Old Glory

25mm ACW Figures

Reviewed by Paul Koch

Old Glory 25mm ACW Long ago when I first got interested in miniatures and gaming with them, I was happy with about everything I discovered. My first primitive armies, Airfix painted badly in Testor's gloss, looked just splendid to me. Along about the same time I acquired Peter Young's classic, CHARGE! The photos in that volume literally took my breath away. Brigadier Young also warned in his book that "only the best is good enough". That was an awakening. I wanted my figures to look like those in CHARGE! I, too, would not spend money on anything but the best.

Recently my search for the best figures has come to at least a temporary and victorious end. In the period of American Civil War figures there is a new standard by which other figures must now be compared. These are "Old Glory" figures. Their range is off the chart in countless ways. First the 25mm range is complete, yeah, devastating. There are literally hundreds of poses. These include the dozens of wounded, etc., that I am personally so fond of. They are beautifully detailed with the exaggerated undercuts that paint up so very well.

The sculpting is as good as it gets. Only Peter Gilder at his best rivals them. Proportions are also excellent; the heads (which are separately cast) are precisely 1/6 the total height of the figure. The dwarvish look so common in 25s is therefore absent. These are perfectly crafted little people.

They are, however, not very little. These are big 25s, and mesh well in size with the CONNOISSEUR line. Those are the only other figures good enough to share table space anyway. Old Glory's stand near 30mm tall and they have to be seen to be fully appreciated. They are most highly recommended.

Moreover they are competitively priced! Available from OLD GLORY MINIATURES, Box 20, Acme, PA 15610. They really are the best.

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