6mm Union Artillery and Zouaves

 More 6mm Union stuff, this time the guns and the two 'Zouave' units required for the One Hour Wargames OBs. 

Four guns and two units of Zouaves.

To start with I gave the Union one Napoleon, two Parrotts and one 3" rifle I'll do some more Napoleons at some point. I did the Napoleon with a brass barrel and all the other metalwork black. I used VJ Camo Green 894 for the carriages as it seemed a reasonable match for the various shades of Olive Green  used irl. The gunners just have the same uniform colours as the infantry.

Ah Zouaves, everyone likes those don't they. I suspect they are often a bit over represented. I did one unit in full gaudy uniforms (iirc based on the New York Regt) - red pants, white gaiters, blue jackets and red fez/caps. 

The other unit I did more subdued so they could pass for normal Union infantry at a glance, just dark blue jackets and pants with white gaiters. Not a million miles from some of the states militia uniforms. They got lighter blue fez/caps. 

Both these units were good fun to paint and they had a lot less equipment than their regular pals. They also had nice pointy bayonets moulded on. I like shiny bayonets on nineteenth century figures, brings them alive. 

That is it for the Union for now, next up, Confederate.