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Miniatures Adventure => Age of the Big Battalions => Topic started by: Yankeepedlar01 on 05 February 2015, 11:55:53 PM
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An ACW action features over on my Blog ~
http://talesfromghq.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/the-battle-of-privy-farm.html
A shot from the action ~
(http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh135/Yankeepedlar01/ACW/132A9871-7568-41E7-BAF6-B881FBD31C1F_zpsmdxfnlos.jpg)
Pop over for the full story
David
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Great setup and looking game. Especially love the band. Good to see Dixon figures.
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Cracking looking set to, I hope to continue Johnny Rebs success a week Monday >:D
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Lovely as always. I still have a soft spot for the old Dixon Figures. :)
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Lovely as always. I still have a soft spot for the old Dixon Figures. :)
Lovely indeed. I also really like the old Dixon figures... I have hundreds of them. I just need to paint them now ;D
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Great looking photos.
Excellent terrain and figures.
Love the Dixons.
Super pic with the cannon being blown up.
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Looks like a good game was had. Great figures & terrain set up.
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Wonderful!! Great looking game and nice clear photos. Some nice scenery pieces in there. I especially like the terrain stand with the forked tree stump. Interesting piece. Thanks for posting.
I too have scads of Dixons and love them, especially the cavalry. Dixon was the first maker to really complete the ACW line with all of it's varied components. They had dead and wounded guys. And not just one pose either, but plenty of them. They had complete caissons and cannon teams with six horses!! Great stuff.
I also have a ton of the Dixon Alamo line. The best Mexicans, by far. No many poses but excellent sculpts.
Same with the AWI, which was a shame. The AWI line never took off like the ACW did.
The Old West was another big line that had loads of different poses. That one they went all out with.
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I really enjoyed seeing the photos of your battle for Privy Farm on your blog. That is a very good looking set up with the figures and terrain on your table. Thanks for offering them for us to enjoy!
I too am very fond of the Dixon ACW figures (and the F&IW line also). I have painted and accumulated a large number of Dixon painted units.
Dixon's range of ACW is unmatched in variety of figures. More than one time now, I have been fortunate to buy the stock of more than one Dixon dealer/shop that closed at very reasonable prices. As such, even though all these figures are organized into units, there are many, many bare lead figures for me to paint.
Your game photos are an inspiration for me to get painting again! Thanks.
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Thanks for the many kind comments! It's encouraging to know there are many more Dixon Miniatures ACW enthusiast out there!
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To demonstrate extent of my obsession with obtaining, painting and using legions of Dixon Figures, please look at these game descriptions and photos listed below on the LAF. The F&IW and ACW, Pirates and some Wild West figure lines (and train) are included in my Dixon obsession. I use them with some Foundry, Old Glory and Redoubt figures, but the vast majority are Dixons.
F&IW Fort and Terrain
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=37746.0
Raid on CSA River Port
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=48282.msg578494#msg578494
ACW skirmish WIP
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=49453.msg578547#msg578547
John Brown’s Attempt to Capture Harper’s Ferry
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=50811.msg600976#msg600976