 PM »
The figures marched out tonight. We were using Chris Peers' Napoleonic set Tremble ye Tyrants with the obvious Napoleonic elements removed.
Enjoyed it, happy with how it worked but still needs polishing.

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Re: Nick's new ACW project
« Reply #238 on: January 29, 2019, 09:34:42 PM »
Here's my latest delivery from Art Master Studios, the Irish Brigade. They are a central to the legend of the Bloody lane, and Irish-American history.

There's a couple of things about these four units. First is they 'might' be the last time I model the officers face onto the models. The other is if you look close at the 69th, you'll see the barefoot model Crusader Miniatures recently made. As I mentioned earlier, this figure was inspired by the art of Don Troiani, where he painted the 69th and claimed a number of the younger members of the regiment had taken off their shoes before marching into battle.

Commander of the 69th New York
Major Cavanaugh


Commander of the 63rd New York
Lt Colonel Fowler


Commander 88th New York
Lt Colonel Kelly

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Re: Nick's new ACW project
« Reply #239 on: January 30, 2019, 04:37:42 PM »
A 54mm color sergeant of the 69th NY, poorly photographed by me:

This is one of Thomas' Tin Soldiers, by the late Tom Loback. He had photographed the actual flag at the armory of the 69th in NYC.