A Rarely Modeled Frog Uniform

We had a LOVELY weekend here at Architects of War World Headquarters, but research for more accurate models goes on all the time.

Here is an example of 'Le Frog" wearing an all white uniform. Discovered first by the world famous explorer and archaeologist Aidan (my grandson), he was caught trying to ambush us from a banana plant near the patio. We could not find any Osprey reference to this color scheme.

Johnny Reb and Billy Yank Photos

It's been a busy week and I WAS supposed to post some pictures and AARs from our American Uncivil War playtest bash from last Saturday. I'll try to get to those next week. In the meantime, we had to do some photo work today for some upcoming magazine ads and I thought you might like to see the extras. I also played around a bit. Click on the pictures to make them larger.

First up is an "alternate" shot for the magazine ad. Suzy better get out of the street right quick - she is bound to be run over by the Union cavalry or shot by the ambushing Rebs.

Here is a unit of the Perry Plastic cavalry, done up as Union. I love these models.


The Perry Metal Union Limber. Paint work by Mike Marchant.



Plastic Perry Models mixed with some metal to form a Rebel Firing line:




Perry Plastic ACW painted up as Confederates in GASP- SACK COATS!


Yes, some Confederate units DID wear them. I made up this regiment and had fun doing it. I like to think they are freshly kitted out with the help of their Colonel and fresh from Southern Virginia - anxious to see the Elephant, these lads.

The Rebel Firing Line again. These are units I am doing for myself. They are 30 to 50 figures each. In the long term, I plan on having 30 for the Union and at least 20 for the Rebs.

A side view of our church "In Action" as the Squadron books would say :)

The wondrous Perry supply Wagon with Mule team. All in metal.

Wagon Up Close:

My father owns the discharge papers of my great great grandfather who was in the Union Army and assigned to supply work. His last name was Federle. Maybe he looked like this:

Our very own American Uncivil War figures done up as a skirmishing unit for our forthcoming rules:

All of the terrain is from our own line. The fencing is by Renedra. Figures are Perry plastic and metal and our own from the aforementioned American Uncivil War range.

We just got a restock of Perry metal ACW in and hope the rest of the Perry restock arrives next week. Check the ACW range on our website.

Barb and I wish you all a jolly time over this Holiday weekend (in the US) and for those of you in Australia, THANK YOU for your support. We just shipped another restock out to Elite Miniatures Australia and our friend Nathan who carries our line. Should be their by the end of next week.

Cheers!

Teutonic Knights -Painted!!!

I was cruising TMP today and came across these pictures in a post from Mr. Alistar of Berkshire, England. I asked for permission and he kindly allowed me to repost them here.

He has done a wonderful job on these Gripping Beast models and I feel shamed we don't have better pictures of them ourselves (yet)!

Any way, well done sir, and thank you.

We just had a restock on these and you can find them here:

http://www.architectsofwar.com/latecrusades-teutonicknights.aspx

A Plastic Cemetary?

I wanted to make a companion piece for my Architects of War Church kit, and a cemetary just seemed a natural. Using Renedra plastic headstones and some of their picket fence, I built a base, added a tree and some flock. With about three hours of work, I had a beautiful cemetary!

Painting was very simple. After I clipped the parts from the sprues and assembled the fence in a size to fit my hard board base, I sprayed all the parts with white primer. After they were dry, I simply "stained" them with a wash of alcohol and black ink. A little bit of dry brushing and all the parts were done. On the hard board base, I covered it with a thick layer of wood glue and burried that in sand. After it was dry and I shook off the excess sand, I sprayed the base black and then dry brushed it with several different browns.

After gluing the headstones and fence in place, I used several different Woodland Scenics flocks. I first wet the entire base with Wooldand Senics Scenic Cement, and then just kept adding flock until I was happy with the overall texture. The Flock soaks up the scenic cement and when everything is dry, sticks together like crazy. A pipette with a little scenic cement in it came in handy when I had thick piles of flock to hold down. The vines on the fence were made with Woodland Scenics Foliage. A few tufts of Silfor grass and a tree in the corner...presto, a nice little graveyard for my ACW games.

The detail on the headstones and the easy to assemble Rendra fencing gave me a great result in no time at all.

You can see all the Renedra accessories here: http://www.architectsofwar.com/renedra.aspx

Customer Pictures of Terrain

Here are some nice pictures we received from one of our European Customers, Ludo Ilegems. He has done some nice work with our Plowed Field, Pig Sty, and Barn. Thanks Ludo!

We love getting in pictures from customers, so if yo have any please send our way.