Thursday 16 April 2020

61st Pennsylvanian Volunteers.

Well I have finally finished this unit of Union troops sculpted by the talented Steve Barber.These represent the 61st Pennsylvanians but given the causalities they are incurring they are clearly ripe for disbandment.
I decided to check just how many regiments I actually had in my ACW collection and have realised that I have enough, well certainly enough for a decent sized game. I have one more Union unit to base and I will call it a day on building the armies up. Like so many wargamers building an army is like painting the Forth Bridge it never ends.It doesnt help that I dont plan a project. I used to make lists many years ago but then realised it became off putting as one saw how many figures you 'needed' and how much it would cost.So I stopped and simply just started painting until I got sick or ran out of storage boxes, and it is usually the latter.
The figures arent the most practical as regards pushing them around a wargames table but there is a lot of life in the sculpts and Steve Barber is a very talented chap.


15 comments:

  1. Lovely painting and really nice sculpts, just missing some fencing to give it your classic look!
    Best Iain

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    1. Strangely enough I was going to place some fencing amongst the regiment but thought less is more.

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  2. These troops look great, Robbie! My problem is that storage boxes are cheap, so I just keep on painting. Bringing an army out onto the table for a parade can be quite a shock at how large it has become over the years.

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    1. I think most wargamers have a storage box issue. I now use large plastic under the bed storage units. They each hold 10 regiments of 36 figures. Mind the cavalry boxes are very heavy.The trouble is I keep returning to your images of your Assyrians and wanting some.

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    1. Thanks Neil, all I need now is a battle using the chaps.

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  4. Grand additions there Robbie! I'm sure there will be room for another couple of additions in due course...😉

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    1. Sadly true David but I am attempting to show discipline.

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    1. Thanks you Bartek, Steve Barber is a great sculpter with some interesting figures even if they do need super glue.

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  6. Hi Robbie,I don't know how you've got the patience to paint to that standard,and then go and do those incredible bases!-
    See you soon? Charlie's sheltered accomodation has got its first case of virus-he's ok but a "tad" worried,as you can imagine-I keep in touch by 'phone,at 92 I would say he's very vulnerable!
    johnc

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    1. Thanks for the update John. I didnt realise he had gone into sheltered accomadation. I was thinking about him the other night and hoped he was okay. What a great bloke.

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  7. A very lively firing line for this veteran looking regiment!

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    1. And thats how they will be classed when I finally get them on a table.

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  8. Robbie, a fine looking regiment and one that does Gilder proud.
    I think that there is a touch of nostalgia in the apparent increasing popularity of some of the older figures, but I also think there is an element of the simple elegance of the figures an average painter can make them look decent . Sometimes there is something to be said about the olde guys!

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