"Confederate Skirmishing" Topic

"You could argue that skirmishing is as old as war, but in the era of massed ranks of firearm infantry the advantages of skirmishing or ‘open order' were recognised in the 18th century. By the time of the Civil War all armies had long had light infantry for the task, and in fact all troops were expected to fulfil the light infantry role if required. Nevertheless the need for specialist skirmishers was recognised and in 1862 Congress in Richmond passed an act to authorise battalions of sharpshooters, which were initially filled from suitable recruits from existing Confederate regiments rather than directly from the population. By the campaign season of that year there were sharpshooter battalions from many of the southern states, and more were to follow. Any unit operating in open order would usually divide the men into four-man teams that would operate in a less rigid manner than the ordinary soldiers, making use of cover as available, and hopefully incurring far less casualties than the solid blocks of troops still being used during the war.

This is a most unusual set, because while it has a large number of different poses, no one is standing up straight. Skirmishing did not necessarily mean crouching or lying on the ground, but as there are already many sets of infantry standing it seems Strelets decided to concentrate solely on men trying to make themselves as small a target as possible, perhaps operating from behind cover or simply in the open but keeping as low as possible. The poses are a highly varied and often energetic selection, with men kneeling, crouching or on the ground in all manner of different ways, and we really loved them. A lot of them are in the act of firing or reloading, and a couple seem to be moving forward. The poses look really natural and so appropriate, and there are no particularly bad choices here in our view. Two of them are reloading their muskets – hard to do while crouching or lying on the ground, but it certainly happened. Weakest of the bunch is the second figure in the fourth row, who is firing while lying on the ground. This would be OK except that only his legs are on the ground, and his trunk, arms and head are well off the ground, but the figure is front heavy and cannot be made to stay upright. Also he is firing high, so would best be used against a sloping piece of cover – or perhaps simply uphill…."

Full Review here

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Amicalement
Armand

TL;DR a bunch of bad figures.

Glup…!

Amicalement
Armand

What is TL;DR? The review seems to ndicate that they don't feel that they are especially bad and you haven't really provided anything to support the assertion. I am not saying that you are incorrect, but there is also nothing to make me think the assertion has merit.

I like them!.

Amicalement
Armand

Pretty bad poses and sculpts.

Poses and sculpts are decent if not great. I would have little need for a skirmishing set for wargaming though.

Not all the poses are that bad. I´d remove the flag from the dead Standard bearer and use him as a casualty and the two laying poses are "clumpy"

I would have little need for a skirmishing set for wargaming though.

Agreed. Their previous sets were excellent for wargaming. At some Point I plan to get the set and include most of them into firing lines…or add to my rule set and use one or two as actual skirmishers.

Does TL;DR mean, Too Long; Didn´t Read?