While I wait for my next delivery of early war ACW figures for the First Bull Run expansion I thought I might start to tackle "the started but not finished" pile.I give you the 31st Huntingfordshire Regiment from the First Sikh War. I think…
These figures are my first addition to the 28mm Rebels & Patriots ACW collection for a few years now. They are part of a separate First Bull Run collection, because I like the early war uniforms.The First Rhode Island was one of Lincoln's 9…
An image that is currently circulating on social media. A Union Officer in a less than period pose of staring at the camera in a serious pose.He is on the right side and goofing around. We would have been friends I think!
You wait months for a post and then two come along in a week!I have now finished the 16 undercoated figures generously donated by "Dopplebockdunkel" a few months ago. I have managed to match the colours quite well and now have a nice 8 stan…
Here are the latest additions to the collection in the form of more Union troops. I always intended adding the 14th Brooklyn Regt to my collection but did not purchase the figures before the closure of Jacklex. Fortunately Aly's generous gi…
Last Saturday I once again attended the Hinton Hut to refight a scaled down Waterloo. I played Wellington and Ian was Napoleon. Umpiring was left in the capable hands of Charles, who also played a significant role when pre-game he presented…
Following my previous post I was contacted by "Dopplebockdunkel" who very graciously gifted me a sizeable number of Jacklex ACW figures. Most are unpainted but there were these 16 Union infantry painted up very neatly and matching the style…
Following my previous post I was contacted by "Dopplebockdunkel" who very graciously gifted me a sizeable number of Jacklex ACW figures. Most are unpainted but there were these 16 Union infantry painted up very neatly and matching the style…
I have finally managed to add a completely new unit to my Classic 20mm ACW collection in the shape of these Jacklex rebels.I will tidy up the base sides as I never noticed the patchy bits!One of the reasons for virtually no output of figure…
...gloss varnishing and rebasing. Cutting a long story short just before Christmas I decided to streamline the number of sets of rules I was using. As my main interest lies in the Black Powder era and my preference is for a relatively simpl…
It has been a while since I posted anything as frustratingly I started feeling unwell back in November last year. After months of feeling awful we discovered I had an underlying health condition which sadly is not going to go away. While I
PERMANENT CLOSURE OF JACKLEX MINIATURES What an absolute tragedy. Thank you Mark for trying to preserve this iconic range. A real shame, bad news for all Jacklex fans and wargame fans in general, alwas sad to see a range close down. That is…