ACW Union Reinforcements

Hello Again! As a follow up to the Confederate post earlier here are some Union reinforcements. Again there are cavalry to fight off those pesky bushwackers. Here is the complete painting group.

These are all Perry figures with a flag from GMB. GMB's website is here. I noticed when posting the picture the trooper behind the officer, pointing a rifle at him. I was going to change it when |I thought 'Well every unit has an unpopular officer somewhere!'

Here is a close up of that officer. You will see in the unit that I have used a number of different shades to the trousers. After reading a number of different painting forums and then photographing some reenactors I came to the conclusion that although a company or even a regiment could be out fitted all at the same time the dyes in clothing during this period could fade at different rates, due to their wearers activities, and the unregulated dyes used. Also I wanted to get away from the 'cloned' look where everyone looked identical, down to their shirt buttons. M Union cavalry have many different shades of trousers and most have a hint of  Vallejo 974 Sky Green. This is because there were two dyes used to make this colour and one faded at a faster rate than the other giving a slight green hue.

Again I painted another casualty marker. This a Redoubt Enterprises Union cavalryman, now available from Grubby Tanks, on a warbases base. 

Here is the bugler and another trooper. The jacket colours are Vallejo colours again: 898 dark sea blue, 899 dark Prussian blue and 965 Prussian blue.

Obviously my Union cavalry shall be desperately short of buglers!

Here the rear view of another group of figures. The basing details are from Great Escape Games and the stones are courtesy of the Local Council after they gritted my road!

Lastly a picture of the Standard Bearer and that popular officer! The flag is flapping in the breeze as per the feature I had published in Wargames, Soldier and Strategy Magazine Issue 101.