Lead Under The Bed

I managed to finish the first rebel regiment today and thought I would share it. It is kind of small, but painting smaller units helps to keep me motivated. Rebel Command Stand I went for a ragged and nonuniform look for this regiment which adds to the fun of painting confederate forces I think. Rebel Regiment They are not meant to represent any specific unit as I prefer to keep my figures more or less generic so I can use them in any battle I wish. I do plan to paint up some tiger zouaves though at some point in the future. Rebels Marching The miniatures are Peter Pig and the flag is GMB. They are based for Regimental Fire & Fury.

Yesterday I finished yet another confederate general. I decided that I would kick off my brigade of rebels with the leader himself. Confederate Brigadier General I spent a lot of time looking at images of horses on the Internet for two reasons. First of all I wanted to get the muscles right, but it was equally important to me that the paint job would represent a breed of horse that actually existed in the late 19th century. In this case a Bay . The Peter Pig miniature was a joy to paint and I'm really starting to like cavalry miniatures where the rider is part of the casting.