March 15, 2024
Found the wild turkeys and here they are:
A closer shot, picked 'stronger' horses for the cavalry remounts.
Here are the native horses with blankets and a horse holder, 8 sets.
March 12, 2024
...and a bit later in the day...
Dang it, knew something was amiss, I forgot the chickens! Well, got lost in the process. Here they are:
First up is grey-blue breed, all from Museum Miniatures.
...the earlier post this morning...
The following are from Musket Miniatures (actually their Rustic Rails sub-brand), all HO. Not sure they are available anymore.
A few shots from the shoot that didn't get uploaded yesterday so adding this morning.
Pigeons.
One flying, one at rest eagle with nest.
Ducks.
Standing seagulls.
Flying seagulls. Not sure if the seagulls would make it as far inland as Wyoming or Montana so not sure they belong here - but maybe a big storm blew them in. Actually got to decorate pirate games.
A close shot of the Herefords.
The full Hereford herd of 36, plus 4 dead.
A close shot of the black baldies including one dead. Most of the dead are from Peter Pig.
The full black baldy herd of 36, plus 4 dead.
Here is a shot of the draft horses out of harness, think Clydesdales. Then one of the Frontier cowboys - painted probably more than 30 years ago. And a stand of the mustangs.
This is the 'decapitated' (comes as body and head separate) Peter Pig longhorn and the painted head to be used as a 'decoration'. The back end will be embedded in a cliff and gives the name to the copper mining camp of Bull's Butt.
And with the cowboy - who will appear in a lot photos here for scale.
One of three pig herds, 30.
Closer shot - no dead for this group.
Second pig group of 24, with 3 dead.
Close up of the dead. Red is not effective as dried blood, I think I used a wine-red color.
Close up of the living.
The third herd of 24 with 3 dead the other side of the cowboy.
Close up of this herd.
The goat herd - with a dismounted version of the Frontier cowboy. With 6 goats to a stand and 8 stands that means 48 goats, desert goats get a sand base and no photos here. Come to think of it, I didn't take photos of the 'naked' camels with French Foreign Legion collection, some painted, some not yet; not really Old West focused - though could use the 'naked' camels since they did make it to the Old West!
Here is a close up of the goats, mostly if not all from Irregular Miniatues but might be some Minifigs and Museum Miniatures mixed in.
First of the dairy herds, 24 animals and 2 dead. A lot of the cattle are from Irregular Miniatures with others from the old Corvus Belli range and perhaps some Museum Miniature, a few Minifigs.
Closer shot.
The other dairy herd, same numbers.
Closer shot.
The basic 96 longhorn herd without the reinforcements seen in the photo far above.
One of several shots showing the varied patterns - no two painted alike in the entire herd, used actual photos as my guide.
More.
And still more.
A closer shot.
The shepherds, a couple from Irregular and the rest from Donnington (or vice versa).
Some extra draft horses, two singles and two teams. 4 together would be a 4 up; 6 together a 6 hitch (my maternal grand mother drove a six hitch in her youth). These might be Donnington but I think they are Hallmark.
Some dogs painted as German shepherds, can't think of source.
A closer shot.
Some poor, misguided pilgrims very unwisely taking a Conestoga wagon across the plains. From Old Glory/Bluemoon's western range. Really should be in their French and Indian or AWI ranges. For 15 mm plains wagons, the Peter Pig settler wagon is better.
The 36 Masai cattle with 3 dead - seen with bigger herd near top of this post.
A closer shot.
The smaller herd of 18 oxen, also see larger herd above.
Closer shot.
The herd of 18 Brahmin cattle (Minifigs? I honestly don't recall), two dead.
And a closer shot.
The reinforced herd again. I could probably mix in one or both of the dairy herds and probably the Herefords and Black Baldies, too, which would take the herd to over 250 animals - if there was a good reason to do so.
Some more close shots.
And more.
This shows the half dozen dead longhorns with rider for scale.
A close shot showing how I positioned the separate head.
These are two mixed stands of Hereford, Black Baldie, and Brahmins. Think in terms of the friendly ranchers in Chisum peacefully cutting out the other rancher's cattle. Or could instigate some less friendly scenario!
Oxen from Donnington, two singles, two teams.
More barnyard critters, the geese. Have to find the military name of these geese, from Germany.
A close up. These are from Museum Miniatures and have a peg rather than a base so I used some sort of putty that allowed me to insert the pegs in place.
The ducks. These are from Pendraken's 15 mm animals. Wish they had their African wild animals in 15 mm instead of just 10 mm.
A close up.
And for scale with the man on foot.
Shifting over to wild animals - though might be some domesticated animals still to come.
A few cats, same source.
Some dogs. Hard to tell but the one by the pile of stones is having a relieving pee - or is he marking his territory? Some of these have such small paw foot prints that they are hard to glue in place, the gravel helps to keep them in place as will flocking (I hope!).
An unpainted dog between two black and white Very Small cats.
A trio of HO deer type animals, one broke loose.
Pendraken 15 mm cats.
And Pendraken 15 mm rabbits - and maybe some 10 mm as young (or more cats?).
A sampling of HO cats still in their packages, like the curled up one in the lower left, from Bachmann.
A hand painted Dalmation.
And with a group of three - with one needing rebasing. You may have noticed by now that almost everything is based in threes, or should be. Not all, just most are 3 to a base.
One of the small animals from the Musket Miniatures (Rustic Rails) range no longer available, at least not the HO animals, not that I could find. These are coyotes.
A closer shot.
Foxes, with those bushier tails.
One chamois or ibex like deer and two wild boards, HO pre-painted.
A wild goat has gotten between a fox and his rabbit prey, again HO pre-painted.
Some HO scale fawns and/or small deer.
Close up of the ones that are for sure fawns. HO.
Adult HO deer with figure for scale, a bit small but still workable.
A closer shot, not the best focus. HO
The bucks. HO
And a close shot of two - must be rutting season.
Raccoons I believe. Musket Miniatuers again.
Foxes again.
Look carefully. Those are the skunks.
A dozen squirrels.
Rabbits and bunnies.
A closer shot.
HO mountain lions (cougars).
Beaver close up.
And en masse. An essential table top critter for proper mountain man games!
The smaller Musket Miniatures animals benefit from being a bit oversized. Not so much the larger animals. These moose are pretty big compared to the human figure - but at least there are two females with the male.
An elk male and two females. The antlers are very fragile and broke so I will have to try gluing them back on.
These are a bit over size but I will use them anyway, only ones close - Bighorn mountain goats, fit in nicely with the Custer campaign, at least for me.
The male with those distinctive horns.
These are three of I think 12 (or 9?) Splinted Light elk, glue on antlers when I get to them.
And these are Bluemoon's pack of wolves, a bit over scale and a bit over aggressive, targeted more towards the fantasy gamer I suspect.
And, oops, looks like I didn't get separate shots of the bears, two bottom left compartments, from Splintered Light Miniatures. Shows the rest of the elk and wolves.
HO scale pre-painted moose, again only males. Scale okay, they are big animals.
A close up.
Peter pig wolves with a quick paint job hurried up for a game, need to rework for better job.
Close up. These are relatively small but workable.
Some plastic "soft rubber" toy bears. They work.
A close up.
And HO scale bears - that also work.
For scale. In "real life" I have been a little bit closer than that miniature man to a rearing momma brown bear when I was a tender 16 year old. Thankfully, she ran away when I charged her with banging metal pans - or yours truly would have been bear food. That was at the bottom of Tuolomne canyon in Yosemite National Park, circa 1973/74.
Mom in retreat with her two cubs.
Some 10 mm deer from Pendraken, a bit small but I will probably use as 'forced perspective' background animals inside a forest or up high on a 'mountain' during games.
Prairie dogs from Musket Miniatures. Sure wish I'd bought more when they were available.
An unfortunately blurry close up.
Flying flock of birds from Splintered Light.
And bats.
More foxes, again Pendraken 10 mm. These can work as one of the smaller breeds of foxes.
Pendraken's flock of flying birds.
And their bats.
Peter Pig's eagles (I think in their fantasy range - always hunt around for those pleasant surprises.)
I love how these come, super simple to bend into a flying pose.
There are items below that don't fit with the Old West but the three compartments to the left show a bunch of HO birds that can work in the setting. And it also shows why clear plastic bases are not a long term solution - they yellow with age, or at least this one did. Maybe there is such a thing as archival quality plastic that could be used, no idea really though.
And two packs of HO birds, the same pack twice, that will add interest to trees or be made to fly somehow for added interest.
And that, at least for now, are all the Old West suitable animals I have - unless I find more in my collection that were hiding somewhere. Or if I find more to buy that I don't already have. Oh, for certain need to go back and photograph the HO pre-painted wild turkeys I missed and add those here or the ghost of Benjamin Franklin might haunt me (our alternative national bird if he'd had his way rather than the bald eagle).
March 11/12, 2024
A shot of the longhorns with the oxen and Masai cattle added - plus four cowboys riding herd.
The unassigned horses, mules, donkeys, and pack equines. Pack animals on the left and one stand on the right - 15 of them in total here. Second row from left - horses and mules herd, 18 animals. Bottom of third row from left is a dozen mules. Above those are a dozen 'soft rubber' toy store spinner rack unharnessed draft horses. To their right are a half dozen mustangs, same source. And bottom right is a dozen donkeys from Museum Minatures. The soft rubber horses need to get a repaint.
These are preprinted HO scale plastic animals, two pigs and a goat.
And more.
The flock of sheep with some herders in conference off to the left. 102 live and 6 dead animals, mostly Irregular but others too, Donnington for sure. Lambs I believe are the same as Irregulars 10 mm sheep.
Here are moose, again the 'soft rubber'. And could use some work on the paint job.
Close up. Only males, no females.
These are badgers and rather too large but the only ones I've seen even close, hard plastic.
Close up. Could maybe paint one up as a wolverine?
Figure for scale.
A herd of deer. Hard plastic, only place I've ever seen these is at Hobby Lobby here in USA.
Male pose one.
Female pose one.
Female pose two.
Female pose three.
Male pose two.
Male pose three.
And for scale, a bit oversize. No fawns. Would prefer more females than males but they come half and half and, I suppose, nature doesn't cull males the way farmers would.
Here is some of those domestic critters - or could be feral. A few dogs, HO plastic pre-paints.
There were other photos taken during the same session as the above but they are not really suitable to the Old West - though some would be useful in a game set oceanside. I will post those in my more 'generic' blog at some point - and try to remember to post a link here for those interested.
And, oh yeah, per the post below, I guess I need to find the vultures and get their photos, too - and the skulls and bones I will add to at least some of the bases with them. Some are in trees.
December 9, 2023
Courtesy of 3D printing by a local I now have 38 vultures - 20 of these will be for my Old West and the other 18 will be used for Africa. May add some skulls to the bases to add interest.
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