Berdan Sharpshooters (1 Viewer)

[aujj65]

On page 7 of issue 121 of TS&MF (June 2008) there is a full page ad showing imho what must be this companys best offering todate......9 figures of the BS, (sorry can't scan and my camera battery is charging). Very much improved and very very nice looking.

Jeff

 

[kilted vampire]

On page 7 of issue 121 of TS&MF (June 2008) there is a full page ad showing imho what must be this companys best offering todate......9 figures of the BS, (sorry can't scan and my camera battery is charging). Very much improved and very very nice looking.

Jeff

I thought I had a lasting effect on Brian.

 

[kilted vampire]

I looked at the add in the magazine. It said call for a free figure! I did and there will be one on the way shortly. How cool is that?

 

[Tim Abbott]

Could one of you fine folks who happen to have access to this ad be so kind as to scan and post? Or Brian, is the cat far enough out of the bag for us to have a peek? I'm dreaming of 9 sharpshooters I havn't met yet...

 

[aujj65]

Could one of you fine folks who happen to have access to this ad be so kind as to scan and post? Or Brian, is the cat far enough out of the bag for us to have a peek? I'm dreaming of 9 sharpshooters I havn't met yet...

I've taken a photo (not that brilliant I'm afraid).

Jeff

 

[Toy Soldier Brigade]

These are a must buy !

 

[amhuff1]

I looked at the add in the magazine. It said call for a free figure! I did and there will be one on the way shortly. How cool is that?

That is cool. What figure did you get? They are sending me an Arnhem British Paratrooper. I was hoping for one of the Berdan Sharpshooters so I could see what they looked like.

 

[The Collectors Showcase]

Folks have been asking for hi-res images, so for all you Froggers out there: enjoy.

This latest Berdan Sharpshooter installment is without a doubt our finest, again limited to 300 numbered sets worlwide. If demand is anything like the 14th Brooklyn we anticipate a 4 month cycle and then a sell out. Please do not hesitate to pre-order through your favorite retailer to ensure your sets.

These are a must buy !

 

[Robert E. Lee]

Wow! These are without a doubt the best civil war figures I have ever seen. The sculpting on the faces is first rate.

 

[maddadicus]

Just curious, even though Berdan's was a sharpshooter unit.....would they have used scopes? Thanks,Michael

 

[UKReb]

Got to agree with Bobby Lee those are indeed absolutely outstanding.
Brian I doff my old gray kepi to you as I have over 1100 ACW metal figures in my collection consisting of sets and singles from every toy soldier manufacturer of the civil war era-including your first sets -and I simply have not a one that matches these Yankee boys.
Well done sir, Colonel Berdan would have been proud to serve and my pre-order for three sets of each is winging it's way to TM Terrain as I write.

Reb

 

[UKReb]

Just curious, even though Berdan's was a sharpshooter unit.....would they have used scopes? Thanks,Michael

Good question Michael.
I cannot readily recall of any particular incidents of the sharpshooters scopes being documented (somebody else may) but they were used primarily as skirmish lines where accuracy was the call.
When Berdan recruited he wanted marksmen who could place ten shots within a ten inch circle at a range of two hundred yards. Those that passed the test were mustered into Berdan's 1st US Sharpshooters. But so many men proved their profiency it resulted in the 2nd US Regiment being formed. The green uniforms were issued as a nod to the British and other European Rifle regiments and was also handy as camouflage (proven by Rodgers Rangers a 100 years before).
In my collection I have about a dozen Berdan figures from different manufacturers and 5 of them are carrying Sharps fitted with scopes so I had always assumed a few of them were used as sniper types.
Reb

 

[PolarBear]

Here are 2 images from Harper's Weekly showing the use of scopes:

1. Oct. 15, 1861 --Cover story on Berdans

2. Nov. 15, 1862 --Winslow Homer's Army on the Potomac: A Sharpshooter on Picket duty (not Berdans however] Homer said of the practice:
"I was not a soldier--but a camp follower & artist, the [practice of sharpshooting] struck me as being as near murder as anything I ever could think of with the army & and I always had a horror of that branch of service"
Note: Sharpshooters were often called "operatives" during the war linking them to machine workers of the time and suggesting the mechanical and impersonal nature of their work.

 

[HistoryfortheAges]

Amazing sets! Great addition to the ACW range!

 

[kilted vampire]

I will be adding some of these to the collection. Have to look the sets over to see what I have to have. The 14th set me back a few bucks.

 

[Combat]

Those are fantastic. I almost can't believe the progress CS and Figarti are making with their figures. Well done.

 

[kilted vampire]

The best skin tones They have ever gotten to. I was kind of hard on Brian about that. They had improved but this is the best so far. How many guys have called up for their free figure now?

 

[noli-poli]

I thought the Union Army wore blue? I am seeing olive green here...maybe it's my screen resolution?

 

[maddadicus]

I thought the Union Army wore blue? I am seeing olive green here...maybe it's my screen resolution?

Because they were a sharpshooter Rifle Company, green was their correct uniform color....Michael

 

[kilted vampire]

I thought the Union Army wore blue? I am seeing olive green here...maybe it's my screen resolution?

In the early stages of the war there were a lot of ethnic and local volunteer regiments. There were Northern unites wearing grey and Southern units wearing blue as there chosen color not hand me downs from soldiers who had resigned. See Don Troiannis' book on Volunteers.