I finally got round to buying a box of these 12mm plastics. Many other people have done reviews on You Tube and other places and most have been very positive and I must agree – they are great little figures, full of character. The contents of the sprues aim for large battalions of five bases of 20 figures each but I don't like that because many units in the ACW were tiny, often two to three hundred men (particularly on the Confederate side) and so I'd rather do an OOB that has varied unit sizes than field all 'huge' units. I think that units can consist of two bases (Small), three bases (Normal) and four bases (Large) and that suits me and will work with Black Powder. If a base equals about 150 men that makes regiments of 300, 450 and 600 which will allow me to get close to actual strengths at various battles. I doubt I will ever do Warlord Games's suggestion of 5 bases but that would equal a unit of 750 men. So here we have two small Georgia regiments and the other two of the brigade, which I will do soon, will each be 'normal' or three bases.
The other issue is that I like just one flag for the Confederates and the flag to be as close to the centre of the unit as is possible. I found that the strips can easily be cut with sharp plastic cutters and so the single command strip (with its two flagbearers) can cover the command element for two Confederate battalions, as shown in the pictures here.
The only slight bugbear I have is that I'm not keen on the horses I have seen so far. But as the infantry are so lovely (and fun to paint) I think I can probably live with that as there will be so few cavalry in my OOB.
Final comment – I painted these two regiments, totalling 80 figures, in one day. They work with the “three foot rule” which means they look good viewed at three feet away and are not painted to be scrutinized under a microscope!
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