Painted 10mm American Civil War Limbers from Pendraken

Today, I have some photos of my freshly painted artillery limbers. These figures are from Pendrakens new Civil War range. This batch consists of eight Union and eight Confederate limbers. For mostly esthetic reasons, I decided to make the switch from having two horses per limber to four horses. I’m very satisfied with this change, so going forward I will probably switch all my limbers over to four horses. The only downside to this is that I will need to paint twice as many horses. At times, this was a little painful when painting this last batch of limbers.

 

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Game Photos: The Bloody Cornfield, Antietam 1862

Game Details:

Rules: A modified version of Rally Round the Flag by Scott Monsour

Scenario: "Antietam: Hooker" By George Anderson (Miniature Wargames Magazine, December 1990) Note: This scenario covers Hookers opening attack on the Cornfield. The scenario ends before reserves on both sides are brought into the battle. Hood for the Confederates and Mansfield for the Union.

Ground Scale: 1”= 30yds (apx.)

Table Size: 6’ X 5’

Table Overview:

Victory Conditions: The Union must inflict 60% losses on the Rebels before the end of the game. The game length is eight fifteen minute turns.

Initial setup:

 

Turn 1

 

Turn 2

 

Turn 3

Turn 4

Turn 5

 

Turn 6

 

Turn 7

Turn 8

 

About This Game:

I ran this game three times in the fall of 2012, including at Fall-In. The Union players won two of the three games. The game pictured above was a near Union victory. Shortly after putting this game together, Rick Hasenauer released a Cornfield scenario for his Regimental Fire and Fury Scenarios book. At some point, I’m hoping to revisit this battle and give Rick’s scenario a try.

Thanks for looking

Bryan

First Brigade of 10mm Union Cavalry Painted.

Below are some photos of my first painted brigade of Union Cavalry. These figures are from Pendraken’s new Civil War range. Well, almost all the figures are from Pendraken. Pendraken’s new cavalry doesn’t include a bugler figure wearing a Kepi, so I decided to use the bugler from Perrin’s range instead. The two ranges matchup pretty well.

My master plan is to eventually paint up a total of four Union and Confederate Cavalry brigades. That should give me enough to refight most Cavalry battles of the Civil War.

10mm Civil War Wreckage

Today, I have some photos of my first batch of Civil War battlefield wreckage. I whipped these up a few weeks ago using some spare bits that I had lying around from Pendraken and Old Glory. I plan to use them to dress up my table or as objective markers as needed.

10mm American Civil War Wagons

Last weekend, I managed to finish up my first batch of 10mm American Civil War Wagons. This first batch consisted of wagons from Old Glory. I don’t really like the drivers that were included with them, so I’m hoping to find a suitable replacement from another manufacture (Possibly Perrain). Here are a few photos of my new wagons.





In other 10mm wagon news, Pendraken has just released their new Civil War wagons. They include a field forge and an ambulance. I will be adding some of them to my wagon train in the near future. Check back to see how they turnout.

Pendrakens new wagon

Pendrakens new ambulance

Pendraken new field forge

The Battle of Chaplin Hills (Perryville).

Over the Christmas holiday, I had some free time, so I decided to refight the Battle of Perryville. I used the Chaplin Hills scenario from the “Guns at Gettysburg Scenarios book 1, Heartland” by Paul D. Stevenson. This scenario is based on the fighting for the forward positions in front of the Union left flank. The commanders are Brigadier General McCook (Union) and Major General Cheatham (confederate). Below are a few photos from this game.

Here’s a photo of the initial setup:

The objective of the game was to hold the greater number of high ground areas numbered 1 to 7 on the map above. If you’re wondering this game was played in regimental scale using my own rule set. Each stand of troops equals 80 men.

Initial setup: A view of the battle from the prospective of the 4th Indiana Artillery deployed on hill 5. Maney’s Confederate Infantry Brigade can be seen in the foreground at the fence line.

Initial setup from the Union right flank.

Turn two: Maney’s Confederate brigade attacks the Union troops holding Hill 1.

Turn two: Stewart’s Confederate Brigade advances across the open field in the center of the table. The Union troops consisting of the 79th Pennsylvania, 24th Illinois, and 33rd Ohio fire on the advancing Confederates from the cover of a stone wall.

The troop positions after turn 3.

Turn four: Field’s Confederate Brigade, consisting of the 1st, 8th, and 51st Tennessee regiments arrives on the Unions Left flank near hill 1.

Turn four: In the center of the table, Stewarts brigade begins to push back the Union regiments holding the stonewall

Troop positions after turn 5.

Turn Five: The combined attack of Fields and Maney’s brigades forces the Union infantry supporting Parsons Battery on hill 1 to fall back.

Turn Five: Despite losing its infantry support Parsons Battery decides to try to hold hill 1 alone. Ready the double canister!!!!

Turn Six: The Union center is shattered by the restless attack of Stewart’s brigade. The Union line is essentially split in two.

Troop positions after turn 7.

Turn seven: After a bloody assault, Fields brigade manages to destroy Parsons Battery and captures hill 1

I decided to call the game after turn seven. Besides the loss of hill 1, the union army had been split in half. To add to Union woes, General Terrill was mortally wounded on the final turn. I believe that the Union would have put up a much better fight if less of their regiments had not been green or militia grade troops. Oh well war is not fair.