Longhorns and Cowboys - and lunch, too.

Been a while since last post, busy in other areas of life - including some other miniatures stuff.  But getting back to work on miniatures stronger this year than in the last few years with a push on my Old West collection.

Head on shot of 96 longhorn cattle with four cowboys that have been painted for decades, from the long defunct Frontier range of figures - there are also six Frontier longhorns in the mix - all painted but likely to get some rework to be more like longhorns, and two other painted.  Notice the lariats (ropes) in the hand of the cowboy on the right front - all four have them in slightly different angles (my modifications - the positioning, not the lariats).

 The shot below shows the dead cattle at the rear of the herd.

 A reverse angle without the dead cattle.

 A shot of the herd without the cowboys.

 All 18 of the mounted cowboys.

 The six dead cowboys, the two dead longhorns, and four cows.  Also two destroyed wagons and one skeletal horse and one skeletal man.

 The 18 dismounted cowboys - the four painted ones are Frontier.

 The two chuck wagons and their horses on painting strips (just cardboard).  Why two?  Rival ranchers, of course.  Besides the longhorns, I have a bunch of other cattle that will allow additional herds, at least one will be Herefords and another black baldies.  I will also have some dairy herds.  Plenty of cattle to keep those cowboys busy - and to fill the pens in my stock yard I will be building, already have the fences.

Nothing to get particularly excited about - except forward progress.  And that is mildly exciting to me.  Most of the non-Frontier figures are from Peter Pig but a bunch of the longhorns are from Minifigs and Irregular Miniatures.  48 of the longhorns are Peter Pig and the two dead longhorns are Peter Pig, just with the stands cut off