First, for those not familiar with movie-speak, the Top of the Line Talent are the actors featured, the stars, the sidekicks, the significant speaking roles, etc.
In this case, we are talking about the mounted/dismounted/dead/horseholder sets of which I have 27. Back in February, I listed them and noted the town assignments weren't working so well, especially after adding towns to the setup. Well, tonight I hope I've finalized, or at least refined, how those 27 groups will be allotted:
Anachronism
Town Marshall
County Sheriff
Posse
Pinkertons
White Scouts
Mountain Men
The main town, lots of white folk but freed men and women, too, and Chinese men and women plus some Shaolin monks. Plenty of banks and saloons here along with railroads, wagon trains, cattle drives ending, and even riverboats - floating gambling halls and army supply boats. Might be a few places where a man can 'fly the eagle' if he is in the mood.
Lodgepole Creek
Magnanimous Dozen
Regulators
Cowpokes
The town ahead of the railroad - or the current western most point on the railroad maybe. The gold miners come here as do many of the ranchers and farmers. This is also the land of the Lakota.
Alkali Wells
Territorial Rangers
Sombrero Caballeros
Mexican Armed Peasants
This is the town in the southwest not too far from the Mexican border and where the copper miners, sheepherders, and others come to. It is also within Apacheria.
The Big Spread
Boss Rancher
Hard Luck Cowboys
The big ranches and homes of any range wars, more or less.
Hired Killers
Professional Gunmen
Gun Hands for Hire
These guys can appear just about anywhere - as long as they are getting paid.
Muleskinner Canyon
Outlaws
Robbers
Rustlers
Think of this as not far from where the Hole in the Wall gang would hang out.
Mescalarilla
Comancheros
Desperados
Apache Renegades
Gunrunners and other never do wells and sometimes folks with bad teeth (Hollywood cliche?) spend their ill gotten gains here.
Hacienda de la Pollo Grande
Mexican Banditos
Many a plan is dreamed up here, maybe one day one of them will work out. If only I could find a 15 mm Zorro and daughter figure!
Mexican Border - north
United States Army - cavalry
Reservation Police
Mexican Border - south
Mexican Federales
Presidials
The last two groupings will help with Major Dundee inspired scenarios. And note that this is a 'special' US cavalry unit, not part of the other army units.
And as if I didn't have enough civilian figures, I've gone and added six more groups, three more of children, some of them more in their teenage years, mostly girls but some boys, too. And then three more groups of women (well, one has four men to make it to the basic 12 figure strength). The pack of men comes in 8 so I had 4 figures that I decided would make up my 'gallows' guard and I will paint them up as police, probably use the jail guard uniforms from Hang 'Em High as inspiration. All those women added are Mexicans from the Peter Pig Mexican Revolution range, the kids are from the Western and Dark Ages range - the child captives which are not bound and can be painted to fit the Old West as far as I am concerned. One unit of women is carrying burdens, another guns, as is the one with the men mixed in.
I do hope this latest addition wraps up adding figures to my Old West setup! Truly.
