From MartinC - More ACW Union Infantry? (134pts)

 One of the great joys for a fast painter like me is that ACW is easy. Lots of block painting, little webbing, bit of shading and Bob's your Uncle. No fancy lacework, very few stripes and no effing tartan.

So I present to you my last planned ACW Union infantry regiment, the 79th New York Highlanders. No wait. What! Highlanders! Surely not.

Yip, tartan. This bunch of fancy dans fought for the 1st few years of the civil war in tartan trews and Glengarry (not Glenross) hats. At the 1st Bull run they rocked up to the sound of the bagpipes, must have put the fear of God into both sides. Not so much a Rebel Yell, more a Union cat strangle

These figures are Crusader and great to paint, although every time I touched them some paint came off, not a problem that normally happens and an undercoating issue.

So the tartan is the Cameron of Erracht tartan and there are at least 8 different designs or this that would work, so I picked this one. The checkerboard on the hat should be red white and blue but that was too hard.

The 79th fought in 13 major battles throughout the war from 1st Bull Run to to Spotsylvania so plenty of opportunity to fight

Scores on the doors

24 x 28mm infantry = 120

2 flags = 2

Total 122pts

Ahhh, the glorious sound of the traditional Scottish Highlands cat strangling. Only slightly less terrifying than the death cry of the hunted wild haggis.

I'm giving a half-point bonus per figure for the tartan trews, so that should give you 134 points.

Tamsin