While I was in Australia I took an extra week and a bit and stayed with my siblings. At my sister’s place I managed to get these guys painted. This unit has an interesting provenance. The First Corps Minis came from a Facebook marketplace purchase of a bunch of ACW figures here in New Zealand. I wanted to make a firing line but only had a few firing poses, and I think both of them had broken muskets. The commander of the unit is the First Corps character figure of General Heth – something I did not know until I checked through the First Corps website. I was talking to my old mate Paul Crouch and he said he had a bunch of spare Dixon minis. He offered them to me and I gladly accepted and they were posted to my sister’s house in Sydney. So, Paul, thank you for the contribution. They work pretty well mixed in with the First Corps figures. Both ranges share the giant hands characteristic!

These were once again painted using speed paints over a white dry brushed onto black undercoat. Paul even undercoated them for me. The unit was based when I returned to New Zealand. I had no standard bearers but converted two artillerymen that were in the First Corps bunch I picked up. Replaced rammers and spikes with North Star 100mm brass spears, clipped down a bit. These things are razor sharp and I have impaled my hands picking them up about fifty times when doing this unit. Turns out I am in fact, bleeding for the Confederacy. I was pretty pleased with how the standards came out. GMB flags with some paint added.