New Gallery: The Battle of Pea Ridge (First Day, March 7th, 1862)

Just in time for the 150^th anniversary here are the photos from the Battle Pea Ridge game that I ran back in January. Below are some of my favorite photos from the game. The entire gallery can be seen here: The
Battle of Pea Ridge Gallery

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Key Words: ACW 10mm, American Civil War 10mm, The Battle of Pea Ridge, Elkhorn Tavern, Syracuse Wargaming

10mm Roads

I’ve had several people ask me what I was using for roads ever since I started to share my Civil War game photos. I will use this post to answer that question.



Roads are one of those terrain features that can make or break your battlefield, so when I decided to do my American Civil War project in 10mm scale one of the first questions I had to ask myself was “what will I use for roads”. As always, one of the first places I checked was the TMP forum’s to see what other people were using. Unfortunately, the most common answers were felt or sand. I was not satisfied with these answers, so I continued my search. While browsing the blog, “CHARGE! Civil War gaming” by Scott Mingus, I discovered a review that he did on 1” flexible roads from Monday Knight Productions. In this review, Scott included simple step by step instructions on how he enhanced the appearance of his roads. I had seen the unfinished version of these roads before, and I really was not impressed with them but after seeing how Scott was able to greatly enhance the appearance by simply adding a black wash and then flocking the edges, I was convinced. I have not looked back since buying my first set. What I like about these roads are: 1) They are extremely flexible. 2) The straight road section comes in 22” length; these can then be trimmed to any size you desire. 3) The road surface is 1” wide and in my opinion they look great with my 10mm figures. 4) The roads come in a variety of different shapes and sizes. 5) You can find these roads for sale in the dealers’ hall at most HMGS East conventions. The only downside to these roads is you need to store them flat or they will become wrinkled.








For more information on these roads, I recommend that you check out Scott Mingus’s review. I followed the same modeling steps that he lays out, except I used a dark brown wash instead of black. To sum things up, if you’re looking for roads to use with your 10mm armies I recommend that you give Monday Knight Productions a try.

Links

Monday Knight Productions

Flexible 1” dirt roads from Monday Knight Productions, By Scott Mingus, Part 1, Part 2

Some of my roads after being finished

My storage method

I hope this helps

-Bryan

American Civil War Project (Phase 2)

2012 is here and its time to begin phase two of my 10mm American Civil War Project. Last year I was able to paint just fewer than 400 bases of infantry (1600 figures), 30 artillery bases and various commanders. My main goal for this year is to double the size of my armies. With that in mind my goals for 2012 are:

1. Paint 200 bases (800 figures) of Union infantry


2. Paint 200 bases (800 Figures) of Confederate infantry


3. Paint 30 bases (90 Figures) of Mounted Confederate Cavalry


4. Paint 30 bases (120 Figures) of dismounted Confederate Cavalry


5. Paint 30 bases (90 Figures) of Mounted Union Cavalry


6. Paint 30 bases (120 Figures) of dismounted Union Cavalry


7. Paint 10 bases (40 figures) of Union Artillery


8. Build/Paint 6’ of entrenchments


9. Game 15 battles from 1862.

These goals are somewhat aggressive and a lot depends on when Pendraken starts to releases their new range of figures. If I can meet or come close to meeting these goals, I will feel like I had a productive year. My plan is to post monthly updates on my progress here, so be sure to check back. Now onto what I’m currently working on.

I have spent the past few weeks working on painting mounted and dismounted cavalry. I have found that Perrin’s mounted cavalry are the best offered in 10mm scale and to my disappointment nobody really makes great dismounted cavalry. Below are some photos of my progress so far. I will share more details and photos once I get them based.

Union Cavalry

Union Cavalry

Union Cavalry

Confederate Cavalry

Confederate Cavalry

Preparations for my first game of the year are also underway. This game will be based on the first days fighting around the Elkhorn Tavern during the Battle of Pea Bridge. For this game I will be using the scenario published in the “Guns at Gettysburg Scenarios 2, Frontier” book by Paul D. Stevenson. The game will be held at Walt’s Hobby shop on January 22^nd. Below is an image of the buildings that I’ve been working on for the game.

These building will serve as the Elkhorn Tavern and Clemon’s Farmhouse for my upcoming Battle of Pea Ridge game

Pendrakens New 10mm American Civil War Range.

Several months back Pendraken announced that they were in the early stage of re-mastering their 10mm American Civil War range. At first I was a little reserved about this news but after a short time, I realized the potential of having a brand new range that would be compatible with my existing army. For the time being Pendraken will also continue to produce their current Civil War range as well. Combined these two ranges will arguably be the most complete 10mm American Civil War range offered by any company. Below are some photos that Pendraken has released of some of the new greens. Be sure to check Pendrakens website and form for up to date news.

Pendraken's Web Page: Link

Pendraken's Forum: Link

Union Infantry Firing Line

Union Infantry Advancing

Union Infantry Command

Confederate Infantry Command

Union Infantry Marching

Confederate Infantry Advancing

Confederate infantry Marching

Pendraken has stated that these figures will begin to be available in the March/April time period. I for one can’t wait!

Key Words: Pendraken, ACW 10mm, American Civil War 10mm, Pendrakens New Civil War Range

Battle of the Hornet’s Nest Game Gallery Added

Below are some photos from my most recent American Civil War game. The game was based on the fighting that occurred at the Hornet’s Nest during the Battle of Shiloh. The full Gallery can be seen here: The Hornet’s Nest (Shiloh 1862)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Key words: Battle of Shiloh, The Hornet’s nest, American Civil War 10mm, ACW 10mm, Rally Round the flag Rules, Guns at Gettysburg Scenarios book 2,

Battle of Bull Run Game Gallery Added

I have finally uploaded my photos from the recent Battle of Bull Run game that I ran. Below are a few images from the game. The full Gallery can be seen here: http://saltcitywargamers.wordpress.com/the-battle-of-bull-run/

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Enjoy

-Bryan

Key words: Battle of Bull Run, American Civil War 10mm, ACW 10mm,

10mm American Civil War Miniatures Comparison

With the recent release of Kallistra’s 10mm Civil War range, I have decided to put together a quick 10mm Civil War manufactures comparison. For this comparison I used infantry figures from the following manufactures:

• Kallistra


• Minifigs


• Pendraken


• GHQ


• Old Glory


• Perrin(US) Magister Militum (UK)

To my knowledge the only manufactures missing from this comparison are The Baggage Train, Starfort, and Pithead.




Note 1: I added the 15mm figure from Musket Miniatures for a size reference.

Note 2: All Old Glory infantry comes in strips of five. For this comparison I cut one figure from the strip.

Kallistra figures have great detail, but are larger than any other 10mm ACW range. In my opinion the best matching figures in the comparison are Old Glory and Perrin. For my own project I will continue to primarily use Pendraken’s range and I will use Old Glory, Minifigs and Perrin to fill in the missing gaps.

I hope this proves to be helpful.
-Bryan

Key Words: ACW 10mm, American Civil War 10mm, Kallistra, Minifigs, Pendraken, GHQ, Old Glory, Perrin, ) Magister Militum

Workbench Update 11/04/2011

I’m back from Fall-In and it’s time to get back to work. This week I’m beginning to prepare for my demo game that I will be running at Walt’s Secrete Santa sale and open house. The sale is on November 19th and I will be running the Hornet’s Nest (Battle of Shiloh). I will be making the official announcement about this event shortly.
For the most part I already have everything I need for this battle painted with the exception of the Confederate grand battery. This battery requires 22 stands of Confederate artillery. I currently only have 12 stands of artillery so this week I’m working on painting the remaining 10 stands. For this batch of artillery I’m using crews and cannons from Old Glory and crews from Perrin. I’m also working on an additional pair of limbers.

Fall-In

As mentioned above last Friday I attended Fall-In. While there, I spent most of my time in the dealer’s hall stocking up. My biggest purchase of the day was 30 packs of Pico 3mm micro armor. This is shaping up to be my next big project. My goal will be to use this micro armor to refight large scale World War 2 battles. For rules I’m looking at using Blitzkrieg Commander or Panzer Korps. I will have more on this in the coming weeks.

While in the flea market I found a stack of old Zouave magazines and a copy of “Enduring Valor, Gettysburg in miniatures Volume One” by Scott Mingus. These finds alone made the trip worth it.

Only four months to Cold Wars.

Happy Gaming
-Bryan

American Civil War project phase 1 completed

Phase one of my American Civil War project has been completed. My Goal for phase one was to paint enough figures to re-fight the battle for Henry House Hill (1^st Bull Run). It took me eleven months (Oct, 2010 to Sep, 2011) to paint the approximant 1500 figures required to meet this goal. Over those eleven months, I successfully avoided the temptations of stating other projects and I stayed focused solely on meeting my goal. This within its self is a great achievement for me. Below are some images of the final product.

My advice for anyone starting a large project like this is: 1) If you’re in the states and plan on ordering overseas, estimate that it will take about 6 weeks to get your order. 2) Set achievable goals. Pick a small or medium size battle and set that as your goal. After meeting that goal pick a larger battle for the next goal. 3) Most important, stay focused on meeting your goal and don’t stray into other projects or periods.



 



 



 



 



 



 





 



 



 



 

Keywords: American Civil War 10mm, ACW 10mm, Pendraken