Search results

Matt: Very nice figurines. A perfect compliment to the marching 55th North Carolina set. I'm convinced your execution of the Confederate side is top notch. Again I lobby...could your firm create a line of Confederate Cavalry both mounted and dismounted ? Trust me they did fight at Gettysburg as...

Nice job Brian. A solidly depicted ACW Union mounted rollout. For the record it is the 7th Michigan Cavalry (no such unit as 7th Union Cavalry) one of four regiments that comprised the famed Michigan Brigade: 1st,5th, 6th and 7th. Really glad that this branch and this conflict has something...

Brad: This matter has been bandied about in PM's. You know that. Much dialogue took place months ago. Obviously Matt and his team at FL went through with the depictions in their present form anyways. Candidly the back channel...PM route...I like to call it the "Neville Chamberlain" approach...

That is a very nice dismounted horse holder.Holding two, three or four horses is OK with me. However please inform the painters that the yellow stripe on the troopers trousers is just not appropriate.That is an element that only was worn by nco's (Sgts. and corporals) and even then in such a...

Hi Gideon: I'll look for the Guard Corps boxed set 18A later this week via USPS. Thanks again for selling me those figures. I would have never known about them until you told us about the line a few years ago.They are going to be displayed in my curio from now on. I feel stupid that I did not...

The Zulu War 7 pound Royal Artillery gun with team is exquisite...perhaps as fine a depiction of a dramatic scene I have ever seen. It is well worth the $700 asking price. To be honest it is a steal at that cost. WB has raised the bar across the spectrum with that piece. The ACW Union 3 inch...

Hi Matt...Glad to accept you as a friend. All the best. Jeff

Transportation in the ACW was usually accomplished by barge,rail, foot or via horse. To not produce horse related features for infantry,artillery, cavalry or for that matter any other application detracts from authentic portrayals of the occurences of the conflict. The issue for the...

Would like to see some Confederate Cavalry. I really like the past WB early war 1st Virginia Cavalry rollouts. Nice, varied, well crafted sculpts with terrific paint jobs. This time I would like to see a more generic slant. Mounted and dismounted. Eastern or western theatre. Mid to late war...

WB could not profile a nicer man or a better student of the ACW. It is a well deserved profile who believes in the products and always has something decent to say or to present. Happy Holidays Mike!

Bob: This very understated but well crafted vignette speaks incredible volumes to the crux of the ACW's battlefield attack/defense evolution and its overwhelming casualty totals. Quite clearly the weapons were superior to the tactics.Just examine the casualty totals from Antietam, Fredricksburg...

It never hurts to plant suggestions into the considerate thoughts of Richard and Ken as they prepare for another year of hopefully more ACW rollouts. A great theme to consider is the epic April 1862 Battle of Shiloh. A tremendous matchup of General's Albert Sydney Johnston and Ulysses S. Grant...

Bob: That scene really works. Superbly realistic.Obviously your mastery of terrain is unsurpassed but it is always a plus when you have a decent amount of inventory for the scene to have a plausible tone to it. It also helps that you have a great knowledge of the conflict. You never have to take...

Richard/Mike: That's good news to learn that WB is going to make more ACW cavalry. It's not like other manufacturers have stepped in to manufacture this branch with any sustained conviction. Perhaps cavalry/mounted troops are not as popular as infantry and artillery. However,in my opinion, the...

I agree with the points in regards to WB depicting the ACW. I also agree with Mike that FL is making a nice run at making nice ACW albeit at prices close to double that of WB's.There Confederate infantry is particularly outstanding. Over on the diodramas thread UK Reb just modified some FL...

Bob: Welcome back. Another rock solid storyline.You really toned down the FL figurines nicely by taking off some of the over the top brass and giving them a more weathered look. The split rail fences are top notch as is the whole scenic back drop. Your mastery of scenery and the lens accentuates...

Mike: I agree with Brad. That second photo is textbook perfect. It splices incredible composition with great attributes of the realistic and authentic figurines,cannon and back drops.As well done as one could get to depict artillery in action at Gettysburg. Worthy of an award. Really.

I am of the firm belief that all manufacturers particularly high quality, high end makers like First Legion should reveal their prototypes to observers prior to an expensive rollout of the products. Matt did that with his ACW 8th Illinois Cavalry.His workbench thread on his website is cutting...

Chris: Your six gun WB Union battery diorama is a masterpiece. So now the next question is when are you going to assemble,photograph and upload a four gun WB Confederate battery?

Take a look at Pages 36 and 37 of the 2010 WB Collection catalog: Portrayed is eight dismounted ACW Union Cavalry figurines including six new rollouts, a holdover from 2009 and a splendid Collectors Club Exclusive Officer. The eight figures depicted are portrayed with incredible originality...