Reviresco

28mm Pack Train

by Steve Winter

Every army has baggage, but not every miniatures army has a baggage train. This pack can solve that problem. It comes with two horses (different poses), two mules (same pose), and four packloads (my package actually came with six; three with barrels, two with boxes and a large bundle, and one with boxes and several tent rolls). The set is billed as 28mm, and I’m willing to take it at face value — how do you measure a miniature horse on the Barrett scale? They look good against 28mm humans.

The mules perhaps look slightly small, and the horses are definitely leggy. Their backs come to about shoulder or chin height on a man. They’re a bit thinner than they might be, too. Of course, that’s easily explained by assuming that these animals have been on the trail of Geronimo (or Pandit Khan or von Lettow or whomever you pursue in your games — mine will chase Geronimo) for three weeks and have suffered all the privations of frontier campaigning. With these in your collection, when someone yells, “bring up the ammo mules,” you can really do it. Four pack animals/$5, available from Reviresco, 435 Chenault St., Hoquiam, WA, 98550; online store at www.tin-soldier.com.

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