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The American Civil War

This is the Madaxeman.com 10mm ACW page. It's OLD - probably earl'y 2000's at best I'm afraid and so whilst it has links to a non-exhaustive set of pics of 10mm ACW figures from a number of manufacturers not all of them are still around, and the ranges may have been updated. The full photo directory is here. It also has some info on which may be compatible to mix together, and links to a number of large-scale ACW battles fought using 10mm figures

The general consensus among my mates (the sample reviewers) seemed to be:

  • Minifigs & Pendraken were compatible enough to mix on a base
  • Magister Militum (which are Perrin castings) and Starfort/Crackerline Plank Road were compatible enough to mix on a base - they are both a little skinnier than the Pendraken and Minifigs ones. Irregular could also be added to this set.
  • Pendraken figures have a lot of variation within each pose which is not immediately apparent - so slightly different bags, blanket rolls, canteens etc. They are the most robust figures too
  • Minifigs packs are very standard in pose, and the guns, and especialy bayonets will bend with handling
  • GHQ were too weedy for our tastes overall
  • Pithead's men were very cute but significantly shorter and a bit stumpier than the rest, so not really compatible with anything else for mixing on the same base. But even so, I want at least one brigade of them!
  • The Baggage Train have a big range of 10mm ACW figures. They are the same size as Pendraken/Minifigs and are very nice castings, packaged in one pose packs of 50, or "brigade" packs of 80 infantry + Command. They also do some bridges and boats!
  • There looks to be more significant differences in guns and cavalry between manufacturers. Probably harder to mix even the "compatible" manufacturers for these.

    • Brigades made up of Minifigs/Pendraken, and Starfort (Crackerline Plank Road)/MM, and then Pithead alone would be fine. GHQ might mix with Starfort and MM, but they weren't maybe as nice.

    Manufacturers and their Websites

  • Minifigs

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