I found painting the Union quicker after the tedium of trimming the hats down to kepis. I am using black powder with one base being a regiment and a number of bases with a mounted command a brigade. This allows me to fight much larger battles on the table than we could with twenty eight mm troops. I am using Kallistra for cavalry and skirmishes as the Warlord figures are so overpriced .Your troops and terrain look good,happy gaming.
Scotty, they look fantastic mate, I'm inspired to crack on again with mine. The SLR size trees look a great scale, I'll pick up a bag myself I think. I have some rubberised horse hair somewhere to make up the canopy just need some flock. Really impressive work and progress mate
thanks pal, glad you like them. Yep I am quite pleased with the progress..very much just stick some music on and plod on with these type of figures. I paint 12 strips at a time.
put your hand behind the fences or anything smaller and it will focus on the item, like the fences. for fields check out carpet squares. you would be surprise how well they can be made into corn fields and such.
many thanks. I do use the army painter strong tone bottles for this scale which helps. Struggling to get through the union troops though. 8 regiments done....another 4 to go
Army is looking fantastic! Those fences look great to me, size works fine, plenty close enough, and the fit perfectly with the buildings you’re using. Fire & Fury interests me, I’d be tempted to try it as an alternative to Black Powder at some point, would love to see how it works, not much on RUclips that I can find. Have a look at carpet tiles for ploughed fields.
Fire and Fury are great rules. Be aware there’s now two versions, the original Brigade scale (second edition) and the Regimental version. Lots of scenarios available and has stood the test of time.
GET WELL..Great vid i bought into everything they put out but every time i would buy another get a free box 30 ct boltaction figures..so that was great i cant get my naps done yet lol....but table tops are full one year vid comming next week...57 trees ya look great to me..
Lovely little force there - confederates look so good en masse! I like Fire and Fury too, a good choice. Will be interested in seeing how this project turns out.
thanks. I am struggling my way through the union troops at the moment but will hopefully soon get a battle going... something small like cedar mountain or 1st bull run
Mmmhhhh...the 15mm scale seems to be too small for me used to 28mm ...their guns do appear here more as fat broomsticks rather than proper guns and details are important.
Hey the c.s.a flag with the white and one red line at the end was never used in battle by the south so if u want to make it a little be more accurate use any other battle flag in the flag chart
apologies for the late reply. I am afraid the mat was purchased over 20 years ago when I was based in Germany, and the flock I think was summer grass from a model railway store. sorry I cant be more helpful
@@scotty7906 State flag to the right and battle flag to the left. Should be easy to fix. But you have been busy painting. Looks really good with so many regiments.
I am painting union now with GW contrast paints, which I think are a little quicker. I aim for one base (20 men/2 "strips") a night. This way you get 5 bases done a week, which amounts to one sprue. 24 sprues total in the "Big Box", so about a half year. I aim for "tabletop ready" quality, especially at this scale. Quick and imperfect, but not sloppy. With union you always seem to miss spots on the brighter blue pants. The thing to remember is that you can use the darker jacket color to go over them as it is more or less the right shadow color anyway, especially at 15mm. You have to have a system and routine when you're painting these or you will never finish them.
Splendid massive confederate army . A huge painting work was done ! Glad to discover your channel . Subscribed !
many thanks. Union troops next :-)
@@scotty7906 Will forward that for sure . As well I invite you to have a look to my channel ! We have some in common .
I found painting the Union quicker after the tedium of trimming the hats down to kepis. I am using black powder with one base being a regiment and a number of bases with a mounted command a brigade. This allows me to fight much larger battles on the table than we could with twenty eight mm troops. I am using Kallistra for cavalry and skirmishes as the Warlord figures are so overpriced .Your troops and terrain look good,happy gaming.
yes i have already found the union quicker. I like your idea of 1 base per regiment. I am also looking at using kallistra for my cav/commanders etc.
Scotty, they look fantastic mate, I'm inspired to crack on again with mine. The SLR size trees look a great scale, I'll pick up a bag myself I think. I have some rubberised horse hair somewhere to make up the canopy just need some flock. Really impressive work and progress mate
thanks pal, glad you like them. Yep I am quite pleased with the progress..very much just stick some music on and plod on with these type of figures. I paint 12 strips at a time.
The lack of bayonets is annoying but they look great en masse, nice painting.
put your hand behind the fences or anything smaller and it will focus on the item, like the fences. for fields check out carpet squares. you would be surprise how well they can be made into corn fields and such.
You have been very busy, they look fantastic 👍
many thanks. I do use the army painter strong tone bottles for this scale which helps. Struggling to get through the union troops though. 8 regiments done....another 4 to go
They look stunning on mass mate very nicely done
many thanks. Yes on mass they do look good. Hopefully warlord will extend this range to other periods
Army is looking fantastic!
Those fences look great to me, size works fine, plenty close enough, and the fit perfectly with the buildings you’re using. Fire & Fury interests me, I’d be tempted to try it as an alternative to Black Powder at some point, would love to see how it works, not much on RUclips that I can find.
Have a look at carpet tiles for ploughed fields.
Many thanks. Hopefully once I get the union troops done I can have a game and do a video battle report 😀
Fire and Fury are great rules. Be aware there’s now two versions, the original Brigade scale (second edition) and the Regimental version. Lots of scenarios available and has stood the test of time.
GET WELL..Great vid i bought into everything they put out but every time i would buy another get a free box 30 ct boltaction figures..so that was great i cant get my naps done yet lol....but table tops are full one year vid comming next week...57 trees ya look great to me..
many thanks. glad you liked them. you can never have too many figures :-)
@@scotty7906 AMEN LOL MY TABLE IS IN MY BEDROOM RIGHT NOW LOL ...
Cracking job on these units, beautiful mass effect!
thanks, glad you like them. I do think they give a good mass effect once all painted up.
very nice! they look gorgeous!
Many thanks
Lovely little force there - confederates look so good en masse! I like Fire and Fury too, a good choice. Will be interested in seeing how this project turns out.
thanks. I am struggling my way through the union troops at the moment but will hopefully soon get a battle going... something small like cedar mountain or 1st bull run
That is a fine body of troops. I have worked on some and can appreciate how long they can take to do.
thanks glad you liked them. Hopefully the Union troops will be a bit easier
Top work bud! The confeds look great!
Many thanks
just beautiful
Try Picketts Charge
Very nice work mate. You’ve been busy. 🙂
Many thanks. Yes onto union troops now
Mmmhhhh...the 15mm scale seems to be too small for me used to 28mm ...their guns do appear here more as fat broomsticks rather than proper guns and details are important.
Very nicely done. Could you list the companies or provide links for the buildings, trees, and fences? Thanks!
Buildings I think were hovels 10mm range. Fences are 10mm mdf ones from blotz.co.uk. Trees I just purchased off ebay. Think they are woodland scenics
Looking really good!
Many thanks
Very nice. Would like to see a tutorial on how you make the trees.
looks like Woodland Sceneics armatures.....used them myself
They look good
Many thanks
Awesome looking army. From my experience painting Union troops is easier and quicker but also more boring- but maybe that's just me...
yep already getting bored with the same uniforms...oh well must plod on :-)
Hey the c.s.a flag with the white and one red line at the end was never used in battle by the south so if u want to make it a little be more accurate use any other battle flag in the flag chart
thanks for the info.
The flock on the bases and the texture of the matt are really well matched- where did you get them both? Would love to replicate, they look great
apologies for the late reply. I am afraid the mat was purchased over 20 years ago when I was based in Germany, and the flock I think was summer grass from a model railway store. sorry I cant be more helpful
Awesome! Did you choose your regiments from a specific battle? Oh, isn't the colors for the two Texas regiments placed wrong?
No I just went of the flag sheet provided. Yes I probably got flags wrong, only dabbled a bit in ACW previously
@@scotty7906 State flag to the right and battle flag to the left. Should be easy to fix. But you have been busy painting. Looks really good with so many regiments.
What are those flags? And how did you get them to be wavy like that?
flags come with the starter set. I just pinched them together to get the wavy effect.
How long would you say it took you to paint a regiment?
I am painting union now with GW contrast paints, which I think are a little quicker. I aim for one base (20 men/2 "strips") a night. This way you get 5 bases done a week, which amounts to one sprue. 24 sprues total in the "Big Box", so about a half year. I aim for "tabletop ready" quality, especially at this scale. Quick and imperfect, but not sloppy. With union you always seem to miss spots on the brighter blue pants. The thing to remember is that you can use the darker jacket color to go over them as it is more or less the right shadow color anyway, especially at 15mm. You have to have a system and routine when you're painting these or you will never finish them.
Is that just one box of units?
this is 80% of the confederates from the starter box.