"10mm ACW figures from Blaze Away Miniatures" Topic

Recently I was sent some figures by a friend of mine of some new 10mm ACW figures he was having made. I have managed to paint up a few of them and thought I would share the images with you.

I believe that the figures are due to be released in a month or two. They will be the start of a new range by Blaze Away Miniatures which will include all the normal poses you expect to find in a range along with some nice table dressing sets.

Enough chat here are the images

There are more Pictures in the following gallery along with some shots of some of the greens.

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Enjoy

Andy Mac

They look pretty good. Let me be the first to ask how do they compare in size to existing ranges?

-Bryan

Hi Bryan,

I will dig out some Minifig and Magister Militum figures this afternoon and do some comparision shots for you.

Andy

They look nice. Always good to see ACW in 10. I think that size works very well for ACW.

I will dig out some Minifig and Magister Militum figures this afternoon and do some comparision shots for you.

Thanks Andy

Great looking figs ditto on the size comparison. And 10mm is the best scale for ACW and Naps IMO. I painted about 3000 of them in a very short time frame.

Very nice

While my two huge ACW armies are 15mm, that reflects the fact that they are also about 20 years old – if I were doing them again, they would be 10mm

Great looking figures in that slection, I really like the artillery crews giving the correct hand jestures per the drill book.

Those are really nice looking figs there! Great paint job too!

Thanks for sharing. I hope they are compatible in size with my Pendraken/Minifigs units. I like the sculpts. I also think that there is a need for "set dressing" figures in 10mm (are those surrendering Rebs? I'm sure I could find a use for them. Perhaps a "Broken" marker…or an objective marker in a "rescue the prisoners" scenario…) that these will help to fill.

Hi Bryan,

Comparison as requested, I could only find some old Pendraken and Magister Zouaves. Hope this will help. If I can remember they size up well with Minifigs but I could not find any in my trays to compare with.

Figures are Blaze Away – Pendraken – Magister Militum

Andy

They seem pretty compatible with Pendraken. Keep in mind Pendrakens Zouaves are thin compared to the rest of their range. I look forward to getting some of these figures. Thanks for posting the photo.

-Bryan

Close enough to Pendraken for me! I look forward to a new manufacturer to check out. Thanks again for the information.

They look good!

I've been using OG 10mm, so it's nice to have potential options for additional minis.

Greetings all,

This will be part of our proposed relaunch. The last mould is being made and should be with us soon. The aim was to provide a complete range from the start with the possibility to also make vignettes for those who wish to do so. We'll make the announcement on TMP when all is ready. Even though I'm biased, they are nice figures and will be priced and packaged competitively.

The best part is I will finally get my ACW armies, although they wont look as good as Andy's brushwork!….:)

Cheers
Jon

Nice looking line, and even though I'm on the "small 10mm" side (GHQ and Starfort) I'll definitely pick up all the command, special figures and so on, and a regiment per side just for variety. Particularly looking forward to the special figures and vignettes!

Cheers,

Christopher

Any chance these beautiful figures will be available in skirmish packs for those of who have little time and space but love to play with our figures when we get chance? If failing that, it looks like i can get 61-65 ACW rules from Ganesha!

What would you class as a skirmish pack if I may ask? Do you mean smaller numbers per pack or a mini mixed arms force e.g x infantry, y mtd and z guns?

interesting idea that,

Cheers
Jon

Hi Jon,

Mixed arms force, so you get a little of everything but enough for a good game. Tumbling dice did / or still do a similar thing, i have picked a few different packs up at Triples over the years.

Ian

Oh my! I loves my 10s and now it looks like I'll be going back to ACW. Anyone need some Essex 15s?

Thanks Ian, the mixed arms certainly seems a reasonable thing to do, thanks for the input!

cheers
Jon.

ooh, any comparison shots to the new Kallistra line? Looks like everything you'd need in 10mm would be covered by all brands.

Brian

If these are sized to fit with Pendraken, then Kallistra will be much larger – they are really a scale to themselves.

Ah,yes. I see Kallistra's are described as big 10mm/12mm. If Blaze Away are priced like Pendraken's I'll be buying bunches! If they are priced like Eureka, forget it. I hope there will be a U.S. distributor to cut the cost of direct shipping from down-under though!

Hy Guys,

I should be adding some new painted images next week including Civillians, Casulties, Stretcher bearers and some COWS. Many thanks for all the comments, keep checking back for up dates.

I do not have any Kallistra figures to compare with, I will try and get a few and do some shots.

Andy Mac

Thanks for all the comments. In relation to a couple of queries;

These chaps will be well compatible with Pendraken and will be priced attractively. Like all war gamers we like big armies without breaking the bank!

Unfortunately there is no US distributor at this stage but we would like to find one……:)

Cheers
Jon

These look great – will the figures be packed with mixed poses (i.e. some firing, some marching etc) or come in packs with the figures having the same poses?

Any hint as to how many figures will be in a pack?

I am in the market for some 10mm ACW and will hold off until the range comes out so I can compare them to different ranges.

The figures will be packaged as 30 inf and 15 cmd/specialty figures per pack.
Infantry will be either a pack of marching/advancing poses or firing/skirmishing poses.
We will also do mixed arms packs as suggested by Big Ian above and the sculptor is working on the cavalry now.

Although the main packaging will be set I'm happy to muck around with contents for individual orders to suit……:).

Cheers
Jon

sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet many thanks for the info :-)

I like that you have expanded the offerings with the civies, stretcher bearers and prisoners. Oh, page 3, the skirmish guys have forage caps, not kepis.

Excellent news on the mixed arms pack, I will hold off ordering Starfort Models from Langton Miniatures and get some of these. When is the general release date?

Hi there,

Sorry for the delay with new pictures, I will be adding painted versions of the stretcher bearers, casulty figures and civilians along with a couple of extras tomorrow evening.

Also I am putting togther a Reb unit using the mixed skirmish poses which should be ready in a few days time (I'm painting them while I wait for other jobs to dry).

Thanks for the feedback on both the figures and painting.

Andy Mac

Apparently the first batch of moulds will be here next week. There is one other range in the works which will be ready in June and a third possibly being done in collaboration with someone else so here's hoping June should be the kick off. Of course if we manage to get the ACW going sooner I will "news" it here,

Cheers
Jon

A shout-out to American distributors: Get off your kiesters and start stocking these minis! (please)

New compilation picture as promised, for close-ups check out the link below.

As promised a unit of Rebs by the middle of next week

All the best

Andy Mac

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Excellent!

This range is getting better all the time. I can't wait to get my hands on some for some 61-65 gaming.

Very nice all round….those civilians could prove a popular set for other genres. And you weren't kidding about the cows! Good work.

Cheers, TC.

More cow! They look good, and I may have to swallow international shipping to get my hands on some 10mm stretcher bearers and civilians.

hi, is there a release date yet, looking forward to getting my grubby mits on some.

jon

I've just added them to my directory of 10mm ACW manufacturers, and added in some voting buttons so they can all be rated.

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If there are any I've missed, let me know..

tim

@ciaphas – still aiming for June at this stage.

@madaxeman – thanks for that.

cheers
Jon.

Super looking figs wish I count get into them right now!
VR
James Mattes

Here's some images of my first Confederate Unit, it's been put together usings a mix of poses. I will do some better shots at the weekend. Next up will be an Iron Brigade Unit.

Andy

Very nice, Andy, as usual! Great job.

What great looking figures. I was thinking of getting Kallistra but I'm going to wait and see. The detail looks great for 10mm and the dead and wounded figures are great. Looks like a promising line. Well Done.

Bob

Newest Units, 20th Maine and the 14th Brooklyn Zouaves. Watch out for painted Cavalry images coming soon.

Andy Mac

Great work Andy. Really enjoyable pics.

Great stuff as usual Andy.

Here's a sneak peak of how the cavalry are shaping up. These are the cavalry wearing forage caps. Images of the cavalry with slouch hast to follow.

For close up images go to

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Andy Mac