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Miniatures Adventure => Old West => Topic started by: JArgo on February 28, 2017, 01:37:05 PM
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Just a thought - are the Perry civil war cavalry figures suitable for the Old West 1870's-1880's period as well?
Would there have to be minor conversions?
Cheers.
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I once used the Perry ACW cav as Hollywood US Cavalry. I wasn't worried about historical accuracy, just painted them to suit a John Wayne idea of US Cavalry, so take my comments with a grain of salt!
Comments:
-all of the figures have sabres moulded on. You may wish to carve these off.
-there aren't enough slouch hats for all the troopers. I ended up giving the bugler a kepi
The plastic is pretty forgiving, so conversions are quite feasible.
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I converted a couple to look as though they were wearing them 'fireman's' shirts, painted either grey or red, they don't look too bad.
:)
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While not ideal, they are useful - particularly if you want to simply make Cavalry units (as opposed to bashing cowboys as I tried). The horses are sublime and I've used a half dozen of them to mark unmounted horses on my boards. The sprue also comes with some carbines which are separate from any figures (and a few plastic arms wielding large cavalry pistols). Just enough bits to make the box a worthy buy for anyone. I was hoping someone would make a line of metal mounted figures which would slot perfectly onto these horses, they're lovely.
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For 1870's and 80's U.S. cavalry, look at Artizan's Plains Wars line and Wargames Foundry's 7th Cavalry collection. These models have the correct uniforms, weapons and equipment.
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Thanks guys.
It was just a price point that lead me to the Perry Cavalry.