Cold Wars 08

I made the trip down to Lancaster for Cold Wars this weekend. Hurricane force winds and rain aide...it was a great trip! I had never made it to this conference before but I will certainly be booking my room for next year. There were some really beautiful tables and collections and the array of games was impressive. Here are some shots of the items I picked up. With Sash and Saber's 50% off sale Ill be painting ACW minis for quite a while.

I was only able to get one shot of a game that caught my eye. It was ACW, I thought the table was set up quite nicely. I think when it comes to Civil War tables, the more fences the better!!

Here is an Old Glory Supply Wagon painted in regulation federal supply colors. I added some extra bits inside and the canvass cover supports. The pic is, as always, less then spectacular!

Below is a close up of the wagon contents. I plan to paint up about 3 or 4 more of these. You can never have long enough baggage trains!

Additional Battalion Commanders

I am out pf 25mm ACW minis! I have gotten down to the random bits and spare officers. I made 2 more Federal officers stands and 2 CS outof the left overs. As always I must apologize for the poor image quality. Sadly I have yet to upgrade my camera! Below is General Asboth of the Western Theater. Below that, another 'yet to be named' officer.

I am heading off to Cold Wars this Friday so I expect to have plenty more to paint soon enough.

The 2 CS command stands were made from left over figures and 2 single mounted officers I had lying around.

The one below is a mix of old Glory and Redoubt. Next up is the commander of my 4th CS Battalion. This officer is an old style Old Glory figure. Judging by the casualties he's obviously in the thick of the fight!

Lastly, my friend and fellow gamer launched a blog recently showcasing his collections and newly constructed wargame room! Take a look as Lord Ashram's House of War. Featuring 25mm Nappies, 15mm ACW, and much more to come...

Dogs of War

After reading up on Civil War mascots, and being a proud bulldog owner...

I decided to add a dog to each of my ACW forces. Below is General Asboth with "York" and below that "Grace" with an officer of the 1st Maryland Artillery.

SPAM crap

Sorry about the spam to those on my e-mail lists and about the virus laiden comments on the blog here! I have deleted the users/ comments and issued death warrants for the posters, their friends, and their babies.

Battlelinescenics (Mark Fenlon ACW 28mm)

I ordered some of the newly revived line of Fenlon minis. BattlelineScenics bought the Mark Fenlon line and are now selling minis. I ordered several zouaves and the Gettysburg CS P.O.W.s. The figures were very clean and the metal a good quality. I highly reccomend the line. The site is still under conctruction but if you email them they will send you a price list and photos.



The newly completed 146th NY

I was bored and didnt have anything to paint

So I made this...