I've Joined the Portable Napleonic Wargame Book Club ;)

As previously mentioned I have great hopes for this book [The Portable Napoleonic Wargame by Bob Cordery] in "saving" my 'Blue and Grey' ACW 20mm (1/72 in old money) plastic collection from oblivion, as well as my retro Napoleonic (Airfix and Esci et al) plastic collection being put "to some good use" (see below,  a manageable amount of figures akin to DBA quantities):

Speaking of DBA I am moving towards a new period (or rather really ancient) and new scale for me, but that's for another post ;)

The Blue and The Grey (and The Portable Wargame)

A long, long time ago, when I was in a far distant country (Scotland) I acquired a large collection of Revell American Civil War (ACW) figures [Union and Confederate Infantry, Cavalry and Artillery] with the intention of using them for Stars and Bars Rule Set. I then discovered Fire and Fury Brigade level ACW (15mm) and my interest waned. The hassle of re-basing for F&F and being "the wrong scale" to what other people gamed in, put me off. So they lingered unloved in many boxes in the attic. However twenty four years later "there time has come" as Bob Cordery's Napoleonic (extended to ACW, which is a hop skip and a jump away) is the key to the door. I have started base painting teh first Confederate units (see below):   

I can see these formations fitting nicely into hex grids - be it Portable Wargames or "bringing to life" old Strategy and Tactics or Avalon Hill games. All that is required is a little TLC (see below, the Confederate Grey line):

The colour palette seems pretty basic so a factory production system should be able to be set in motion (see below): 

The Vallejo Game Colour paints seem more than adequate!