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Wednesday, 1 March 2017

Airfix ACW Wargaming - "Jayhawkers"

Union "Jayhawkers" as an addition  alongside the regular cavalry.
This lot are supposed to be the  7th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, aka "Jennison's Jayhawkers", which had William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody among it´s ranks.
I couldn´t find a specific flag for the Regiment so went for a generic pennon.
The "uniforms" they are wearing.  In an attempt to make them look a bit less like a bunch of Cowboys,  I´ve added as much  Union blue as possible and given them all  trousers with  yellow stripe. Red Shirts. I don´t know where I got that one..Hollywood film maybe?
The nags come from the Artillery set, the Cowboys set and the ones with docked tails, from the Indians set.
Usual head swops, Sabres and sheaths added using Staples.
 
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13 comments:

  1. Simon1 March 2017 at 08:48

    I think only Officers and NCO's had the yellow trouser stripe.

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  2. Paul´s Bods1 March 2017 at 08:50

    Probably correct, but this lot are "irregulars"..my excuse is they´ve nicked the trousers to go with the red shiarts ;-) and they are painted Old School style.

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  3. tradgardmastare1 March 2017 at 09:59

    Great and inspiring work there.
    Alan

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  4. Chris1 March 2017 at 10:22

    As a former Jayhawk from the University of Kansas: "Rock Chalk Jayhawk!"

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  5. Michael Awdry1 March 2017 at 12:19

    Lovely job Paul and I do love to see the 'before' shots, it is always interesting to know what you did.

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  6. Hobbyworker1 March 2017 at 23:29

    Lovely painted figs!

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  7. Rodger2 March 2017 at 00:36

    Awesome stuff Paul!

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  8. Syl2 March 2017 at 09:31

    It's a real success, congratulations!

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  9. Philotep2 March 2017 at 11:30

    Great conversions as usual, Paul ! I like them a lot.
    It so reminds me of the Britains minis...

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    1. Paul´s Bods2 March 2017 at 12:00

      Thanks Phil.The britians look is what I was aiming for :-)

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  10. Willie Anderson2 March 2017 at 22:24

    Great stuff once again Paul your conversions work very well.

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  11. Bob The Old Painter3 March 2017 at 00:04

    Looking forward to the first action with these wonderful figures. Bob

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    1. Paul´s Bods3 March 2017 at 06:57

      Thanks Bob. So far the Project is running to plan, that is, that the painting, scenery etc should be finished by the end of march. I could have got the 4 regs of Union finished by now if I hadn´t gone and added two more guns plus limbers and the irregular cavalry.

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