The War Betwixt the Yankees and the Americans

I have been slowly chugging away at my 6mm ACW as time allows and I finally got my bases in the mail so I threw my Confederate Cavalry on there and built my first 6mm Confederate Cavalry Brigade complete with Cavalry Command Base.

Bases are 60×30 and 30×30

I’ve ordered another of each “Army Pack”, some Skirmishers and more Artillery. Next update will be the rest of my Confederate Infantry Painted and ready to go.

Comments/Criticism/Advice is welcome/needed. My first go at painting 6mm so any tips will be a major help

I used the only undercoat I had on hand, GW Wraithbone, followed by a Black Wash which really helped me to see the detals and gave some shading.

Then I blocked out the colours (Painting them slightly brighter to compensate) followed by a Brown Wash which I then swapped for a Black Wash.

I’m definitely going to go for a Black undercoat next time the current one is too bright.

I’ll try to get a full unit done soon to see the mass unit effect

So after all the indecision I went out and picked up some 6mm ACW.

I went for the only 6mm ACW I could find here in Australia, Irregular Miniatures via Eureka Miniatures.

They look awesome and very, very tiny. For reference the smallest thing I’ve ever painted has been a 15mm Flames of War British Paratrooper.

I went for both the Union and Confederate Army Bundles, i had no idea what I would get and I’m very happy with what arrived in the mail.

I plan to base these on 60×30 bases which seem to be the norm, for the Artillery I’ll base them on 30×30 so I can use them for a wider variety of games.

The main game I’m going for is Altar of Freedom but I’m not locked in to anything.

I’m going to give these guys an undercoat and try to paint them later tonight.