As some of you know I like scenery and I picked up this bad boy from Siku for a literal song (more a ballad), it's 1:87 scale (mostly metal) but not too far off 15mm scale which is 1:100 scale, it's for my 15mm modern city board but literally no other use other than eye candy or for Daniel Craig to chase a terrorist on............

It comes with a base nearly the size of a dinner plate and I've put a 15mm figure beside it just for some idea of scale.....it does look good on the table though but yes I am thinking good grief what was I thinking!

It also works!

....who in 1863 toured the Confederate states for 3 months and is seen here in the movie Gettysburg and played by the actor James Lancaster, he viewed most of the battle from a tree, met Longstreet and Lee amongst other Confederacy officers and wrote a very interesting diary of his travels through the south which I have just read and liked, my copy was from 1956 sans dust jacket.

So anyway you're wondering why am I harping on about him, well I wanted to represent Fremantle with a figure for my ACW forces as a possible scenario involving him (his journey) was uneventful and relatively safe until he crossed over in to the Union lines (some townsfolk handed him over to union military forces with a note that said basically in nice words to hang him as a spy).....

....so after much searching through Victorian and Crimean miniature sites I either found nothing or nothing cheap (part of a larger set) but surprisingly Ray found and bought for a £1 a suitable figure at the Foundry stand at Salute in their singles pile (what a nice guy, it's hard to believe some people say such terrible things about him).

The Rejects will be at Cavalier 2012 this Sunday and hope to see some fellow gamers and bloggers there, it's the first show we attend every year and it's a small but good show and we will do a few pictures and words next week!