| Painter Jim | 28 Oct 2014 9:28 p.m. PST |
Various manufactures all 28mm
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| tigrifsgt | 29 Oct 2014 5:22 a.m. PST |
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| GROSSMAN | 29 Oct 2014 5:29 a.m. PST |
Nice kit- now all you have to do is paint Yankees… |
| GoodOldRebel | 29 Oct 2014 7:01 a.m. PST |
very nice indeed …as for yankees, i firmly believe they are for the other fellow to collect |
| ironicon | 29 Oct 2014 7:38 a.m. PST |
I feel like I'm at a re-enactment again. Nice looking confederates. |
| WarWizard | 29 Oct 2014 8:36 a.m. PST |
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bracken  | 29 Oct 2014 10:24 a.m. PST |
Real nice work, even the mix of figures works out real well, and you've got Dixon! Not that I'm biased in any way |
| Greylegion | 29 Oct 2014 5:42 p.m. PST |
Beautiful! Great looking "horde". I love Dixon miniatures. |
| Painter Jim | 29 Oct 2014 8:44 p.m. PST |
Thank you for the kind words and here are a few more.
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Aspern1809  | 30 Oct 2014 10:48 a.m. PST |
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| alcal50 | 31 Oct 2014 7:10 a.m. PST |
A great looking collection Jim thank you for laying them out , candy is always a welcome sight. AL |
| HammerHead | 31 Oct 2014 11:05 a.m. PST |
wow, must have taken a few hours to do,like the sharpshooter in one of the pics.Are the units organised into a brigade that you have based the flags on .Or a generic set up? |
| Painter Jim | 01 Nov 2014 8:56 a.m. PST |
The Wilderness Campaign Army of Northern Virginia
Gen. Robert E. Lee, Commanding First Army Corps.
Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet. Kershaw Division,
Brig. Gen.Joseph B. Kershaw Kershaws Brigade,
Col. John W. Henagan 2d South Carolina,
Lieut. Col. Franklin Gaillard.
3d South Carolina,
Col. James d. Nance.
7th South Carolina,
Capt. James Mitchell.
8th South Carolina,
Lieut. Col. Eli T. Stackhouse.
15th South Carolina,
Col. John B Davis.
3d South Carolina,
Capt. B. M. Whitener Wofford's Brigade.
Brg. Gen. William T. Wofford 16th georgia,
18th Georgia,
24th Georgia,
Cobb"s (Georgia) Legion,
Phillips (Georgia) Legion,
3d Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters.
My objective has always been the battle of Spottsyvania Court House known as the Mule Shoe. This will include a custom built terrain board. Thanks all for looking, hope to have descent pictures that include terrian soon.
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| Painter Jim | 01 Nov 2014 9:07 a.m. PST |
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| bracken | 01 Nov 2014 2:23 p.m. PST |
If I didn't have so much on the paint table, your posts could have tempted me back into enlarging my ACW collection! Well OK painting a few more of my back logged unpainted collection! |
| Painter Jim | 01 Nov 2014 4:19 p.m. PST |
The other half of this mob is in a drawer and waiting to get splashed. I dont know how alcal50 does it. Plus I am easily distracted. My problem is that I want to mix it all up (manufacturers) to achieve different poses in my representation of unit moving forward under duress. For me I need detail to paint on to and have a hard time making the figure pop without it, especially in the face. |
| bracken | 02 Nov 2014 9:45 a.m. PST |
I must admit that's one of the reasons why I like Dixon so much! The figures almost paint themselves, the detail I think is superb and the faces really do carry the character of the figures beautifully. My wife calls me butterfly minded due to my flitting spates of interest, although I have being collecting Dixon ACW for so many years now its more than I care to remember! |
| ACW Gamer | 03 Nov 2014 10:22 a.m. PST |
Painter Jim….I really like the fact that you mix all kinds of manufacturers……I still haven't over come my Manufacturer Compatibility Syndrome. |
| Painter Jim | 04 Nov 2014 10:00 a.m. PST |
Some mixing you can pull off and some you can not, in my opinion if the weapons are the same length (stock and barrel) with posibly cutting and reshaping some bayonets and bench grinding some manufacturers large bases closer to the figures feet seems to work, also somtime removing the officers sword and replacing with a not so stubby one, after all the method seems to work and trick the eye. Then some you just cant mix but would usually be fine as stand alones. It is opening a can of worms at times and in my reasoning for this is to obtain a certain look of the units pose that I personally am trying to have a desired look of the unit. |
| Painter Jim | 04 Nov 2014 10:09 a.m. PST |
One more method I use is when basing the shorter figure to the movment stand, I will use a slightly larger drop of hot glue and when seting the figure to the base I am easy to position the figure in a slight elevation, givng it hieght. This only takes second for the hot glue to set and your done. |
| KTravlos | 09 Nov 2014 11:23 a.m. PST |
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| fullb3546 | 10 Nov 2014 10:44 a.m. PST |
Great work! Thanks for posting… Inspires me to keep on painting. |
couldn't say 'no' to this opportunity!
