Dear Dave,
Here'a a bunch of comments and additions to Chariot review:
At this time (March), Chariot has added limbers, casualties etc. When you see this, everything should be available but wagons and the limber cassion nobody makes them since K&M 20s. Hint? Hint? Nudge? Wink! Wink! And apeaking of that, in the name of humanity, won't someone please make 10mm flags? I hate painting regulation U.S. flags & 10mm is a killer If I can't get 'em it's "Furl that Banner for this Weary. Round its staff it's drooping drearily.
Signifier ad was great - so was flag!
I'm also in the staff of an "old" (119 issues) Napoleonic magazine, and we have our phone numbers listed as dept. heads, plus a Q & A column. The Zouave might want to have a listing of vol. specialists who might field questions/and or a Q&A Column.
One thing gamers do (long time ones--me from early 60s) is to forget that there is a "cycle" of new gamers about every 3 years (my guess). So, as I've done painting guides on and off for the last 10 years for various magazines, everything needs to start all over again. Lately this is more so for the reaaon that art materials are in a real state of flux at the moment. A good example of this is acrylics. Most figure painters who pay lots for "Miniatures" paint would be really surprised to know that most of these are repackaged Craft colors some even in the same containers with a "private" label. Check that craft store-you've paid $1.00 an ounce for paint you can get for 30 cents an oz.
Which brings me to Jim McDaniels' excellent Horse color article. One of the most interesting sidebars in Art in the 20th Century is that most people have no working knowledge of horses. The only place people see them is on TV or race tracks. If you want to draw or paint a horse, you need good references. I'd like to add a painters trick
- 90% of all horaes have a "sheen" to them. the best way to reproduce this is after you've painted the horse (don't do the white yet) is to wash it with a colored ink in the same color family. For brown and black ones, I use Winsor'a Newton Peat Brown or Nut Brown ink.
One thing I'd like to see is Regt. listings in the Brigades for someone who likes to use that scenario. When I use "Fire & Fury," I've modified it to the Rgt. level. Lastly, for the flay mavens, this booklet may or may not be available-I got mine from Dixie Gunworks. Collectors Publishing, PO 101, Rushville, Ind. 46173 (Pub.1975). Battle Flags of the Confederacy is a reprint of a booklet issued when the U.S. returned captured CS flags (photos too). With only a few mistakes this is one of the most well known (outside of the real thing) sources as some of the flags listed here are now missing.
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