A Crow scout, a quick head swop and a bit of green stuff.
A dismounted Lieutenant Cooke. Off his horse but still fighting.
Another Crow scout, this guy will get a cardboard feather in his hat when dry to finish off his look.
Newline Design don’t do a mounted version of Custer funny enough, so I took a officer and swooped his head with a gun fighter. The head was a good match for Custer and a bit of green stuff helped with the buck skin jacket. I made his red scarf blow in the wind, should look dynamic when painted.
Lieutenant Cooke mounted, this time I used the standard bearer in his buck skin and added Cooke’s big sideburns.
Here we see the figure from the gun fighter set that makes for a good Custer. I carefully removed his head with a hobby saw and gel superglue did the rest.
A good nights work.
The big man himself with his personal guidon. I’m happy with him as I think it looks like Custer. The gun fighters hat was nice and big a perfect size for Custer’s.
Above, Crow scout
As the Newline Design range is rather limited I bought some of their 20mm ACW confederate cavalry to bolster the poses. They mix is really well with their slouch hats. They have sabres which is a problem but I found that even the figures from the Little Bighorn range have sabres too, so I’m not that bothered. The main thing is all the new poses attained by including the new sculpts.
I’ve added a few neckerchiefs to tie them in to the Newline Design Little Big Horn range.
Not so keen on the sabre but he will do for a command base. Custer’s regiment handed in their sabres before the campaign started, just another detail that the guys at Newline Design over looked. Not a real problem, only for those nerds out there like me who like to research stuff.
A pistol was added to this guy to make him look a bit more ‘7th’.
The Crow scouts complete with hat feather. Thinking about it I will probably put these two on the same base.
As well as ACW figures, I also bought the pack of gun fighters and some of these made for good cavalrymen. Neckerchiefs helped with the look again. A lot of the cavalrymen were dressed in various clothes for the campaign, troopers in shirts will add to the ad hoc look of the regiment.
A hardened gunfighter with a Henry rifle and two ACW troopers join the 7th cavalry at Fort Lincoln.
.A Confederate cavalryman becomes an officer in the 7th with a snazzy new fashion accessory.
Not so keen on the sabre but he will do for a command base. Custer’s regiment handed in their sabres before the campaign started, just another detail that the guys at Newline Design over looked. Not a real problem, only for those nerds out there like me who like to research stuff.
A pistol was added to this guy to make him look a bit more ‘7th’.
The Crow scouts complete with hat feather. Thinking about it I will probably put these two on the same base.
As well as ACW figures, I also bought the pack of gun fighters and some of these made for good cavalrymen. Neckerchiefs helped with the look again. A lot of the cavalrymen were dressed in various clothes for the campaign, troopers in shirts will add to the ad hoc look of the regiment.
A hardened gunfighter with a Henry rifle and two ACW troopers join the 7th cavalry at Fort Lincoln. 
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Very ambitious- nice work!
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