Monday, December 7, 2020

Perry Brothers Union Cavalry Horseholder and Confederate Officer

 Hello friends:

Taking a moment to document some small ACW painting projects.  28mm Union cavalry horseholder by Perry Brothers:  

These are the type of figures, like casualties, that might make the more practically minded ask - why?  My answer is that I have enough mounted and dismounted figures to represent a small Union cavalry brigade, so now I can represent where the horses are if the dismounted troops have moved some distance away during the fighting.  Could be an important detail.  Also, I like the aesthetic, they add a bit of a diorama feel to the table.

There was a fourth horse figure in the set, but it got misplaced in a small mound of metal horseflesh on a corner of my bench, as I am also currently working on a large unit of Canadian militia horse for my alt-ACW project.  I will find a use for this AWOL nag.

 

Mounted officer sculpt from the now-defunct French producer, Forgotten and Glorious.  I quite love their ACW line and have some in the painting queue.

This fellow was listed as a Union officer, but I need more rebs to serve as command figures in Sharpe Practice, or as Staff Officers in Pickett’s Charge, so he ended up in gray.

 

Blessings to your brushes!

MP+

 

 

 

5 comments:

  1. Good work on the horse holder vignette!

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  2. Lovely looking horse holder and a delightful Confederate officer!
    Best Iain

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  3. Looking good Padre very nice.
    Cheers
    Stu

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  4. Love the horse holder!
    They're more rare on the table than limbers and ammo caissons

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  5. Exquisite painting! A joy to behold.
    Regards, James

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