Eagle Games Troops

I have been working on the Eagle Games figures.

These are 1/72nd scale figures for ACW and Colonial.  Figures are rather generic and a bit thin.

They come with two horse riding poses, a standing firing rifleman, and five cannons, 12 pound Napoleon types.  No horses you have to buy them separate. 

The ACW set also gives you a flag bearer, and the Colonial set gives you a heliograph team of  two men.  I like them because they fit okay with most plastic troops of the era and really help to bulk out a firing line with standing shooting figures.  The cannons are sturdy, one piece gun and carriage and two separate wheels.  I use the wheel for other wagons, as I don't quite need this many cannons.  However, I also have cut up the cannons and used the barrels to make naval carriage guns, or as monuments with cannon on them.  I also have cut the gun off the carriage and flipping the carriage over, used it as a limber for other guns.
 

Eagle Games 1/72nd Scale ACW

Eagle Games American Civil War Confederate set, with Eagle Games horses sold separately.

 A bunch of standing firing guys and some horses with 5 cannons.

They don't have crews from the guns.  My plan is to perhaps convert civilians and resin cast kepi heads or sort crews from other companies that make ACW artillery.

A line of horse cavalry.

They look pretty good together I think.

The Eagle Games ACW Union troops.

Essentially the same as the Confederates.

But with a flag bearer.

Again horses sold separately and no artillery crews.

I think I can figure out the artillery crew problem, eventually.
 

Parrot and 5 Inch

Strelets ACW Union troops with a Parrot Rifle in an entrenched position.

Good for sieges.

Or prepared positions on the defense.

Here the Model 1890 5 inch howitzer in use by US troops.

The same crew as the ACW gun works for an early use of the gun, as the uniforms did not change much even for a long time.

Here the Parrot Rifle being used by a Boer crew.

I think they would work for Confederates, or even for an American Militia unit up to about 1900 when such guns would be out of service, but no later than 1920 when US inventories were cut after the war.

I find the Boer War figures very useful for a variety of troop types.
 

Cannon Crew

A black powder gun this big would be loud.

So cover your ears.

Leaning on the sponge and holding a telescope.

Very good poses, I think.

These rounds are heavy.

Standing back and pull the lanyard.

Set up to fire.

Seven man crew is pretty good.
 

Cannon Views

The gun goes together very easily.

The barrel is solid and would benefit from being drilled out.  I may do that later.

The plastic cross piece that holds the barrel on is too weak and I replaced it with wire.  A paper clip bit would do.

I used a pair of pliers to push it through the barrel.

Bottom view.
 

Parrott Gun

Strelets 1/72nd scale plastic 30 pound Parrott Rifle with Union Crew.

You get three crews and three guns.

No flash and it's all in good condition.

Gun goes together really easily.

And looks great when it is finished.
 

More Cave Men Antics

The cave men know to attack only they young dinosaurs.

Scare them with fire and drive them towards the men with the axes.

The man with the ray gun knows how to fight cave men.

Pirates versus cave men.  Shiver me timbers.

American Civil War Union troops versus Brontosaurus.

Coelacanth and Pterodactyl

 Pterodactyl were pretty common as late as 1864 in the Southern States.

 Union solders often shot them and sometimes posed with the bodies for photos.

 Coelacanth was a staple of the diet for Pterodactyl.

The coelacanth model was included in the set with the Pterodactyl.

Coelacanth was a staple for U-Boat crews in World War Two operating off the coast of Southern Africa.

A five foot fish provides a lot of filets.