Stew art  | 01 Mar 2019 12:49 p.m. PST |
after finishing up some CSA bases, it occurred to me that I wanted an accurate count of my ACW armies.
Of course, I could of just counted them, but it was more fun to put the armies out on the kitchen the table… CSA:
USA
I mainly game ACW with RFF, so the totals are in that format: CSA total
152 infantry bases
20 infantry command bases
7 Brigadier Generals
2 Divisional / Corps command bases
12 cannons
7 limbers
6 Brave Colonels. USA Total: 139 Infantry bases
18 infantry command bases
6 Brigadier Generals
3 Divisional / Corps command bases
12 Cannons
9 Limbers
6 Brave Colonels Ut-Oh, looks like the good guys are out numbered Some more pics and hi-larious commentary on the blog… link Thanks for stopping by! -Stew |
| GROSSMAN | 01 Mar 2019 1:17 p.m. PST |
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| GROSSMAN | 01 Mar 2019 1:19 p.m. PST |
I just got 4,000 10mm looking forward to parading them this weekend. |
| FlyXwire | 01 Mar 2019 1:26 p.m. PST |
Lot of work there – and well done! |
| Frederick | 01 Mar 2019 1:39 p.m. PST |
Very nice! I need to that with my ACW armies |
| 377CSG | 01 Mar 2019 5:41 p.m. PST |
Very nice. Only the"good" guys out number the "bad" guys. |
| Stew art | 01 Mar 2019 7:56 p.m. PST |
Thanks everyone, appreciate the replies. It was fun to parade the armies. Those of with ACW armies should release your inner McClellen. He loved a military parade. 😀 |
 Yellow Admiral | 02 Mar 2019 12:04 a.m. PST |
Those look awesome! When do we play?  - Ix |
| Yellow Admiral | 02 Mar 2019 12:10 a.m. PST |
Just an observation: why is everyone short of ACW cavalry? I am too. It's easy to find painted 15mm ACW figures for sale, but it's very rare to find cavalry, even rarer to find matching dismounted cavalry. When I started collecting ACW, I committed to painting NONE of them, but I had to break that rule to get limbers, guns, and dismounted cavalry. - Ix |
| Stew art | 02 Mar 2019 11:01 a.m. PST |
Hi Ix! I completely forgot about cavalry actually, I have around 10 stands for each side (that includes mounted and dismounted). I found cavalry a big pain to paint and most of the scenarios I was initially interested in playing don't feature cav anyway. Cav actually doesn't feature very much in ACW and doesn't really get interesting until they have repeating rifles. 😀 However now that I've got a good sized collection going there are some scenarios with cav or at least dismounted infantry that are gaining ground in my imagination. So cav might have to be done eventually. |
| Garryowen | 03 Mar 2019 7:47 a.m. PST |
Scott Mingus did a nice scenario book for cavalry actions in the Gettysburg campaign. It is available inexpensively as a pdf from Wargame Vault. link I too play RF&F. I really enjoy the cavalry games. Just did Falling Waters which is US cavalry against CS infantry retreating across the Potomac. It is a Mingus scenario, but from another book. Tom |
| Oppiedog | 04 Mar 2019 7:01 a.m. PST |
Great looking troops. I've been plodding away at trying to get my confederates finished but it seems like progress is forever slow. |
| Stew art | 05 Mar 2019 9:28 a.m. PST |
Don't give up Oppiedog, ACW painting is something of a slog but the armies are worth it. : ) |
| Double G | 23 Mar 2019 11:15 a.m. PST |
"Very nice. Only the"good" guys out number the "bad" guys." Yeah, no, I don't think so. |
| GROSSMAN | 28 Mar 2019 12:06 p.m. PST |
Nobody cares about ACW cavalry…too much work for too little usage. |
ponders nirvana.
