Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Ideas and an Extra for Epic Gettysburg

 

With 60 stands of infantry, I was thinking of different games and how many units I could make. With "Junior General" rules I could have 10 regiments of 6 stands per side. A regiment in line.

The same regiment in column.

A 5 stand regiment, the size used in "Black Powder".

A 4 stand regiment that could be used with Battle Cry. Each side would have 15 regiments. Of course if using "The Portable Wargame" each side would have an impressive 60 regiments!

The flag sheets that come with the game. I made 2 copies.

When I bought the game, it was with the understanding that the farm house and fences weren't included. However while looking for some of the disconnected figures, I found the farmhouse and fence kit.

Monday, July 8, 2024

Warlord Games Gettysburg Epic Miniatures

 Like many people, I wanted to get Warlord Games Epic Gettysburg  game. The figures were the main attraction to me, but the price was more than I could see spending.

I recently came across a partial game with just the figures and rule book at a price thatI could afford. One sprue of Union figures were taken off the sprue, but otherwise there were 23 unused sprues. I bought them for a "future" project. I am thinking of using them unpainted. My idea is to use white craft glue to attach them to their bases, so if I do decide to paint them, they will be easy enough to remove them from their bases. I mounted one regiment the I  received in Wargames Illustrated to bases with the white glue. It seems to work well.


The 23 sprues recently purchased.


The test regiment glued up.