Painting Miniatures for the American Civil War offers the opportunity to learn how to pain war games miniatures from someone who has been an experienced sculptor and painter. The American Civil War is one of the most popular periods to wargame, and rightly so - it is a fascinating period of history. Painting Miniatures for the American Civil War offers the opportunity to learn how to pain war games miniatures from someone who has been an experienced sculptor and painter. All of the main styles that are used for painting war games miniatures are covered in great detail. For anyone wanting to start painting for the first time, these pages contain a wealth of information that will help you get started. The book covers: * Miniature preparation * Layer painting * Painting with washes * Basing * Horses and artillery * Buildings and scenery. Each chapter is full of detailed step-by-step tutorials on how to paint war games miniatures for the American Civil War. AUTHOR: Steve Barber has been involved in war gaming most of his adult life, as a professional sculptor of miniatures.

He has also written four war game rule books and painted miniatures professionally. He continues to paint miniatures for his own American Civil War collection. 205 colour photographs.