Small scenic bases

[Heedless Horseman]

Lengths of something that looks like 'snake rail' fence would be a real go'er for ACW...needn't be too high or perfect...(rails taken for firewood/battered down, etc.)...just the effect of a fence.

Small bog pools...pools surrounded by 'reedy' edging. Could be scattered to indicate boggy ground rather than the defined marsh areas available elsewhere.

Generic foxholes...empty to allow cut down troops to be inserted or left abandoned.

[Leon]

We've been chatting about rail fences for some time now, but they're a pain to do in resin.  John at Ironclad is working on some test pieces so once we've got something robust enough for retail, we'll let everyone know.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Easy if tedious to make - using match sticks.

IanS

[Wulf]

In 10mm scale? You must use really really thin matches...

[Westmarcher]

... rail fences .... they're a pain to do in resin. 

I can well imagine. But you have to get it right.* It may be an over simplification but if Total Battle Miniatures could make 10mm versions of their 6mm ones, problem solved?

http://www.totalbattleminiatures.com/bigbattalions/6mm/americana.html

Anyway, I have a good number of photographic examples of rail fences from the various Civil War battlefields I have visited. Unfortunately, I am a dunderhead when it comes to posting photos on the Forum from my MacBook but if you or John would like me to e-mail these examples, please drop me a PM and I will be happy to do so.

* I have seen some home-made ones from cocktail sticks and the like - a lot of people are taken in by them but frankly, they are almost laughable, and, having seen the 'real' thing (reconstructions actually), I never have the heart (badness?) to point out how wrong they are.