How to make Confederates

Chrislad77 · Post by **Chrislad77** » Wed May 02, 2007 3:40 am

I've been trying to assemble some american civil war confederates out of legos. I've got alot gray kepi's and dark gray legs but I can't find a good torso to match, I know a lot of people here have a great knowledge of Lego pieces so hopefully you can spare me some searching through bricklinks piece inventory.

*not sure if this is right section I just guessed*

LEGOFREAK · Post by **LEGOFREAK** » Wed May 02, 2007 4:25 am

Ok - you could try these, but I dont know how well they would work if you want to keep it official... maybe yes maybe no. (pics = links)

OR if you want to customize a bunch of plain grey torsos, you could get someone to whip up a copy of the Union soldiers, put them on clear decal paper, and there ya go. (pic = link to folder with variations on a theme)

Good luck
'Freak

Azaghal · Post by **Azaghal** » Wed May 02, 2007 4:29 am

You, sir, have come to the right place.

Now then, for Confederate soldiers:

This one is probably your best bet. Another choice might be this.This one might look good with swapped out arms (although it is bley

), and I've also seen this used, but the fleshie flesh is kind of distracting.

For officers, some good options are this, this, and this.

EDIT: I see the Freak has beat me to some of these. I never could quite figure out how to link pictures from BL.

leaf_of_lire · Post by **leaf_of_lire** » Wed May 02, 2007 6:59 pm

As the others put, I would have to agree with them.

Remyth · Post by **Remyth** » Thu May 03, 2007 12:18 am

Here is a thread I started about the same thing: Clicky!

Here was the result: Bloody Lane!

In Christ,

Legendary_Corsair · Post by **Legendary_Corsair** » Thu May 03, 2007 12:22 am

I know there was some good soldiers body-s that would be a good use for what your looking for,the other guys have posted a lot that I would suggest as well.

VISOR1 · Post by **VISOR1** » Thu May 03, 2007 12:36 am

I'm new here but I think you should go with what those other guys have suggested.

LEGOFREAK · Post by **LEGOFREAK** » Thu May 03, 2007 3:26 am

sigh.. the trouble with being a little OCD is that you just have to... fiddle with things.

(as almost always, pics = links)

and in dark grey

Oh yeah - since its been awhile since I posted any customs.. thanks again to Sava's Torso Template (Scroll down)

Edit = fixed the broken link and added one more torso
Dude at MCN requested red collar and red tabs. so I obliged.

Chrislad77 · Post by **Chrislad77** » Sat May 05, 2007 3:39 am

thanks for your all your help, the torso with the with the two pistols is probably what I'll try to obtain in large numbers. Despite modeling some I am terrible and nervous with customization though I will look into it if find standard torsos becomes too long a process

E of Alshire · Post by **E of Alshire** » Sat May 05, 2007 1:28 pm

Patrick, you're amazing... those are fantastic.
The bottom link seems to be broken, though.

R_The_Falcon · Post by **R_The_Falcon** » Sat May 05, 2007 10:13 pm

LegoFreak, these are great! One slight problem....the belts should say CSA (Confederate States of America.) Although some leaders simply had CS belt buckles, the majority had CSA on their belt buckles. Oh, and the bottom link doesn't work. Still, I love em! Thanks!

-Falcon (who lives in the South where the Civil War is still a hot topic.)

LEGOFREAK · Post by **LEGOFREAK** » Sun May 06, 2007 2:03 am

Thanks for the comments, and Falcon, I just copied the union ones from Lego. They said US, so I put CS. I started to put CSA, but then decided since these are going to be really small anyway... may as well do what lego did and not get too fancy.

Prince Imdol · Post by **Prince Imdol** » Sun May 06, 2007 5:14 pm

I have always been very interested in the civil war. You did a good job on these. Well Done!

P.I