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Re: NO2US Wars?

There is no accounting for personal taste.

Myself, I have dreams, plans, figures on the shelf or actual painted units for:

Roanoke/Jamestown early exploration campaign
King Philips War
F&I
AWI
Fallen Timbers
War of 1812
Texas Revolution
Patriot Hunters Raid
Mexican-American War
ACW
Fenian Raids
Maximillian Adventure
Plains Indian Wars
Spanish-American War
Boxer Rebellion
Pershing's Expedition
WWI
WWII
Viet Nam

I've toyed with doing something with Korea but have no serious plans and likely won't have unless I find a sale on IMEX figures . . . I can never pass up a bargain.

Having been in the hobby for 40+ years I am not hesitant to make conversions to give me the figures I want. Being a painter I could not care less of the base plastic colour most of the time. Accordingly the dearth of new ACW figures doesn't bother me, I already have more than enough for my purposes, even if they are less than ideal. 1812 figures are easily converted from existing sources with little more than a clever paint job. My biggest problem is finding decent U.S. Cavalry for the plains wars. Most sets have them wielding sabres that were, in reality, left in storage and wearing kepis rather than broad-brimmed hats.

The other major difficulty is finding troops in full skirted frockcoats and tapered shakos suitable for Mexican regulars and Canadian militia in the 1840's and 1860's. The recent discover of the Waterloo 1815 Risorgimento Austrians (on sale) may have solved that problem for me . . . but they may end up getting used as Austrians because I'm also interested in the Risorgimento.

Re: NO2US Wars? - by Fred - Jun 10, 2012 10:18am
Re: NO2US Wars? - by Britsfan - Jun 10, 2012 1:24pm
Re: NO2US Wars? - by Arlin - Jun 10, 2012 3:22pm
Re: NO2US Wars? - by Thierry - Jun 11, 2012 4:17am
Re: NO2US Wars? - by Alan Buckingham - Jun 11, 2012 6:21am
Re: NO2US Wars? - by Thierry - Jun 11, 2012 7:39am
Re: NO2US Wars? - by Bill N - Jun 11, 2012 9:22am