Absolute newbie to this subject but I'm thinking about creating a Civil War diorama. What 1/35 figures are available? Thanks.

Randy Pepprock
Dioramas Plus

Hi Randy,
Which civil war? There are been a few of them around the world.

: ) Of course. US Civil War.

Well there aint to many 1/35 figures around. More 54mm wich is roughly 1/32.

One great manufacturer are Shenandoah which have many figures in different poset that lets you create your own scene.

http://www.shenandoahmin.com/kits.html

Cheers

The only 1/25 ACW figures were the one set of Union riflemen from Dragon. Not great, and limited possibilities. As Janne mentioned above, Shenandoah has a great line of ACW figures at a reasonable price along with accessories and alternate heads, both north and south. The best resource for ACW models is Military Miniatures Warehouse

Master Bax has a couple of sets in 1/35th scale. #3549 - Yankee Tracker and Indian Scout + # 3550 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry . Sometime ago a WW2 Polish Lancer set was announced that might be great for kit bashing , if it ever gets released ( or was that Mini Art ? )

Hi Randy, check out Squadron they have "Imex" figures, there 1/32 scale. Hope this helps some. Good luck, Rick

The Masterbox Yankee tracker is better suited to the post war period as the scout is an "Indian" scout. The other figure can be used for the ACW. It is a nice set . The Cavalryman has both epaulets and stripes so you have to shave one or the other off.

As has been pointed out most ACW figures are 54mm. As a size rather than a scale it is somewhat fluid. Companies measure figure differently. Generally speaking Shenandoah figures are considered among the best.

Verlinden made or make a line of ACW artillery, from a 12 pounder Napoleon to a 15 inch Rodman gun. They're resin and can be a little fiddly but you can get a nice result with a little work. They also make some figures but I have experience with them.

Hi Randy,

Forget 1/35, when it comes to historical figures we are talking 54mm

And here I can only agree with the gentlemen above: Shenandoah are definitely the best range. They are multipose, so that you have plenty of conversion potential. And then you should not forget the traditional brands, such as Pegaso o.s. for the occasional figure.

Good luck!

Romain

Thanks to all. After looking around a bit here's what my impressions are. First off, while on some level is very popular to many Americans & there seems to be a fair amount of interest in it, there is not much available to modelers.

While 54mm would work fine for my purposes, it seems to me that there is not much available that is of a decent quality at the mid-price level.

Figures seem to be divided into one of two camps. Knock offs & repos of old toy plastic soldiers (poor details, bent weapons cast in place), and much better quality, but much more expensive hobby figures. If I need 20+ figures for a scene I can't pay $15/$20 a pop for each of them.

As a fellow hobby manufacturer, please understand, I don't begrudge the prices that the manufacturers have to charge, I totally understand that. But I just can't sink 2 or 3 hundred dollars into figures for a dio.

What am I missing here? Are there any mid priced civil war figures that are of decent quality?

Thanks much!

I screwed up the previous post & then waited too long to edit. What I meant to say was;

Thanks to all. After looking around a bit here's what my impressions are. First off, while on some level the US Civil War is very popular to many Americans & there seems to be a fair amount of interest in it, there is not much available to modelers...

Why not go smaller . Warlord Games makes 1/56 scale or if you rather 28mm Civil War Figures . Box sets of plastic multi pose figures of both sides of the conflict are avalible ,Infantry , Artillery and Cavalry , ( about $40 a box ) average about 36 figures per set( Infantry ) . Seen them in action with some of the local Gamers , quite nice .

Thanks! Yes, I checked them out & those do seem much better for my needs. Cheers!

There are many manufacturers in 28mm including Sash and Saber, Perry Brothers, Wargames Foundry, Redoubt, and many others. What you will run into though is that since they are designed for war gaming, and handling, sone of the rifles and equipment like that will be quite robust. Bayonets are generally out of scale. Perry Beothers makes some boxed plastic sets that are quite nice. They usually have a choice between slouch hats and kepis/forage caps.

Have you tried looking at Britain's plastic figures, or Swoppets? Of course, they will need better detail painting. Much cheaper than metal figs, but also more toy like .