Here come the cavalry!

Another few units to saunter off the painting table. This time a 12 figure USA cavalry unit (One GHQ pack's worth) and some accompanying dismounted cavalry join my burgeoning 10mm Union Army.

 I really like  GHQ's detail in these sculpts, although the separate riders do make for some fiddly  moments while painting.  Also, GHQ chose not to sculpt the standard bearer with a pole and pennant in this case which seems counter to their philosophy with the infantry.

For the dismounted cavalry  I added some standard bearers from the USA command pack.  Once again, these have the flags sculpted onto the model, so I painted US flags rather  than cavalry guidons.

 I based these at four figs/stand rather than three, because I think it looks better.  I was never a big fan of the counting models method from JRIII, so it is not really an issue for me.  There is a lack of horse holder models from GHQ that I will need to rectify at some point.  I have the HQ set which includes a horse holder and three horses, so it will give me at least one.  It is an interesting set overall, but I am really not seeing the need for a 10mm Abe Lincoln in my collection.