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Offline Limorrj

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1st South Carolina United States Volunteers Infantry
« on: February 27, 2013, 00:10:35 »
Yesterday, I made this soldier of the 1st South Carolina Infantry United States Volunteers.
Hope you enjoy.
Greetings
Leonardo





« Last Edit: February 27, 2013, 01:15:05 by Limorrj »
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Offline cheng

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Re: 1st South Carolina United States Volunteers Infantry
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2013, 01:52:39 »
nice!!! make more if you have parts! probably you need to hunt for those red legs with black shoes too ;)
more, Leonardo!!
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Re: 1st South Carolina United States Volunteers Infantry
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2013, 10:17:03 »
Looks good.  Can you show a rear view, please?

I think they're pirate legs.
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Re: 1st South Carolina United States Volunteers Infantry
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2013, 20:26:45 »
Very nice custom!
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Re: 1st South Carolina United States Volunteers Infantry
« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2013, 20:47:31 »
A great custom indeed!
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Re: 1st South Carolina United States Volunteers Infantry
« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2013, 12:40:10 »
He looks great especially with the added bits like the waterskin and backpack.  PM's Civil War soldiers are never geared up enough.  Here is a question though, did this bloke fight for the north or the south.  His uniform looks union, but he's from South
Carolina? Or maybe he's post- ACW.   

edit:  just looked it up.  A unit consisting of escaped slaves from South Carolina and Florida.  Now I get it.   :eh?:
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Re: 1st South Carolina United States Volunteers Infantry
« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2013, 13:52:53 »
Nice custom again. Bravo!
@cheng: These legs were quite common in medieval sets a few years back. They should come up cheap on eBay or other markets.
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Re: 1st South Carolina United States Volunteers Infantry
« Reply #7 on: February 28, 2013, 20:34:26 »
Very nice custom.

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Re: 1st South Carolina United States Volunteers Infantry
« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2013, 15:24:26 »
great custom, I would love to have such a klicky in great numbers for our dioramas
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Re: 1st South Carolina United States Volunteers Infantry
« Reply #9 on: March 06, 2013, 00:22:07 »
Quote from: el jefe on February 28, 2013, 12:40:10
He looks great especially with the added bits like the waterskin and backpack.  PM's Civil War soldiers are never geared up enough.  Here is a question though, did this bloke fight for the north or the south.  His uniform looks union, but he's from South
Carolina? Or maybe he's post- ACW.   

edit:  just looked it up.  A unit consisting of escaped slaves from South Carolina and Florida.  Now I get it.   :eh?:

It seems that Black troops may have been more integrated in the Confederate forces than in the Union (the Union had segregated units and this continued in practice until after the Korean war. 

It's a very overlooked fact of history but the CSA had up to 120,000 Black soldiers.  Pay was also equivalent for Blacks and Whites in the CSA, while in the Union pay was not equal.

Here are some interesting links:

http://www.history.army.mil/books/integration/IAF-FM.htm

http://www.defense.gov/home/features/2008/0708_integration/military_integration_timeline.pdf

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/blackcs.htm

http://www.stonewallbrigade.com/articles_black_confeds.html


That is a very nice figure, by the way.  I too, especially like the gear on the figure and wish Playmobil would accessorize their figures more.  Maybe even accessory packs through DS like they used to do for Knights and Pirates (although why don't they just ship the figures with the stuff instead of us having to buy more as I am sure the vast majority of kids who do get Playmobil toys never get anything from DS).
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