Tango01 | 24 Sep 2014 10:49 p.m. PST |
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WarWizard | 24 Sep 2014 11:10 p.m. PST |
Not sure why they refer to them as action figures. They are 54mm scale plastic toy soldiers, made by BMC. Been around at least ten years, maybe longer. |
Glengarry5 | 24 Sep 2014 11:11 p.m. PST |
Was there a bridge at Gettysburg? |
45thdiv | 25 Sep 2014 4:17 a.m. PST |
Didn't you know? And a river ran through it. :-) |
Grelber | 25 Sep 2014 4:24 a.m. PST |
Sorry, bridges did not figure in the battle at Gettysburg. Your classic American Civil War stone bridge is the Burnside Bridge at Antietam. Grelber |
79thPA | 25 Sep 2014 4:24 a.m. PST |
The river and the bridge are not in the BMC Gettysburg set. |
Dynaman8789 | 25 Sep 2014 5:14 a.m. PST |
I like the second picture, some of the guns are pretty droopy… |
GROSSMAN | 25 Sep 2014 8:34 a.m. PST |
Sure wish they would make those fences in plastic for 28mm. |
79thPA | 25 Sep 2014 8:49 a.m. PST |
Yes, the fences are great. |
HammerHead | 25 Sep 2014 9:15 a.m. PST |
look like both blue and grey are in sack coats….c`on you can do better than that |
1905Adventure | 26 Sep 2014 7:23 a.m. PST |
Sad they are not painted. It's never too late to start. |
Bumbydad | 03 Oct 2014 9:33 a.m. PST |
And just to keep the weirdness going, I got a large number of painted versions of these figures, but in 100mm scale! I think they used to be sold as souvenirs at Gettysburg. I don't know which line came first, but the sculpting is clearly the same. Inasmuch as they are already painted, I guess I really don't need to change anything, but I am a real dyed-in-the-wool gamer and can't resist: some of the Federals will become zouaves, while the artillery crews on both sides will be given the proper red trim. I had to find my own artillery pirces, but there are actually a large number of model guns out there that work. The only real problem is the lack of cavalry. The sole mounted figures are two generals (Lee and Meade, assume). Fortunately, cavalry often played little role in the bigger battles, but it would still be nice to have some. Unless I can locate some alternatives, I guess the two sides will have to be happy with regiments of converted generals! |