New year, new project
Here we go, my first blog of 2021. I'm sure most of you are aware that the UK (along with most of the world) is currently under another COVID-19 lockdown. As a result, gaming has been somewhat limited. What this has meant is that any hobby time has now been spent on painting. After a tidy up, I discovered some American Civil War figures that I had bought from EM4 Miniatures . These figures are plastic (think Airfix figure style plastic) and are very cheap (20 figures for £5!). So over the course of January, I have painted up 40 figures for both sides (80 in total). Also, I bought a command pack of metal figures (2 for each side) to use as Commanders. Both sides were painted with Games Workshop Contrast paints. Additionally, as I'll be using Fistful of Lead Big Battles as my rule set, I bought some movement trays from Warbases to use to determine whether a unit is in either Open or Close Order. Very much a case of going for the look and feel of the ACW, rather than strict hist