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Miniatures Adventure => Age of the Big Battalions => Topic started by: Hu Rhu on June 01, 2021, 12:14:44 PM
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About 3 years ago my gaming buddy and I collected a few figures for the ACW to play Longstreet, which at best required a brigades worth of troops but we always yearned to play larger scale battles using Black Powder and the Glory Hallelujah supplement. Now that he has aquired a 12' x 6' table the time was right - and then came lockdown.
However I took the opportunity over lockdown (as did my gaming buddy) to recruit and improve my ACW Union collection. I started off with some more terrain given that we had a bigger space to fill.
First up a Renendra Barn. I added some Noch ivy to break up the rather monotone brown.
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Next a Renendra Church.
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And finally some more snake fencing - because you can never have enough fencing on an ACW battlefield.
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Nicely done :)
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Nicely done Gary :)
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Well those have turned out Jolly Nice.
Out of interest, have you got the entire Foundry paint range? lol
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Lovely additions to the collection Gary,my favourite is the church :o
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Nicely done :)
Nicely done Gary :)
Thanks James and Nick
Well those have turned out Jolly Nice.
Out of interest, have you got the entire Foundry paint range? lol
Thanks Mark and to answer your question - not quite, although I do have a fair few. 8) 8)
Lovely additions to the collection Gary,my favourite is the church :o
Cheers Keith Mine too.
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Next I wanted to base the army round a particular force so I decided to use 3rd Corps 1st Division from the 1862 Manassas-Sharpsburg campaign, especially since it had the Iron Brigade in it.
And of course an army needs a commander so here is Maj-Gen John Porter Hatch.
He commanded the 1st brigade of the division during the Manassas campaign and took command of the divsion in the Antietam campaign after succeeding Brig-Gen Rufus King who retired after suffering epileptic fits.
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Our forces include an attached cavalry brigade. Mine is commanded by Col John F Farnsworth
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All figures are a mix of Perry metals and plastics. Flags are printed off the internet.
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They look great Gary 8)
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Good stuff, well done!
BTW did you have any trouble with fit on some of the Rendera Church parts I’ve seen that noted by some people who have built it? Nice piece I’ve been thinking of getting one myself.
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Great start, excellent scenery and figures.
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They look great Gary 8)
Great start, excellent scenery and figures.
Thanks Keith and Martin
Good stuff, well done!
BTW did you have any trouble with fit on some of the Rendera Church parts I’ve seen that noted by some people who have built it? Nice piece I’ve been thinking of getting one myself.
Thank you. I don't recall any particular problems but you will notice that there is a slight gap in the woodwork supporting the bell tower. Not enough to be worried about.
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Your buildings and fences sure look the part.
And those generals sure look spiffy, too!
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Thanks for your feedback!
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Never real tried this period but yours look good :-* :-* :-*
Do you not need a shed load of infantry figures, that is what has put us off.
The big table sounds good as well, looking forward to battle pictures
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looks and sounds like a great project...
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Your buildings and fences sure look the part.
And those generals sure look spiffy, too!
Thanks. Thanks for your feedback!
You're welcome.
looks and sounds like a great project...
Thanks Giles
Never real tried this period but yours look good :-* :-* :-*
Do you not need a shed load of infantry figures, that is what has put us off.
The big table sounds good as well, looking forward to battle pictures
Thanks for the vote of confidence Colin. As to the number of figures, I suppose you do need a fair number (I think the clue is in the board title - Big Battalions) which is why a lot of people use 15mm or even 10mm. But I can't paint for toffee at that scale and with Perry plastics being so cheap it is just a matter of time. Also ACW figures are really easy to paint up in large numbers, if you do a couple of cheats. I put more effort into the command figures and a few others such as the artillery and speed paint the rest. I also think good basing helps disguise the relatively simply painting as well.
Talking about artillery I added these to the horde recently. Perry plastic 10 pdr Parrot gun and separate limber. Figures are by Foundry as the plastic Perry artillerymen are pretty meh!
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And I painted up one of the spare artillery crewmen as the artillery commander - Capt CL Best United States Artillery.
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Bang tidy! (See what I did there? :D)
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Bang tidy! (See what I did there? :D)
I did. lol lol Thanks Keith.
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All excellent work!!
Walt
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Well done! Bring up the guns!
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Very nice, I love those artillery
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Always a joy to see beautifully painted ACW figures, keep em coming!
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Loving generals and the guns!
I must get back and paint some more Union troops
have you listened to the "the Civil War" podcast, listening to the battle of south mountain as I write this?
cheers
matt
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Lovely work! Nice subtle shading.
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Fantastic job! I mount command stands the same way.
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Lovely figures.