Dixon Miniatures Union Artillery

                     Dixon Miniatures ACW Union Artillery 

These figures have sat half finished for longer then they should of, despite thinning my collection is still have a few bits and pieces laying around either painted, half painted or organised into regiments waiting to be painted. 

Artillery is something I've always avoided painting, the same with guns and limbers. It could be me just been lazy and avoiding it, but finding these half painted pushed me towards finishing them. The guns are the plastic Perry ones, my wife picked up a box for me a while back. The scaling is 25mm for Dixon and 28mm for Perry so the Guns are head and shoulders above the Dixon minis. I figured that despite this with a bit of clever basing I might just get away with it. 

I raised the front of the bases up so the crew actually stand on ground higher then the guns. Its not a perfect solution but it works! Well in my eyes I've got away with it. 

Its hard to tell from the photos that its raised ground but thanks to a Cork tile cut and shaped its given the desired effect. There as always a couple of conversions, it wouldn't be right not to have at least one. 

I still have the Command base to complete and using at least one of the limbers from the plastic Perry set, will hopefully tie it in nicely to the Artillery pieces. 

All 3 pieces ready to give much needed support. 

Despite only finishing these guys off I'm rather pleased with the outcome. I've painted hundreds of Dixons ACW figures over the years and the buzz is still there. Finishing off the remaining bits and pieces maybe more fun then I expected. 

Thanks for looking, feel free to comment and I will hopefully update my humble blog sooner then later. 

Cheers for now Russ