From PaulSS: Confederate 12lbr Howitzer (30 points)

Following on from the 10lbr Rifle that I finished earlier this week is another Confederate artillery piece, this time a 12lbr Howitzer also from the  Perry Miniatures American Civil War Artillery set.

We are playing a Longstreet campaign and one of my batteries has just acquired an howitzer, so it was a good excuse to get one painted.

On this model #2 is just about to put the shell in the barrel while #1 stands ready with the rammer to send it home. #3 is blocking the vent while #4 stands ready to attach the lanyard. You can do some quite dynamic poses with these Perry plastics.

Looking at the pictures though I did note that some dust had stuck to the rammers hat and made an unsightly string when the dull-cote was applied, fortunately I was able to pick this off so no damage done.

Four 28mm foot and a gun should add me 30pts to my total.

Lovely work Paul, I like the differences between the regulation and campaign dresses in your gun crews.  I also really like the Perry poses on their gun teams.  Be they metal or plastic, they sets allow you to put together a team that's actually working as a team.  Very nice basing and I like the gleam on the brass barrel.