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Historicon 2024. Should I do Newton Station in the ACW?
54mm Little Round Top game shown at The Gettysburg Toy Soldier storein Gettysburg, PAClick on all pictures to enlargeThere is no rest for the wicked, as they say, so of course I am giving immediate...
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Punic Wars Roman Encampment
Roman command tent. Don't mess with these guys.Click on pictures to enlargeAs is my want, I like to set up dioramas and vignettes on my game table for a variety of reasons. One reason is to take...
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The Start of a New Roman Legion
The new unit of the Green Shield Legion - the Hastatii of 32 figures.Last week I completed the painting of 32 Roman Hastatii for my Punic Wars Project. Note the capital "P" in the word "Project". This...
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An Evening With “The Boss”
Mrs. Fritz and I bought tickets to the Bruce Spreengsteen concert last evening at Wrigley Field in Chicago. She bought the tickets as a wedding anniversary gift in celebration of 28 years of marriage....
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Carthaginian War Elephants - John Jenkins Designs
I just saw these samples of four different war elephants in 1/32 scale that John Jenkins Designs will release in the future. No release date yet, but I bet that these beauties will be very expensive....
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New Things On the Painting Table - Surprise!
An old picture of some of the pieces in my 28mm ACW collection.The collection has since been sold to another collector back in 2011.I think that this might be the Washington Artillery in the Army of...
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Britains Deetail Civil War Artillery Figures
A pair of Britains Deetail ACW Confederate 3-inch ordnance rifled cannon.My Pickett's Charge game could have as many as 10 artillery pieces for both sides and so I thought that I would get a head...
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Matthew Brady, of sorts
A Matthew Brady inspired war photographer.Figure and wagon are from Lemax.Every Civil War collection that I have owned has had a Matthew Brady inspired photographer and wagon. My new 54mm ACW project...
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Lee: I Would Play That Jack, Son
"I would play that jack, son.Here is a fun little vignette showing a trio of Confederate soldiers relaxing and playing a card game, Unbeknownst to them, General Robert E. Lee has ridden up behind them...
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Devil's Den
My ACW table for 54mm figures. Devil's Den is at the far left corner of this table.Cigar Box Battle MatsI was doing a little bit of terrain shuffling around on my ACW game table yesterday. I set up a...
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Lee and Staff at Gettysburg
Just a quick post today wishing everyone a great Labor Day today. We are getting a last blast of Summer weather with the temperatures in the low 90s Fahrenheit the past three days. Knowing that cooler...
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Some New Finds For the ACW
I was visiting my local Hobby Lobby store yesterday, looking for some balsa and bass wood so that I could make some snake rail fences for the Pickett's Charge Project. A quick stroll down the toy...
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Replicant 54mm ACW figures
Replicant 54mm ACW figuresClick and/or double-click on pictures to enlargeI found some of these beautiful figures at the Gettysburg Toy Soldier Store when I was in the area for Historicon this past...
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There’s the Devil to pay!
I don’t have a model of the Lutheran Seminary building at Gettysburg so I have substituted a signal tower to create a vignette of General John Buford reporting the battle situation to Major General...
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Reinforcements Arrive!
About 10 bags of Armies In Plastic Confederates in 54mmThe other day a large box arrived in the mail from Armies In Plastic and it contained ten boxes of plastic 54mm Confederates. I opened up all of...
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More Real Estate On the Game Table
Hey look, Old Fritz has added some new ground to our battlefield. I dare say that it is good ground.54mm Americana plastic figures.CLICK ON ALL PIX TO ENLARGEYesterday I created more table top space...
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Confederates in 54mm
The Liberty Rifles reenactment group at Chancellorsville this year. The group portrays both Union and Confederate units.Two 54mm Confederate regiments that I have painted within the past month.Click...
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Berdan's Sharpshooters
Berdan's 1st US Sharpshooters form a skirmish line in front of the Union battle line.These are 54mm Armies In Plastic figures.Click on photos to enlargeI had a little bit of spare time on my hands so...
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Buford In the Observation Tower
I do not have a 54mm (1/32 scale) Lutheran Seminary building for Gettysburg, nor do I wish to have one as it would be a HUGE model. So instead I used an observation tower made by Herb Gundt and placed...
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Tenting Tonight at the Old Campground
I like to populate my game table with little vignettes of soldiers and civilians. Aside from the fact that they are fun to create and look cool to the tenth degree, they focus the eye to look for...
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