"Pickettīs Charge - set 2" Topic
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| Pauls Bods | 01 Nov 2018 2:49 a.m. PST |
couple of Close ups and the whole confederate army (infantry) link |
Frederick  | 01 Nov 2018 5:38 a.m. PST |
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| nickinsomerset | 01 Nov 2018 8:31 a.m. PST |
I have 8 boxes of these chaps to do. How do you prepare yours prior to painting? Tally Ho! |
| Pauls Bods | 01 Nov 2018 9:10 a.m. PST |
No washing in soapy water after removing from the sprue*. Check to see if they stand up straight..some of the bases can be wonky, remove any obvious Flash, correct any bent rifles etc with hot water, replace the pre-cast flagpole with Florist wire then I stick them onto bottle tops with lumps of the wax covering (red or green) from babybell cheese (honestly :-) base paint them with matt black acrylic from craft Shops. (Marabu,Hobbyline or Kreul) In fact, I only use Marabu,Hobbyline or Kreul acrylics. *The brush in the pic sort of scrubs the paint on
and seems to deal with any release agents.
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| Jeffers | 01 Nov 2018 9:42 a.m. PST |
Paul
Did you decide to use the Airfix rules in the end? I've recently managed to drop cast some old Airfix and I'm half tempted to go back to basics! |
| Pauls Bods | 01 Nov 2018 10:48 a.m. PST |
I did indeed Jef
Pic Taken in 1977 using the T.A.R.D.I.S
The rules are a bit simple but make for a fun game Battle Report 1 linkBattle Report 2 linkWhat did you use for the molds for drop casting ? Iīve considered doing the same to raise so more Airfix ACW troops |
| Jeffers | 02 Nov 2018 2:54 a.m. PST |
Brilliant! I haven't used them since college in 1983 but they still sit on my bookshelf as my entry drug into wargaming. At least you managed to make the canister stick properly; I wussed out and used card! When you started this I took another look at them and they don't look any worse than other sets of ACW rules I've played over the years. I am half tempted to give them another go but with some good command & control rules I picked up from Wargames Illustrated many years ago. I so far have drop cast some 1st edition 8th Army (same style as ACW) using red RTV rubber and Alloy No. 4 from Alex Tiranti. I have this insane idea to do Western Desert with 1/76 vehicles and Lionel Tarr rules… |
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