American Civil War

I purchased Greg Wagman's Altar of Freedom with scenario books.  The idea of putting on whole civil war battles not just part of the battle really appeals to me.  He also is using single base units.

However, I wasn't quite willing to go down the 6mm road for this project.  I didn't want to deal with yet another scale of buildings.  I'm still trying to work something out for my 28mm buildings.  But I had acquired 10mm buildings for my 15mm World War 2 battles.  The solution became obvious.  So far I've orders some figures from both Pendraken and Good Ground.

My first attempt at basing:


Seems a bit scant, more like a skirmish line.  So I stripped the bases (Litko) and tried again.























This will take me longer to paint, but I think I can manage 2 units a week.  I'm hoping to put on the battle of Perryville sometime in the spring.  The ultimate goal will to be able to recreate Gettysburg.

I'm not sure how long I will play Altar of Freedom.  It is not solo friendly, and it just doesn't seem to have the same level of excitement as Piquet - no surprises there (pun intended).

You can see the Numidians in the background getting ready for their new 80x60mm base.