Thursday, 29 January 2026

From DaveD - 10mm US 19th Century Vignettes - (124 points )

was asked to make up a few vignette pieces using the Pendraken pieces. So here are 4 Union and 4 Confederate. Plus some Plains Wars pieces.

Union

Not only have I painted these, I actually cast them up. From ingot to the table, it’s quite satisfying.




These are heading across to the USA shortly, if you are going to "Cold Wars" in early February, pop by and see Leon and Adele at the Pendraken stand and they should be there. 

CSA



Next a bit of Plains Wars action and the US Cavalry 

10 figure and 4 prone , 1 prone horse 
Guidon made from sticky label , cuts and painted .


Some mounted US Cavalry 
Flag crafted from a sticky label , cut and painted .  




Next a stand of mounted Native Indians 







everything is 10mm:-

31 mounted =62 

28 foot =28

5 prone =3 

1 gun = 3

Total =96

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Some really top-shelf work here Dave - as per usual! I'm sure folks who are able to pop over to "Cold Wars" will enjoy them even more in person. And I must second your recommendation for Pendraken - they are wonderful, and they make great miniatures! Have to say your results on the Plains War stuff in particular are really excellent.

You got to cast them too? Wow! What must that have been like? I would be a touch nervous about the whole process myself (I'm already a disaster building models, and I feel letting be anywhere near them being cast would be an undue public safety risk) but that must be an extra cool thing - as you say, from ingot to the table!

Finally, a quick question - was there any reason for the round bases? Are they intended for a particular game? Or was this the just the ideal way to have vignettes? It sure looks great!

As for points, you undercounted yourself a chunk - these are 10mm, and cav/guns are 3points a pip, so you come up with 124 points. 

GregB

11 comments:

  1. I will always love well painted Pendraken miniatures. They look great!

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  2. Wow, they look fantastic! How big are the bases?

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    1. Mostly 40mm rounds , but the bigger ones are 70 , or 80mm ovals l cheers .

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  3. @greg - casting is an interesting thing . The moulds are like women , as soon as you get used the them they charge the rules 😂 . Temperature in the workshop , metal fluidity etc, speed of casting machine , speed of pouring the metal . But it beats working for a living - it’s a wargames crack den .The bases were just a vignette creation to show them off , and I went for what looked nice .

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    1. Great stuff Dave - your results are fantastic.

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    2. Thanks - was nice to spend some full creative time on them

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  4. Those are awesome Dave. I too am a fan of Pendraken. That's cool that you got to cast them too. I'm pretty sure my missus wouldn't let me near molten metal.

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  5. Lovely little vignettes Dave. I love that your basing was by the Rule Of Cool.

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