Re: Evil Dave's 6mm ACW - The Battle of Proctor's Creek

[Ray Rivers]

That is a lot of minis in a single go.

Good luck!

[Evil Dave]

Thanks. Ya, it definitely is and I'm dragging my feet because of it. I finished up the coat highlights tonight, I'm hoping to do hat and bedroll highlights tomorrow.

[Evil Dave]

I finally done painting the Confederate infantry. We're not going to think about the skirmisher stands I want to do for them right now. I'll be top coating and basing them tomorrow in preparation for a demo game this Saturday. After that, I'm hoping to knock out the artillery, characters and a unit of cavalry before the first weekend of April.

[batu]

Fantastic stuff so far. Can't wait to see them painted!

[Evil Dave]

Thanks batu.

This was a nice, quick win: Eight units of artillery all ready to go. Painting 32 infantry goes a lot faster than painting 288 infantry.



I also picked up AK Interactive's Dark Mud for the bases. It's easy enough to work with and has the added benefit of not needed any paint. It's expensive but worth the convenience, I think.

[batu]

April is around the corner... nice to see all come together soon 

[Evil Dave]

Thanks batu.

I've been finishing up a bunch of odds and ends this week, getting everything ready for Sunday. All the bases have the AK Interactive Dark Earth on them, and I put the flags on the last of the Union and all of the Confederate infantry.



I also finished up the Union generals as well. I need to finish a single Confederate general for Sunday and the rest I'll save for next week. Then maybe the skirmishers or back to the Steel Rift.

[Ray Rivers]

Real progress there and your troops look splendid. 

[jon_1066]

Looking great.  Just an FYI: don’t know if you’ve seen the guy who owns Cote de arms paints has put it up for sale so just in case you are low on any particular shade as I guess there may be a gap in being able to get it.

[Evil Dave]

Thanks guys, and thanks for the heads up Jon. I've had these since 1999 I want to say? I'm probably good.

[Captain Darling]

Excellent work on those figures ED!

Looking forward to seeing them in action...

[Evil Dave]

Thanks Pete! I've got skirmishers and cavalry left to paint from what I bought from you. And then I can paint everything all over again because I bought another army pack.

I finished up the Confederate generals this week, and also cleaned up and primed my Union skirmishers. We'll see how far I get with those in the coming weeks, there's a Blood Bowl 7s games day in May that I need to paint a few more Orc positionals for.

[Basementboy]

Fantastic! How you can paint them to that level of detail is beyond me, cracking work

[Evil Dave]

Thanks BB. A steady hand and eyes that still cooperate, mostly.

Some pics from my Altar of Freedom game at HAVOC on April 7th, the Battle of Proctor's Creek. There's still plenty left to do for them including painting the skirmish stands and flocking everything. I'd like to bring it down to Historicon or Fall In!.



The left flank of the Union line.


Confederates advance on the center of the Union Line.


The Union's right flank falters and falls back in the face of a Confederate advance.


Confederate infantry hold the abatis on their right flank.


The right flank of the Union flank curls back.


The Confederates carry the day with the early arrival of their reinforcements.

[AKULA]

Wowzers - you are a machine!