Accurate Minutemen conversions. (1 Viewer)

[Scott]

Until somebody makes some better plastic Minutemen, I'll use Accurate's Minutemen mixed with their British Regulars. Some poses are very clumsy and the gear hangs the wrong way.

Southern Militia or Morgan's Rifles. New England MM didn't wear this kind of clothing but you would see these riflemen in Washington's camp at Cambridge. Why did the sculptor have the rifleman firing upward? (Hunting?)

 

[Scott]

 

[Ragnar]

Very nice work there Scott.....The Accurate RevWar figs are still in a class of there own.
there British drummer is one of the best sculpted plastics i have ever seen.

 

[Scott]

Some of the British figures are pretty good but I have "issues" with some of the poses and the way equipment is worn. I used to be in the Tenth Regiment Of Foot outside of Boston. It's a reenactment unit that does battles of Lexington and Concord every year and was formed way back in the 1960s. After wearing the clothing and gear and doing the drill I get picky about miniature versions. I still have several dozen Accurate British that came in Red plastic.

 

[eborris]

How many figures did you have to buy to get that many guys standing at attention?

 

[Ragnar]

Some of the British figures are pretty good but I have "issues" with some of the poses and the way equipment is worn. I used to be in the Tenth Regiment Of Foot outside of Boston. It's a reenactment unit that does battles of Lexington and Concord every year and was formed way back in the 1960s. After wearing the clothing and gear and doing the drill I get picky about miniature versions. I still have several dozen Accurate British that came in Red plastic.

Mine are in cream & blue color......even scored a box that had the biteing the cartridge pose.

 

[Scott]

How many figures did you have to buy to get that many guys standing at attention?

I bought 5 sets to 10 and then found a few places that were selling them separately and stocked up.

 

[Scott]

I have a few of those "tear cartridge" figures. In practice you keep your body's "foot print" as small as possible in ranks. This figure is OK. If seen those figure in green, grey, blue, white, cream, red, and light blue. I think several dealers had special color orders made and sold them in bags, not the boxes. The one pose of the British soldier "at ease" looks a little like General Wolf at Quebec with his fusil.

 

[eborris]

I bought 5 sets to 10 and then found a few places that were selling them separately and stocked up.

I think I may have asked that question before, but last time I wasn't quite politically correct and asked where did you get so many guys doing nothing. Of course, they're all doing nothing aren't they? Afterall, they are made of plastic

 

[Scott]

Man, I knew you were jokin'.

I like the "guys" that are marching, standing as ease or at attention for the linerar warfare eras.

My wife asks me what I'm going to do with them. I tell her they are doing it right now. (entertaining me)

 

[eborris]

Man, I knew you were jokin'.

I like the "guys" that are marching, standing as ease or at attention for the linerar warfare eras.

My wife asks me what I'm going to do with them. I tell her they are doing it right now. (entertaining me)

Hey, that's all that counts, if we didn't enjoy them we wouldn't collect them.

I happen to like cavalry poses were they are just riding and not doing too much in particular, but don't tell anybody.

 

[Carnahan]

Until somebody makes some better plastic Minutemen, I'll use Accurate's Minutemen mixed with their British Regulars. Some poses are very clumsy and the gear hangs the wrong way.

Southern Militia or Morgan's Rifles. New England MM didn't wear this kind of clothing but you would see these riflemen in Washington's camp at Cambridge. Why did the sculptor have the rifleman firing upward? (Hunting?)

Do you have the Maryland infantry set from A Call to Arms? Very nice sculpting and some different uniforms.

 

[Scott]

I have the Marylanders but I only use the two hunting shirt figures for War of 1812 Militia by changing the hats. I sold the "charge bayonet" figures and I haven't figured out what to do with that strange figure in the light infantry cap. The trouble with Call to Arms is lack of pose variety and and strange unusable poses in some of the other series. The British light infantry are horrible with two useless poses and a uniform based on home guard fensibles.

The Civil War are the worse for strange poses.

 

[Carnahan]

I have the Marylanders but I only use the two hunting shirt figures for War of 1812 Militia by changing the hats. I sold the "charge bayonet" figures and I haven't figured out what to do with that strange figure in the light infantry cap. The trouble with Call to Arms is lack of pose variety and and strange unusable poses in some of the other series. The British light infantry are horrible with two useless poses and a uniform based on home guard fensibles.

The Civil War are the worse for strange poses.

So true about the poses - just love those musketeer sets that don't have any guys actually firing!

 

[Scott]

I picked up a good number of ECW troops and had some fun ....

Luckily the horribly expensive Replicants had some firing musketeers. I was able to get a good number of call to Arms mismatched musketeers as well.

 

[kreddy]

"Southern Militia or Morgan's Rifles. New England MM didn't wear this kind of clothing but you would see these riflemen in Washington's camp at Cambridge. Why did the sculptor have the rifleman firing upward? (Hunting?)"
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Maybe they're suppose to be firing over other soldiers heads?

 

[Scott]

"Southern Militia or Morgan's Rifles. New England MM didn't wear this kind of clothing but you would see these riflemen in Washington's camp at Cambridge. Why did the sculptor have the rifleman firing upward? (Hunting?)"
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Maybe they're suppose to be firing over other soldiers heads?

Those are odd figures! They look like reenactors firing blanks "elevated" to keep for burning the opposition.

 

[Carnahan]

Scott brings up a good point about poses. As someone who doesn't build many dioramas, I put most of my figures in cases where they are generally "stand-alone uniform studies", so an oddly posed figure like the Maryland light infantryman he mentioned doesn't really throw things off. In my case, the lack of a firing figure isn't a big deal - sometimes I prefer it given the type of uniform, as a firing stance can obscure or block most of the front. But I totally see where this can hamper things when one is trying to create a scene. I wonder if companies think in these terms and market to either "case" painters or "Diorama" painters? I also wonder if the lack of good poses is more notorious among larger figures, as many dioramas are 1/72 scale?

 

[einaroneeye]

Scott,
Wonderful conversions of the Accurate AWI lads, I would love to turn loose with a paint brush on those fellas. Really like the creative approach to some of those poses. Gives me kind of a "why didn't I think of that?" moment. Oh, the set-up with the ECW figures was killer, too. Nicely done! Best regards,
Mike

 

[Scott]

Thankyou. It just takes an Exacto knife, Zap A Gap, 1/16 " plastic rod, and a pin vice drill.