Above reveals one full "set" of the Lakota/Cheyenne native Americans, 4 x 12 mounted warriors with 8 dead, 3 x 12 foot warriors with 6 dead, 3 x 12 villagers with 3 dead, and up front on foot is the Big Man and 2 companions with 1 dead. There are a total of 8 such sets - though two of the sets have villagers on the move with travois so a bit different, mostly those travois and horses with villagers mounted. The Crow and Shoshone, army allies, and others are structured differently - such as the Apache.
This shot shows two sets of the White Hat/Black Hat sets. The primed grouping is the Town Marshal with 12 mounted men, 12 men on foot, 12 dead, and 4 standing horses to mark points of dismount. Beyond doubt, some will quibble (even mightily) that basing figures as I have before painting will result in a lesser paint job. Very true. But I have to compromise between getting things done and a reasonable paint job. That unprimed group - with some of the mounted figures not yet glued into their saddles has 19 companions waiting to get prepped. With those sorts of numbers, speed matters. A lot. So, I compromise and accept lesser paint jobs in favor of greater spectacle through quantity. Or, that is the plan.
Last is a group of Apache acquired painted to which I've added 2 unpainted figures to make 36 total and 6 dead.
The standard grouping for all 'units' is twelve figures plus any dead with the exception of the Special Figures.
Next target to work on is one of my civilian wagon trains.
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