More progress in brownish red

Worked on assembling and priming 18 wagons today.  Was hoping to get to 20 but the last two required using plastic cement so will have to wait.  However, the 18 add up to a total of 84 pieces including the wagons themselves, the horses, and the people.  There are 4 grain wagons, 6 buggies, and 8 buckboards.  Modest progress. 

The Pages

I have finally posted something other than the intro to one of the pages - for Alkali Wells.

Note the number x/x behind the name - that indicates how many posts/how many photos on the page.  Just an easy way to know if something is new to a page.  And, yes, there are a few new photos. 

Name inspiration from odd sources!

So, eating a late breakfast and watching a rugby match between Ireland and Scotland - Ireland crushed the Scots, and for a moment I switched channels to avoid some dread commercial and found myself watching the end of a Bugs Bunny cartoon - better than the commercial for sure.  And good 'ole Bugs was impersonating a doctor in his never ending annoyance of Elmer Fudd.  The good doctor's name?  None other than Dr. Killpatient.  I have found a name for my sawbones!  At least the Old West one.  😉

Garbanzo Gaspacho

 I think I'm going to have to have a character in my Old West by the name of Garbanzo Gazpacho.  Now, whether he is a hero or a villain is not yet decided.  But his name is settled.  Unless it gets modified somehow, say a nick name of some sort.  Of course, he will almost certainly be of Spanish heritage.  I already have El Pollo Grande, perhaps his alter-ego?  Only time will reveal.

edit later on same day: a couple more names while in the mood this morning.  The Mexican Grandee shall be Iago Latrans Embaucador and his lady will be D֘֘֘ona Zita Felipe Embaucador.  (have no idea how to add the accent mark here - I guess I need to learn).

A battalion of the 7th

Took delivery yesterday of the first four companies, A-D, of the 7th cavalry, a total of 168 figures.  The break down is 12 mounted men on 12 horses, 12 dismounted men, 1 standing horse to mark point of dismount, and 2 dead men and 3 dead horses for each of the four companies (42 pieces per company).  Photos in due time - bases still need texturing.

So, now have enough figures that are painted to consider running a game once the bases are textured.  Though still considering how I will do the texturing - need to be useful for both the northern plains and the desert southwest.  Might just use my 'standard' texturing and let the rest of the scenery define which of the two environments is on the table.

A New Town (s)?

 I was thinking maybe Fireweed but that plant is up in half-frozen (mostly frozen?) Alaska.  And then I came up with Mescalarilla (mes-cal-ah-ree-yuh more or less) for the other southwest town using the new Peter Pig buildings.  

Just how many western towns does one gamer need?  For me, it seems a handful or more.

So far:

Anachronism, Lodgepole Creek, Alkali Wells, and, now Mescalarilla.  But I can't leave Lodgepole all alone, I need a way station between there and Anachronism.  Maybe Muleskinner Canyon?  Yeah, that works.  That will use up some of the buildings I got from QRF Miniatures associated with their Yellow Ribbon range.  And there is going to be a mining camp by the name of Bull's Butt, more tents than more substantial structures.

Maybe Muleskinner Canyon will be a true den of inequity where the bad men and women are inexorably drawn to and where lawmen fear for their live's.

I think I need to take careful stock of all those buildings, commercial and scratch built for this era.  And, heck, we aren't even talking about Civil War buildings!

CHANGING UP AND ADDING OPTIONS

With the recent Mexican Revolution range from Peter Pig (Army and Sombrero Caballeros) and an Old Glory 15s order (Presidials), I've added three more Mounted/Foot/Dead/Horse stand sets resulting in:

Federal and Mexican Government:

Mexican Federales, Presidials, Reservation Police

US Army, Pinkertons, Territorial Rangers

Bad Guys:

Sombrero Caballeros, Mexican Banditos, Mexican Armed Peasants

Comancheros, Apache Renegades, Desperadoes

Outlaws, Robbers, Rustlers

Local Government and Private Good Guys:

Magnanimous Dozen, White Scouts, Mountain Men

Town Marshall, County Sheriff, Posse

Rancher Forces:

Range Boss, Gun Hands for Hire, Hard Luck Cowboys

Professional Gunmen, Cowpokes, Regulators

This no longer works so well for town assignments but I've also added another small town with the Peter Pig Mexican Buildings - still need to order a few.  The newer Peter Pig figures will allow some old Bearcats TV show scenarios which traipses into the pulpish side of things and can bring in things like motor cars, airplanes, and heavier ground vehicles even.