"ACW paper armies" Topic

Just to prime you in advance I`ve been working on image files for an American Civil War paper army pack… These are 5/6mm paper units in a block construction with front side and rear elevations printed on them.

To give you an idea of how they will look here`s some photos of my Napoleonic paper units below….

Brunswick infantry:

Austrian musketeers with Hungarian grenadiers.

I`ve pretty much completed the ACW infantry – apart I think, from some coloured union troops. The cavalry are almost there too maybe, although someone might ask for lancers? The rest; skirmishers, artillery, generals and flags should not take me long to make now.
This pack will contain both armies necessary for the war… you print off and make as many as you like as it will be a pdf download from my website at grandmanoeuvre.co.uk and the price will only be £10.00 GBP – bargain!
These would be great for people wanting to try a period or rules at very little expense, so… for grown-ups as well as children this is a good way to get to use historical armies at low cost.

Clever idea.

Lancers? Rush's Lancers are the only unit I know of and the lance doesn't make it to the end of 1861. Fun but not really useful.

yes, you jogged my memory a bit there Mark – thinking about why the lance wasn`t THE weapon of the war – I`ll need to make dismounted cavalry and horse-holders !

The Brunswicker blocks appear to be 8 files wide by two ranks deep while the Austrian ones appear to be three ranks deep. Am I seeing this right? If so, these could be used to create a 1-to-1 scale company/battalion without great expense. Also what are the measurements of each block?

The British Center Co is 17mm wide, 7mm high, and 3mm deep.

The company is 8 files wide and 2 ranks deep.

For $12.50 USD I purchased the British and French Armies.
25 PDF Files for the British.
22 PDF Files for the French.

I printed out some British Center Companies on regular 20 pound computer paper, cut them up, folded and then glued.
They are surprisingly sturdy and not as fiddly while assembling as I thought.

I have most of the napoleonic series and I like em'. I wish they were higher resolution (would make resizing easier) but overall they are great product. Looking forward to seeing the ACW version.

Very neat idea, and lovely stuff, but too fiddly for me. I'll stick with Billy Bones' paper ACW.

Having said that, I very much wish you success with these.

Im In !
Keep us informed

Thanks Gents,

I think I might be ready in 2 weeks` time.

My 6mm ACW paper armies are progressing nicely…

Today I finished the flags to go with the armies and now I have only: generals, some dismounted cavalry (in slouch hats), parrot guns & crews and artillery limber teams, and a few finishing touches to the infantry files to add.

There will be about 36-40 files in the ACW pack that will give you all you`ll need for the bulk of the forces in the war for both sides.

some files to give you a better idea….

Colored Union Troops Test.

1st National flag of the Confederate States

Just a brief word, or two to let you know that I`m in the final stages on the designs.
I`ll just need to make up a few samples, photograph them (posting them here of course) and then they`ll be avaialble from my website at: grandmanoeuvre.co.uk
I`m aiming to make this the end of this week – Saturday the 18th.

There will be 40+ files including the flags – I`ll list all the unit type files later on :)

Only problem with paper armies is you can't recreate the burning of Atlanta!

I`ve been thinking of buildings too, but there`s alresdy a lots of choice ot there re. 6mm architecture!
But then paper ACW buildings would be cheaper ?

6mm ACW Paper Army Units List

1. ACW Union Infantry in Kepis
2. ACW Union Infantry in Slouch Hats
3. ACW Union Colored Troops
4. ACW Union Infantry in Kepi Skirmishing
5. ACW Union Infantry in Slouch Hats Skirmishing
6. ACW Zoauves 1 – blue coats, red pants
7. ACW Zoauves 2 – blue coats, sky blue pants
8. ACW Zoauves 3 – blue coats, white pants
9. ACW Zoauves 4 – sky blue coats, sky blue pants
10. ACW Zouaves Skirmishing – blue coats
11. ACW Union Cavalry in Kepis
12. ACW Union Cavalry in Slouch Hats
13. ACW Union Dismounted Cavalry in Kepis
14. ACW Union Dismounted Cavalry in Slouch Hats
15. ACW Union 6pdr Medium Artillery
16. ACW Union 12pdr Heavy Artillery
17. ACW Union Four-Horse Gun Teams
18. ACW Union Six-Horse Gun Teams
19. ACW Union Brigade Generals & ADC`S
20. ACW Union Divisional & Corps Generals
21. ACW Union Army Generals
22. ACW Union Flags & Regimental Colours

1. ACW Confederate Infantry in Kepis
2. ACW Confederate Infantry in Slouch Hats
3. ACW Confederate Infantry on Campaign
4. ACW Confederate Infantry in Kepi Skirmishing
5. ACW Confederate Infantry in Slouch Hats Skirmishing
6. ACW Zoauves 5 – Louisiana Tigers
7. ACW Confederate Cavalry in Kepis
8. ACW Confederate Cavalry in Slouch Hats
9. ACW Confederate Dismounted Cavalry in Kepis
10. ACW Confederate Dismounted Cavalry in Slouch Hats
11. ACW Confederate 6pdr Medium Artillery
12. ACW Confederate 12pdr Heavy Artillery
13. ACW Confederate Four-Horse Gun Teams
14. ACW Confederate Six-Horse Gun Teams
15. ACW Confederate Brigade Generals & ADC`S
16. ACW Confederate Divisional & Corps Generals
17. ACW Confederate Army Generals
18. ACW 1st National Flag of the Confederate States
19. ACW Confederate Battle Flag
20. ACW 2nd National Flag of the Confederate States

Assembling ACW paper units…

It takes about 4-5 minutes per block.

1. The files printed out: these are kept small; no more that about 8, or so blocks per page to save on inks.

2. A unit of Union cavalry cut and folded – it takes about 2-3 minutes to do per block. Once cut, the tiny scissor cut knicks in the paper make folding these small pieces of paper quite easy.

3. Four Union cavalry blocks glued – this takes about 1- 2 minutes per block to glue.

Union Infantry in Kepis with flags….

Union Artillery – deployed guns and gun teams with limbers.

All three arms together…

Confederate infantry on campaign…

Dismounted Confederate infantry in Kepis with horse-holders…

ACW Paper Armies are available now from my website shop at: link