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Fife & Drum AWI British Guards
British flank company soldiers from Fife and Drum Miniatures.Some people seem to overlook the fact that Fife & Drum Miniatures has the British Guards figures in its product range. Well we do and...
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It's Time To Base My Figures - Ick!
Pettigrew's North Carolina brigade (recently based)Click on the pictures to enlarge the viewIt happens to all of us, we accumulate our painted figures but we do not get around to putting them on bases...
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Play Test #4 - Pickett's Charge Scenario
Click on the pictures to enlargeor Double Click to make them humongousYesterday we conducted our fourth play test of the rules for my Pickett's Charge game scenario for the upcoming Little Wars...
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A New ACW Video From Der Alte Fritz Productions
Pickett's Charge play test game on Keith L.'s huge tables.We used three tables measuring 6ft wide by 24ft long.I made a new American Civil War video (1 minute and 40 seconds long) yesterday and posted...
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Some Conversion Officer Figures
Actor John Patrick Stuart portraying Colonel Porter Alexander,Longstreet's corps artillery commander at Gettysburg.(image from the film "Gettysburg")Artillery played an important role during Pickett's...
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Iconic Gettysburg Photo Recreated with new 54mm figures
The picture above is probably one of two of the most commonly known photographs of the battle of Gettysburg, the other being the posed picture of the dead Confederate sniper in Devil's Den.Well guess...
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Getting Ready For Little Wars Next Week
A few slackers congregate at the Codori barn next to the Emmitsburg Road.Well, it is six more days until Little Wars game convention begins on April 18th to April 21st, 2024 and I think that I am in...
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Game Slots Available For Saturday's Game
Union artillery battery on Cemetery RidgeIt looks like tickets for my Pickett's Charge games for Thursday and Friday are sold out, however there are plenty of openings available for my Saturday game...
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ACW Camp Life & Little Wars Game Photos
Civil War illustrator Alfred WandAlfred Waud, original picture that inspired the miniature figureAlfred Waud figure unpaintedI really like to create little vignettes on my table top, especially for...
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A Zieten Figure Does Exist - Minden Miniatures
A couple of days ago I was rather gobsmacked to to look at my Facebook feed and read a post by someone lamenting the lack of a von Zieten personality figure across the 28mm spectrum. All I could do...
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Tricking Out A Common Building
BMC "Meade's HQ" after I have painted and based the model.I have plenty of buildings for my collections of 28mm figures, but finding "off the shelf" buildings for 54mm figures is not an easy task....
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Lights, Camera and Action!
Movie crew set of figures made by Barszo.CLICK PICTURE TO ENLARGEI recently bought a Barszo set of figures depicting a movie crew to use with my Pickett's Charge Project. The vignette will be placed in...
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Iconic ACW Photo Comes to Life in Miniature
Speira Miniatures Vignette in 1/32 scale (54mm)The colorized version of the original photograph that most of us have seen.CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE PIXI wanted to add a special figure vignette for my...
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Building A Civil War Barn in 54mm
Scratch built small barn. Figures from Wm. Britain. Cigar Box Battle mat.After doing some conversion work on BMC plastic models of the Leister House, I decided to try my hand at making a barn from...
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War Bases casualty dials
Casualty disc to denote the number of casualties on the unit.In some of my recent games I was using a red D6 die to denote casualties in my 54mm ACW regiments. Each regiment has five stands of six...
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U.S.Sharpshooters at Gettysburg
USSS concealed in a cornfield and taking pot shots at Confederate artillery.Click on the pictures to enlargeIf you have ACW armies to fight the Eastern Theatre (largely in Virginia) then you probably...
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Tool & Die Makers' Wooden Tool Chest
Tool and Die Maker's chest that I found at Costco.I bought this wooden tool and die makers' chest at Costco several years ago and I am finally putting it to its intended use: to hold my hobby tools.I...
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Working on the Codori Farm House in 1/32 scale
The Codori barn is an iconic piece of terrain at the battle of Gettysburg and because I am running my Pickett's Charge game at Historicon this year, it seems like a must to have the barn as part of my...
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Paint Your Wagon(s)
Confederate supply wagons on the Emmitsburg RoadI have some plastic munitions wagons for my 54mm Civil War armies that were just begging to be painted and based. And so I did.Some months ago I was...
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Picture of the Day: Ian Weekley Buildings
I was scrolling through some old pictures that I took in 2022 when I had a large SYW setup on my game table. It featured two small villages with houses made by Ian Weekley. I commissioned these...
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