Sword arm replacement

Following my post of the converted one armed ACW Cavalry officer figure on 19th Jan, and the recent posts on sword replacement, I found some sprues (can you have metal sprues? or are they just plastic?) from Tumbling Dice with alternative weapon arms for Crimean cavalrymen. A bit of superglue and a lick of paint later and my officer is now ready to lead his troops in battle.

I don't know if I can obtain these sprues from Tumbling Dice without the figures they come with, and they are perhaps a little short and thick to be a perfect match on Hinton Hunt figures, but this looks to be a good solution for those figures which need new arms, not just swords. I'm certainly pleased with the way it has turned out for this figure.

ACW cavalry conversion #4 Union officer

This is a one piece casting with separate arm, which means I think it is likely to be FN 44 Lancer of the Guard. The horse has been remounted on a different figure's base. In stripping down and refurbishing I found the head is plastic, probably an Airfix one from the ACW artillery or Wagon Train sets. I have regluedthe horse to its base and now need to identify a donor arm for the figure. My normal procedure is to spray figures with plastidip, a rubberised coating which dries matt and prevents any flaking of paint from plastic figures. This has the added benefit of strengthening the joins of any converted parts.

ACW cavalry conversion #3 Union cavalry

These cavalry are similar conversions, homecast or copied figures to the Confederate cavalry in the following post. They are separate riders mounted on homecast copies of Hinton horses -I am not at the moment sure which. The horses have carbine stocks and swords cast on; I added barrels to the carbines from thick wire. The two figures in the middle of the front row are US 18 artilery drivers modified, I think.

ACW cavalry conversion #2 Confederate cavalry

Here is a second unit of "dodgy casting" Confederate cavalry. These seem to have used the same separate carbine arms as the first set, but are also separate riders, mounted on home cast horses which are copies of a Hinton Hunt original (haven't identified what yet). These have carbines and swords cast onto them. The carbines have no barrels so I have added these with thick wire. The two figures on the left of the photo are firstly (I think) a homecast figure from US 18 artillery driver, and secondly a one piece casting figure, probably Napoleonic, as yet unidentified

ACW cavalry conversion #1 Union trooper

This is another conversion from a Napoleonic cavalryman. Can anyone identify the donor figure?

ACW project: Confederate Cavalry - two units

Here is the completed unit of Confederate cavalry which seem to have been converted from FN 44, horse-attached Guard Lancers with separate arms, a picture of which has been previously posted.

I haven't quite worked out the story on separate arms available from Hinton Hunt. Until I started painting them, I assumed the right arms for these figures had been made from cut down arms with lances for FN 44; but now I've looked at them in more detail they look like they have always been carbines. If anyone (Roy?) has a definitive answer on what separate arms were available, holding what, and for which figures, I would be glad to know - also if anyone has a stash of spare lancer arms for FN 44s as I have quite a few of these but no arms for them.

The second unit are a recent acquisition of 12 rather nicely painted CS 4 figures. My interference with them has been limited to rebasing and spraying with plastidip to seal them.

US 4 Union (North) Mounted Cavalry at attention in flat topped kepi

CS 4 Confederate (South) Mounted Cavalry at attention in broad brimmed hat