Saturday, August 10, 2013

Expeditionary Force Confederate Artillery

X-Forces's Civil War figures are a petite 54mm and the pants are too tight for the 1860s. I took the extra hat heads supplied with the infantry set and replaced the kepi heads on the gunners. The neatness and trimness of the molded uniforms suggested that I just paint this crew as "uniform" and well dressed. I did a conversion on the useless bucket guy and gave him the ramrod making him a # 1 gunner. The other # 1 became a # 4 with the primer lanyard. The tiny cannon supplied with the set was replaced with an IMEX cannon which is closer in scale.

















A mounted officer comes with the Artillery set. Cut off the US officer shoulder straps and you have a nice Confederate officer.












7 comments:

  1. These look wonderful - painted even more so. So much under appreciated "toy plastics" out there. You've certainly done these justice. Best, Dean

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    1. Thank you dean. Metal castings used to be relatively cheap and available but not any more since Imrie/Risley has gone.

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  2. Very nice. Beautifully painted. The detail is terrific!

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  3. These really are superb Scott, lovely job my good man.

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