Sigur goes South - The American Civil War

[Battle Brush Sigur]

Oh, and this is something I'm currently painting on the side:



Two-wheeled ambulance wagon by the Perrys. Lovely kit.

[DintheDin]

Fantastic report!  This campaign is getting more and more thrilling!

The formerly invisible    ambulance wagon is in place!
And a diorama - proof of your top drawer paintjob it is!

[shandy]

Great report, sounds like a fun game! And I love that ambulance!

[Battle Brush Sigur]

@DintheDin: Thanks for reading and commenting! Yeah, in the end I decided to add the wagon anyway, otherwise it may really have been too confusing.


Okay, this is all the time I can spend on the ambulance wagon. Hope you like it!

[DintheDin]

Now that you finished the groundwork, it is a real beauty!
You could even spend some more pictures for some closeups, highlighting parts of the diorama, you made the postures of the figures look so realistic!
Cheers!

[Battle Brush Sigur]

Thanks very much! To be honest, I'm not all too proud of this paintjob, hence the lack of close-ups so far. It's just for myself, so each hour spent on this one I know that I should have spent on other stuff really (it's the curse of being a paintmonkey for hire I guess). The casting is also a bit rough, which hurts the paintjobs a little. I mean I know it'll look nice on the table and all. Maybe I'll do close-ups once it's on the table. The plain white background is the least forgiving possible. For this reason I usually prefer it over scenic shots, black backgrounds or textured ones. It shows the paintjob/modelling/whatever the best and it's really hard to hide things. As with everything I naturally like, it's less "sexy" and marketable, I guess. But at least to me it feels more proper. Also: I'm really lazy and got the white sheet setup all the time.

As for the poses themselves - I think that's the Perrys' work, I just arranged them in a way that seemed to make sense.

[DintheDin]

Be sure it made sense  Much.
As for the when and where of the close-ups, you are the player and we are the audience 

[Gargobot]

Seems like you could put #mood over those ambulance pics.
Good read. The campaign rewards are really intriguing. I wonder though, won't the campaign become more and more lopsided if the winning side loses fewer models and gets more points continuously?

[virago]

Now that the upside down flag is pointed out, I feel a litte stupid. Oops!

[virago]

Seems like you could put #mood over those ambulance pics.
Good read. The campaign rewards are really intriguing. I wonder though, won't the campaign become more and more lopsided if the winning side loses fewer models and gets more points continuously?

That's not happening in this system, because both sides get filled up with new troops after losses from all causes have been tallied up. So you never fall below a certain threshold, keeping motivation up.

[Battle Brush Sigur]

Guys, guys, watch out!



Oh, he's here already. 'Ello. Don't mind the upside down flag. They're going through a rebellious phase. :p

[Battle Brush Sigur]

Hooray! Reinforcements have arrived!



Also: The Perrys announced a highly anticipated release - more dismounted cavalry for everyone! And some new Confederate cavalry. And a new horse holder! Seriously good stuff. Shame I just got an order from them. And I already got a bunch of dismounted cavalry (even though I "misplaced" my initial 6 bases). And still got another unit of plastic cavalry on sprues. Oh well. But the new ones look seriously rad, especially the Confederates. Nasty looking dudes.

[DintheDin]

Hooray! Reinforcements have arrived!



Also: The Perrys announced a highly anticipated release - more dismounted cavalry for everyone! And some new Confederate cavalry. And a new horse holder! Seriously good stuff. Shame I just got an order from them. And I already got a bunch of dismounted cavalry (even though I "misplaced" my initial 6 bases). And still got another unit of plastic cavalry on sprues. Oh well. But the new ones look seriously rad, especially the Confederates. Nasty looking dudes.

This is very good news!
Eager to see these dudes painted by your hand! Cheers!

[Battle Brush Sigur]

@DintheDin: Cheers. I guess I'll have to finish them quickly for our next campaign game!

Hello, friends!

Here's a WIP shot of the new Confederates regiment (it's probably going to be the 22nd Louisiana):



Horrible cellphone shot, but it's just an early WIP, so justified I thought. Hope you like them so far?

[Flashman14]

That's a days work? Damn you are fast!