Set 24 to be more US cavalry!! (1 Viewer)

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I believe this is new! TSSD have a new cavalry set coming in September, for either Civil War or Plains Wars. There are eight new poses (to go with the 8 already out!) and it looks like he's got the masters of these on his site for viewing now!
 
Quite right. I had a hint from Nick but was sworn to silence, but now that they are on the "Coming Attractions" portion of his site I think I can speak. Each figure will have changeable arms/hands so that each pose is actually two figure poses! This is great planning. Add head swaps and some conversions of previous figures and one can do a couple full troops of cavalry with each figure being slightly different.

I commend TSSD for their cavalry. Back when I was a young lad we had the Civil War centennial. One could get toy guns, uniforms, flags, and toy soldiers in about every dime store, drug store and department store that we shopped at (toy stores are rare in "farm country", especially back then). One HUGE lack was cavalry. I could watch westerns or John Ford's "The Horse Soldiers" and such and see bunches of mounted men. Back in my day we got two mounted guys in a Marx playset and one ot two in other makers' sets. Only since TSSD started their series has one been able to get a mass of mounted troops without mortaging the house to get metals.

Way to go Nick!

Gary B.
 
The photos of the figures look good. More character heads and poses. I wish TSSD would make CW extra heads. (sigh....) Some figures have jackets off which will be good for the Indian Wars folks. Hope a bugler is in there.
 
Nick has written on his site that counting the new cavalry figures, the ones from the previous two sets and the various plug arm options, he will have 20 different cavalry riders! I am just thrilled to hear this, who would've thought things would keep developing like this. Nick is an absolute blessing to this hobby!
 
All the new extra arms will convert
with the existing figures.
Many new pose possibilities !
 
I just bought the set. By swopping heads you can get 4 regular US Cavalry from the Civil war and 4 irregular Confederates. The regulars have the full cavalry rig with carbine slings while the Confederate/guerrillas have just the belt rig. Photos to follow.
 
The eight figures before painting. Four Kepi heads swapped to bodies with carbine slings to make Union regular cavalry.
 

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Slouch hats swopped to shirtsleeve and carbine sling-less bodies to make Confederates/ Guerrillas.
 

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Nice work! I need to order some of set #24. I have fooled around with a few conversions of the previous figures and need to move forward with a few more.

Gary B.
 
My two troops with color coordinated horses. New Figures included.
 

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Scott, were these straight out of the package with the various arms/hands or have some been converted? especially the sabre poses?
 
Scott, were these straight out of the package with the various arms/hands or have some been converted? especially the sabre poses?

The sabers are earlier poses. I also added saber hands from TSSD's Union officer. The new poses blend in with pistols drawn. They are in there.
 
How many do you have in those "Troops".


So far about 14 per troop. How much the custom of matched horses was carried out throughout in the CW I'm not sure. Custer supposedly did it with the 7th in the 1870s. My Confederates have mixed colored horses. I'll post them later when the paint dries.
 
And a few more. The bugler is one item that has been missing from te TSSD sets (except for a casualty.

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Part of my cavalry unit. I have been puttering on these for several years. Progress is slow as 1) I build figures for others, so the paying customers come first and 2) I really don't have a place to display them right now. My eventual aim is to depict Federal troops in the Nebraska Territory during the great Indian uprisings of 1864-66. As the Civil War was winding down the US Army sent regular and state units out west to regain control, so the units came dressed like they were for combat against the Army of Northern Virginia (at least to the best of my knowledge)
 
The Confederates..
 

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Nice photos Scott. These cavalry figures are kind of addictive aren't they?
 
Makes me want to start playng with plastics again..Having a senior to child moment again..:redface2: Michael
 

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