Top Ten Things On My Wish List!

10. M1114 Armored Humvee's from Irishserb's Miniatures.

I'm not really into modern gaming, but these are some great miniatures and I'd love to model my platoon from the old war days.


9. Mixed tents from Renedra Limited.

Picture is from Architects of War. Again, no real need for these, but I do love to make the gaming table visually appealing, and every battlefield needs some lovely tents!


8. Nebelwerfer Platoon from Battlefront.

This is the GE592 21cm NW42 rocket launcher pack. These are one of my favorite guns from WWII (right up there with 88's) and I've been wanting to paint some up for quite a while now.


7. Fearless Federalists from Architects of War.

Architects of War is a relatively new company with a great new line out to support their American Uncivil War skirmish game. They also have great terrain, and carry several other major lines. Although I would love to have just about all of their line, this is the pack that I want the most, thanks to the two miniatures below.

Sniper with scoped Henry rifle.

Soldier throwing Ketchum grenade.


6. Confederate mounted Commanders from Perry Miniatures.

No explanation needed, these are just gorgeous!


5. Federal Infrantry Skirmishing Regimental pack from Sash and Saber.

I already have about half of their 28mm ACW line, and I've been consistantly impressed with their quality, and how easily they paint! The Regimental pack includes all 4 packs I've shown here.








4. Lieutenant-General Ambrose Powell Hill from Redoubt Enterprises.

I have an idea for a diorama for a dear friend who is a huge admirer of A.P Hill, I hope to get it started this fall and completed by Christmas.


3. Caisson's from Old Glory.

I am wanting to paint a bunch of these up and base them individually to add visual appeal behind my batteries. Because let's be realistic, I won't ever be able to paint full teams of horses, caissons, and limbers.


2. Union Artillery running up piece from Perry Miniatures.

No one captures movement in their sculpts like the Perry brothers do.


1. Everything from the Old Glory 2nd Edition ACW line.

Above is the Union Infantry Marching Shoulder Arms boxed set. While my ACW collection is mainly Sash and Saber with some Perry mixed in, I have been eyeing this line and hopefully will be able to get my Old Glory Army Card and make a pretty large purchase sometime soon!


All pictures used without permission.

Johnny Reb's (4)

I'm slowly making progress on this regiment. I've now got 11 figures painted and waiting to be based. My painting time has decreased significantly with a 5 month old, but I've still been able to get a little time to myself which is great!









These figures are the always great Sash and Saber. They are a mixture from the Regimental pack of RCS1 "Confederate Infantry Advancing (right shoulder shift)". At $40.00 for 40 metal figures you can't beat them!

15mm Union Cavalry WIP

I've been working on a Brigade pack of Musket Miniatures Cavalry for the past few weeks or so. Not a whole lot of variety in poses, but painted to a gaming standard they look good on the table. I've got to finish the remaining 24 or so mounted troopers and then I can base these.

I've been painting the mounted troopers in batches of 8 with the same shade of color for the horses. So once they are all finished I can mix them through the Brigade and have some variety.

The command stand.

Dismounts.

Horse holders.

They look kind of rough now, still glued to cardboard fresh off the painting table, but in a few weeks they'll be done and I'll post some finished photos.

Comments and criticism is welcome as always!

WWPD Shirt

A few weeks ago I received my FREE shirt from Steven and the guys at What Would Patton Do. It is a really nice shirt, and the logo is awesome. Thanks again guys!

Civil War Silliness

I was going through some old pictures and found these of my best friend Ethan and I playing Civil War as boys. I think they are hilarious so I thought I'd share them. Here we are defending Virginia(the back yard).

Here I am in the infamous "trench" that we dug on the back edge of their property. Only recently was this filled in by yard scraps and it was a day of great sadness for us. We spent many days eating deli meat roasted over candles and hardtack, all washed down by some warm water from our foul smelling canteens.

Here is my friend Ethan relaxing after what was most likely a hot battle. I'm sure the neighbors all got a kick out of our glorious charges against those dreaded Yankees which always included dramatic woundings in which we'd clutch our wound and fall to the ground with a dreadful yell.

And even though we are hardened veterans, we break rank and smile for the camera.

Quick update

I'm still alive and kicking! I still cannot figure out the issue with my USB ports, so I am unable to upload any pictures unless I do it on a friends computer. So needless to say, uploading pictures has been scarce!

I have however, been painting a fair amount. I'm about halfway done with a brigade of 15mm Union Cavalry from Musket Miniatures. Not the greatest sculpts in the world, but they look decent on the gaming table once they are painted.

I've also got a few more 28mm Sash and Saber Confederate Infatry in various stages of progress.

The plan is to finish as much painting as possible while my wife and daughter are visiting friends in Florida this weekend, and then do a big photo shoot later in the week and have 3-4 posts worth of miniatures to share! I've also been researching another Civil War ancestor and will post that is well.

I won something?

The guys over at What Would Patton Do did a contest for their followers and drew my name to win a free WWPD T-shirt! I am super excited so I thought I would give them a quick shout out! If you haven't been there already, check them out. They've got tons of great Flames of War content, battle reports, and an awesome podcast. Thanks guys!