167 Days to go!

With 167 days until the Gettysburg refight the Union Army is building up strongly. Kent has produced a whole heap more stands from his "Wargames Figure Painting Machine".

First up is this wonderful looking  6 horse limber and gun team.

Have a look at Kent's blog here 

If you thought that this was enough then look again!  Kent has also churned out another 19 stands of Infantry.

Read all about these guys on Kent's blog here.

Excellent stuff Kent.

Building for Gettysburg.

The Trostle farm was situated in almost the centre of the battlefield between the Emmitsburg Road and Cemetery Ridge not far from the Peach Orchard and the Wheatfield . Leased by Abraham Trostle and his wife Catherine from Abraham's father Peter.

 

On the 2nd of July  Major-General Sickles had his Union troops positioned forward of the farm.With the farm house itself being used as his HQ.

 Rebel troops attacked the Union troops in the afternoon.

 The Rebels forced the Union troops back towards the ridge.

By the end of the 3 day battle the Trostles had lost everything they owned. Their food supplies had been eaten, their crops destroyed and their livestock killed or driven away by the fighting.
When they returned after the battle they found 16 dead horses near the door of the house and 100 more around the farm!


I have more photos of the house on my blog at Rebel Barracks.

The troops used for the photos are Renegade minis with some dead Dixon Fig's and Foundry mounted Generals.

 Happy New Year to everyone who visits this blog!

Union Artillery

More artillery for the big game. This time it is Kent's wargame figure painting machine at it again.

Perry's figures, painted up beautifully and based to perfection!

Thanks Kent for the wonderful photos of these beasts!

Happy New Year everyone!

Rebel Artillery

The first glimpses of some Rebel artillery have come in. These wonderful looking pieces are from Russell Briant and they make up Johnson's divisional artillery for our Gettysburg game.

The flag is a nice touch Russell!

 

Some Union artillery on it's way very soon!!!

A growing tide of blue!

The Union army keeps on growing. This time it is due to Kent and his brushes. 20 stands of very well painted figures on wonderful looking bases.

Kent has made several posts on his own blog covering the painting of these guys from start to finish. Here is the link to these chaps with a few more photos,
http://kentspainting15mm.blogspot.com/2012/12/acw-first20-stands-completed-based.html

Figures are a mix of Perry plastics Perry metal and Sash & Saber miniatures

the flags are from free warflags.

Walker's "Stonewall" brigade.

The Stonewall brigade commanded by Brigadier General James Walker at Gettysburg.

Some more very fine painting from Russell.

A great boost for the Army of Northern Virginia!

Coming soon......
Next up is some photos of Kent's rapidly growing Union army and I have just received some photos of Russell's artillery.

83rd Pennsylvania

Local Christchurch wargamer Paul "Jacko" Jackson has been painting up a few more Union troops to help the cause. There are more to come from Paul and you can check on his progress on his blog
http://paintinglittlesoldiers.blogspot.co.nz/.

 

Very nice work here Paul.

This is starting to look rather one-sided.          Where are all the Rebels?????

The Union army is growing!

Nick Garden has sent in some photos of his latest batch of new recruits.

More members of the Union 3rd Corp I believe.

Very nice work Nick and that puts you in the lead on the recruits table.....for now!