Warlord Games ECW Dragoons

I have finally finished off the ECW dragoons that Jeff left me. He had assembled them, primed them black and "wet brushed" them white. He managed to get a few coats painted and a base coat on some of the horses too:

Here they are now in their re-furbished glory (I still have to locate proper guidon for them) :

 The Warlord boxed set comes with a dismounted version for each rider:

The boxed set comes with 12 of each but one has been misplaced so what I have here is a regiment of 11. Oddly enough the other set Jeff left me also has only 11 in it ...

I also managed to finish roughing out the hills for the Battle of Gaine's Mill game we will be playing in the undetermined future.

 The craft sticks mark deployments of the various brigades. I made a couple of mistakes (I was working from 2 different maps, one of which has more detail in it): the far hill in blue should be a little longer and curl around the end of the purple hill opposite of it.  Next up I will give it a hard sanding and coat it with a mix of coloured sanded grout and tile adhesive.

New Project; Gaine's Mill

A new terrain project underway. After the two games of Brigade Fire and Fury- days 1 and 2 of Gettysburgh- our industrious host has expressed an interest in putting on a Battle of Gaines Mill game. He said he needed a couple of large hills and I happily volunteered.

The key feature is a long hill that I have divided up into three large hills for ease of construction and transport. The hill is split by a gully that runs from south west, incorporating Boatswain's Swamp in a north-eastern direction towards old Cold Harbour as seen on this map:

The union defenders are dug in on the north-western flank of Turkey Hill; the Confederate attackers on the hill opposite, Boatswain's Swamp and an un-named creek between them.

After spending the am hacking away at styrofoam insulation I am at this stage:

These pictures show two of the main hills; pictures from the north-east, looking south-west. The purple blocks represent where buildings will go: Old Coal Harbor at the bottom, New Cold Harbor in the middle and Gaines' Mill in the upper right. The carving of the hill section at the bottom is largely done; the second part beyond new Cold Harbour is roughly cut out, as is the hill that Gaines Mill is on.

I have to get more foam before I tackle Turkey Hill.