Hello There! Although this post is made during the Coronavirus outbreak 'Stay at Home' period I have had these figures finished for a while. These figures are a mix of Perrys, (ACW123) and some spare Wargames Foundry, (CWC002).
Some of these figures had neck scarves on and instead of sticking to the normal yellow I decided to make a small change and chose orange. I did this because I remembered reading in the Blandford book on the 'Uniforms of the American Civil War' that the first and second US cavalry were formerly the first and second US Dragoons. These units had orange trim and some men retained this trim as long as possible. I retained this idea in painting orange scarves.
These are the figures from the Perrys pack. They are still in the sack coat but are in 'skirmishing' mode. They have a various poses which will fit well with the ACW skirmish project I am doing.
Here are those ex dragoons.
Here is a close up. The picture appears a little bit grainy as I took this picture from a distance and cropped it on the computer. Fortunately there is plenty of sunshine today but a little too much at this time.
This one was a little better exposure wise.
I have heard of complaints of too much 'flash' on the Perry figures recently' I bought these from Hammerhead last year and there were fine. They needed attention from a sharp scalpel and a rats tail file but nothing excessive and did not take long.
These were enjoyable to paint and unlike the many colours of jackets and trousers of the Confederate cavalry, these were a lot quicker to complete.
The coloured tufts made a big difference to the basing and were obtained from here.
Nice Steve, and yes the ex dragoons hated the change. A quote from one of their historians mentioned " the cherished orange...to the gaudy yellow". Apparently they were allowed to retain the orange until the uniforms wore out, took about two years.
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