"Blue Moon ACW sculpting requests?" Topic

This range is really shaping up nicely. Here's my request … Western federal infantry in slouch hats and Hardee hats (these would also serve nicely as "Iron Brigade" vets for Eastern Union armies. Also, it would be great to see some Union infantry in frock coats.

Yep the Iron Brigade and some Union and Confederate personalities too please!

Field hospital

Mountain howitzers; Indian troops for fighting in the Indian territory (Cherokee and Choctaw Rifles, etc…); irregular cavalry (raiders); Black infantry in frock coats; Zouaves in shirts and caps with command (not in bloody marching poses!); mounted infantry dismounted with repeaters (Wilder's Brigade types)… not everyone fights the huge battles and I think the Indian territory and other "sideshow" theatres would be nice to game.

Breadens' Sharpshooters.

Dead men.

"Berdan's" Sharpshooters?

What War in 15mm said. My armies need a good field hospital to further dress up the table. Could be made generic enough to cover several periods I should think.

ragged rebs. bare foot. iron brigade firing and advancing.

Josie Wales and Confederate guerillas? Reckon so.

In the printed catalog most of a above and more is listed and some is close at hand.
regards
Russ Dunaway

Russ – can you share what is in the printed catalopgue for those of us without one?

A whole bunch of stuff!! Most or all done by end of the year. Then we will add more next year of the really obscure stuff like 1st Bull Run,etc.
regards
Russ Dunaway

Yay! When Old Glory does a range of miniatures they do what they can to make it complete.

"When Old Glory does a range of miniatures they do what they can to make it complete."
I will agree with you as for the 15mm range. Now if they would only do that for the 25/28mm range. Alot of what is being requested for such as Indian troops,irregular cavalry and mounted infantry dismounted with repeaters never came out and never will. I was told many many years ago the range was complete. So in this respect I would disagree with you.

I would take "They do what they can" to mean they release as much as they think they can without losing their shirts. If they made everything gamers demanded they would have gone bankrupt years ago. Indian troops would be nice, but would certainly be unlikely to break even for a loooong time.

Old Glory/Blue Moon 15/18mm catalog Fall 2011:
PDF link

I hope we'll see more ACW packs with 30 different variations. Those are terrific. I'd even settle for 25 or 20 …!!!

no iron brigade advancing or firing on that list. guess its battle honours/ab. that sucks…

There will be Zouave and Iron brigade advancing and firing line added to the list as we have had many requests for those in particular.
regards
Russ Dunaway

thank you! not a big fan of BH/AB, and i've painted many hunderds of the old glory iron brigade and while those ar'nt too bad, something new is needed.

Thanks for sharing the PDF catalog!

A few comments …

15ACW-28 Confederate Infantry / Backpacks – YES! Excellent addition. Thank you for helping to dispense with the notion that Rebels ran around with only blanket rolls. Backpacks are very useful for obvious reasons, and were popular on both sides throughout the war.

15ACW-31 Infantry in Frock Coats – another much-needed addition. Frock coats were far more common than most realize. Especially valued for warmth in the cooler months of the year. Will these will be a mix of forage caps and slouch caps?

15ACW-98 Confederate Infantry in the West – Real interested to see what these will look like.

Still don't see any other Iron Brigade figures in the list? Hope these are planned for future release. As I stated above, an assortment of yanks with Hardee hats in various stages of wear would be an excellent addition, not only for depicting the Iron Brigade regiments after 1862, but also for Western federals.

Hoods TX firing line?

Another sculpting request for Old Glory/Blue Moon. Might I suggest Union artillery wearing shell jackets? All the figures in the pack you currently have for sale are wearing the sack coat.

Also, it appears that your sculptor is unaware that both federal and confederate frock coats had stand-up collars, not roll-down collars like the fatigue (sack) coats.

Vignette pieces. I've got some figures I plan to use for a 'mood piece': a Union brother of a wounded Confederate asking how Father is – who is but a few feet away dead with a waiting negro with shovel to bury the dead man, all under a battle scarred oak tree. Sets like this from Blue Moon would be really cool. (and yes, Morgan Freeman from Glory inspires the man with the shovel)

I would like to see some farm animals… these would be good for wild west, ACW, FIW, AWI… so I think they would be good sellers…

Maybe they do some generic Indian soldiers. Thy could also be used for Plains War fights as well.

Wouldn't the 'War Paint' series currently offered by Blue Moon/Old Glory fit your need for generic Plains War figures?

Here's the link with photos:
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