ACW Casualty Markers

October 25, 2024

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ACW, American Civil War, Bases, Casualty, Casualty Base

I was going to buy a few bags of Old Glory ACW casualty figures but decided that between our exchange rate and the cost of postage I would rather spend that money on miniatures that were still vertical. I have made a bunch of the dial-style casualty bases for my Anglo-Zulu Wars and some of my Napoleonic Armies. This time I used my favourite free drawing package – MS-Paint – and a whole bunch of cutting and pasting from various images to make flat token-style casualty markers. These are cut out and glued to 25mm mdf round bases. I think they turned out OK. What do you think?

If you want to use these here are base images. You may have to jiggle with size when you print these to get them to fit whatever round base you want.

9 responses to “ACW Casualty Markers”

tnnlynch

October 25, 2024 at 5:02 pm

Not a bad idea at all! Certainly easier than sourcing casualties then painting them.

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1. briansmaller
  
  October 25, 2024 at 7:00 pm
  
  Indeed. I like miniature casualty figures but they are an effort to paint.
  
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Lawrence Hughes

October 26, 2024 at 9:10 am

Great idea Brian. I was on the Perry website yesterday afternoon looking to order several boxes of Perry Napoleonic casualties for some Warbases dials, but both were out of stock. This has now got me re-thinking.

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1. briansmaller
  
  October 26, 2024 at 12:59 pm
  
  Thanks Lawrence
  
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Clive SKIDMORE

December 2, 2024 at 6:19 am

These are brilliant! Well done and thank you.

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1. briansmaller
  
  December 2, 2024 at 8:23 am
  
  I have been cutting and gluing enough to make the hundred counters I have – hard on the arthritic fingers!
  
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  1. Clive SKIDMORE
    
    December 3, 2024 at 6:00 am
    
    Some nice free Medieval ones here –
    
    https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ggsdncfsuoh2v5c4ht6sf/casualties.pdf?rlkey=1h6o74imsxnflzp87bvhq43tk&e=1&dl=0
    
    Low carb diet is good for arthritis.
    
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  2. briansmaller
    
    December 3, 2024 at 7:15 am
    
    I have a low carb diet – as much as I can. Also intermittent fasting – lost 17kg so far. Holiday did not help. Can I use the medieval casualty markers you made?
    
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  3. Clive SKIDMORE
    
    December 7, 2024 at 8:51 am
    
    I did not make them myself, I think the guy posted them so that anyone could use them.
    
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