Wonder what color you should to paint your saxons

Well here is the answer.  All the wool's here have been dyed using the what was available during the time period.   Take a look and pick your colors.

Primers for painting

As of late I have a hell of a time will primers.  They won't stick or rub off.  This is an answer from a face book post.   Good stuff



Hi, ok I do not know Simple Green. This may react with the primer. I also wash my kits, but I take normal dishwashing detergent. Try it.
To the primer. I'm a fan of Creos Procts (Mr. Hobby, Mr, Paeint, Mr. XY ....). They are available in the spray can or in the glass for your own airbrush. I recommend you to try the cans first. When airbrushing yourself, you always need the original thinner. Moreover, cleaning the AB afterwards is always quite expensive. The Creos products are very specialized, from the roughness of the primer or the material of the model (Resine, Metal, Polystyrene etc.).
Also good: the gray primer spray from Tamiya. That's the Swiss army knife the primer, it always works.And at PE parts of the MR. Hobby Metal Primer. The stuff is so thin that you can apply it directly with the brush. This is also my secret trick at Resine. The material is not always easy to prime. But with the metal primer (only very thinly applied) and afterwards another primer the primer keeps very well.ood stuff

Perry Brothers release new Civil War Cavalry

I haven't gotten into the 28mm Civil War figures.  But the latest release is impressive.

NEW ACW Cavalry!
These cavalry fill in the gaps for the dismounted versions of the mounted cavalry already available. There are dismounted early war Confederate cavalry in shirts along with command and horse holder, Union dismounted cavalry in sack coats along with a command and their horse holder. Confederates fighting in civilian clothing or part civilian clothing seem to have been not uncommon, so starting with the cavalry we have mounted, dismounted and horse holder for these too. These could of course be used as Bushwhackers and guerrillas mixed with those in shirtsleeves and normal confederate cavalry. As you might have noticed, at long last there are dismounted commands for the regular Union and Confederates too!

American Civil War 1861-65

28mm metal figures
Designed by Alan Perry

ACW 112 Dismounted Confederate cavalry command in shirts
ACW 113 Dismounted Confederate cavalry in shirts skirmishing with various weapons
ACW 114 Confederate horse holder in shirt and three horses
ACW 115 Plastic Union Infantry (already out)
ACW 116 Confederate cavalry galloping with pistols in civilian clothing
ACW 117 Confederate cavalry galloping with muskets and rifles in civilian clothing
ACW 118 Dismounted Confederate cavalry in civilian clothing skirmishing with various weapons
ACW 119 Confederate horse holder in civilian clothing with three horses
ACW 120 Plastic Union Infantry Skirmishing (already out)
ACW 121 Dismounted Union cavalry command
ACW 122 Dismounted Union cavalry command in sack coats
ACW 123 Dismounted Union cavalry skirmishing with carbines
ACW 124 Union horse holder in sack coat with three horses
ACW 125 Dismounted Confederate cavalry command

1973 Egyptians for CDS variant 73 year,

Thanks to Vis Lardica for this list.  More here:

NOVA Con terrain broads

These are some amazing terrain broads.  The people that created these broads put a lot of hard work into. Plus god know how many hours.