Federal Troops 28mm

To add some more variety to the Sash and Sabre figures I added some 1st Corps and Foundry sculpts. Hopefully these extra poses with make the unit a little more disorganised and energetic. Some of the 1st Corps figures have small heads and these tie in nicely with the finely detailed Sash and Sabre figures.’ At the double quick boys!‘

There’s some lovely characters in the Sash and Sabre figures, I love this old looking guy with glasses.

I used the Perry standards that come with the plastic skirmishers set as they match the size of the others from GMB. I will tatter this up with holes and tears later to make it a bit more battle worn.

It’s a long road to Richmond! The fresh troops lumber off towards Richmond, all of them trying to get as much fresh air as they can to wash the fug of Strong tone dip out their heads.

 I’m trying a slightly new technique with these guys, just one flesh tone before the dip. Once the varnish is dry I will go back and just highlight it again with the same colour. Hopefully with the flesh tone looking good your eye won’t notice the simple nature of the rest of the painting. 

Time has pasted... and I have now had time to highlight the flesh and tidy up a few missed things like shirt cuffs. I was going to leave the stones on the bases in their natural colours but they look so much better painted grey with washes of brown and green.