The first mini's onto the workbench are the new Perry plastic Confederate Infantry. Simply put, these are fantastic miniatures and they are a breeze to put together. Each box has 44 miniatures consisting of 8, 5 figures sprues of infantry and 2, 2 figure command stands.
The infantry can be modeled either with rifles shouldered or with Rifles advancing. I'm planning my confederate regiments to have the first rank advancing and the second rank with rifles shouldered. You are also given a wide range of hat choices which is really helpful in modeling the varied composition of most confederate regiments.
The command sprue has an officer and a figure who can be modeled as a drummer of flag bearer. My only gripe with the casting is that the flag bearers arms arm cast with the flag pole as one piece. For plastic sets I typical switch out the plastic flag pole with some brass wire stock as they are easily broken. Having the arms cast as a single piece makes this a bit more difficult but not impossible.
My first unit will be the 2nd Maryland regiment, which fought with the Army of Northern Virginia at Gettysburg. I'm trying out 24 figure units rather then my usual 36-40 to see if this speeds up production.
This new box is very interesting and useful. Waiting for your painting of them!!!
ReplyDeleteI have yet to try painting plastic, but recently a friend sent me some so I'd best do some reading.
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a fun project and I wish you the best of fun in your painting!
I've been looking at these for a while now and think they look great - just got to finish my original box of Perrys off first though...
ReplyDeleteBe interested in seeing how they turn out - I'm thinking of getting a box of them myself as they appear to have much more variety of poses (& headgear) than the original Perrys' plastics.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Doc