A surprising disppointment - Ros 25mm ACW Figures

For a long time I have been seeking out the Ros 25mm American Civil War figures. I was sure that at least a Union and a Confederate advancing figure had been produced, but none could be found.  Well, as luck would have it, at last a pile of these figures have turned up as an ebay lot, mixed up with some Minifigs S Range Confederates. Although happy to find these figures at long last I was disappointed in the figure itself.  To my mind the top half is far too big for the legs. How this happened I cannot imagine as in the Napoleonic range, despite some ugly heads, the anatomy of the figures is usually quite good:

I wasn't sure the were Ros Figures at first, but close inspection of the base revealed the faint wording 'Ros' and it is just about possible to make out 'ACW 2'. I assume that' ACW 1' would be the Union figure.

I will continue to hunt for ACW 1, but if he is as bad as this fellow it will be purely for the records.

French Line Infantry - Full Set

Just for the record and before they are painted, here is a picture of the complete French line infantry set made by Ros. This includes the line grenadier, line fusilier and command set:

British Light Dragoons - Painted

I have managed to cobble together enough light dragoons to make up a unit; which I have painted over the last few days. I found four of these by error. I was going through a load of what I thought were Chasseurs a Cheval with broken plumes, wondering what to do with them, when I realised that, despite the way they were painted, they were not French at all. So they joined the other four scruffy figures that had been painted as Prussian dragoons, which were also repainted.

They paint up rather well, I think. To me they have a vey close resemblance to the modern Miniature Figurines light dragoon, in terms of pose and horse designe. I wonder if the sculpter is the same person?

I have recently received another load of figures, with many castings not seen before. I will be reviewing those over the coming days.

French Hussar

The last group of figures from the large hoard are French Hussars. Dressed in dolman and pelisse, with bell topped shakos these figures cover many different hussar regiments of the French Napoleonic army.  Once again, I believe these to be slightly later moulds giving a finer looking figure. I look forward to painting these.

French Guard Lancers - Painted

Last night I finished off painting the French Guard Lancers, in the colours of the 2nd (Dutch) Regiment of the Imperial Guard. I think they scrubbed up quite well!

French Guard Chasseurs a Cheval

The next figure from the 'hoard' is yet another new item from the range. This time it is a French Imperial Guard Chasseur a Cheval. This is another nice looking figure and I am guessing that it is a later production as the proportions and detail are better then other figures. The pose is pretty much standard for the Ros range and his horse is the same as that used for the French Guard Lancer:

French Guard Lancers

Another pack of four figures from the hoard are these charming lancer figures.  These are yet another set that I had not seen before and they are mounted on a horse that is new to me as well. Like their line bretheren they have very tall thin and bendy lances, that have somehow survived the 40+ years since casting.

I will paint these figures in the coming weeks:

Empress Dragoons - Painted

I have painted the Empress Dragoons and they turned out quite well: