| CATenWolde | 26 Feb 2014 4:26 a.m. PST |
Cracker Line ( crackerlineminis.com ) is one of the newer companies producing 10mm ACW figures, but I've been very pleased both with the quality of the figures, their scaling ( on the "small" end of the 10mm spectrum ) , and their relatively quick rate of expansion, especially now that they have acquired the compatible Starfort range. In particular, I was very happy to see the line focus on dynamic posing of the "right shoulder shift" pose, both a fine pose for gaming and the most common of the war, yet somehow often neglected. There are very nice photos of painted miniatures on the site, but I thought I would post some photos in "bare metal" to give people an idea of the quality of the sculpts ( in "10mmWorld" style for those that remember my old site ) . What follows ( hopefully ) are photos of figures in sack coat, shell jacket, and finally frock coat. Cheers, Christopher |
| CATenWolde | 26 Feb 2014 4:59 a.m. PST |
Any hints on why I couldn't get the images to display would be appreciated! Is it because of the DropBox format? Cheers, Christopher |
| FireZouave | 26 Feb 2014 5:17 a.m. PST |
I'm not familiar with dropbox. I use Picasaweb. And you simply paste the image url here and the pic shows up. |
| GoGators | 26 Feb 2014 7:55 a.m. PST |
Those are really nice close ups. I wish every miniature had close ups like that. Thank you! Now if I only didn't have several years invested in a 15mm Civil War project…. Oh well. Bill is a great guy, has great figures, and puts on a wonderful game with great terrain. If I were starting from scratch, I would use Bill's figures. BT Sherman's blog makes for good inspiration! |
| ACW Gamer | 26 Feb 2014 9:23 a.m. PST |
I just started buying and painting Cracker Line miniatures last month. I must say, they paint up very nicely. I also like the variety of poses in each code. |
| Who asked this joker | 26 Feb 2014 10:15 a.m. PST |
Any hints on why I couldn't get the images to display would be appreciated! Is it because of the DropBox format? Likely it is because you are doing it through https ( encrypted ) and not text http ( clear text ) . Also, you might need to wrap the line in an <img></img> tag. I think jpgs are recognized by TMP automatically so maybe not. EDIT using the http tag, dropbox redirects you to https. So it may not be a viable option for photos if you want to display them in a post. |
| Who asked this joker | 26 Feb 2014 10:15 a.m. PST |
When I place the link as http ( not https ) TMP recognizes the link as a picture but can't render it because of the redirect to https. |
| iain1914 | 28 Feb 2014 8:48 a.m. PST |
These figures have a look of 'Warrior Minitures' about them. Look like they would be suitable to a more 'simplistic' wargames standard of painting (not too much detail) and would look gooden mass.. |
| GGouveia | 28 Feb 2014 9:46 a.m. PST |
Ian I disagree, you do realize that these figures are 10mm figures with a ton of variety? They are proportioned quite well and are quite detailed for 10mm figures. |
| ACWBill | 28 Feb 2014 7:16 p.m. PST |
I would put the detail in my 10mm line up against any on the market for ACW and they would compare very favorably. I am not saying anything bad about any other line but mine are excellently detailed. The greatcoats on my figure have buttons visable……on the capes! My sculptor is very talented. |
adds artillery to his soft-plastic Union forces.
