I have numerous books on the ACW and have visited many of the battlefields in the Eastern theatre some more than once and Gettysburg three times.
So with this background it was almost inevitable that I would at some point get drawn into 20mm Classic ACW wargaming.
I have been thinking of getting some 20mm ACW figures for sometime and it was on a recent visit to Spencer Smith website that I read that the Jacklex range was now going to be produced by Mark Lodge who is a fellow Hinton Hunt collector.
After a call to Mark he sent me a few figures and they arrived today.
The figures are rather nice and I think will paint up a easily, particularly after doing my classic 20mm Napoleonics.
Mark tells me he intends to add some new figures produced to match the Jacklex style and will include Zoauves and extra command figures.
It is possible to collect a classic figures that are still available today. For more info on this classic range there is a good article here http://www.vintagewargamingfigures.info/rblack/jachist.htm
I understand that Mark will also be producing the other Jacklex periods including Colonial wars ,Russo Japanese War and 1917 US-Mexican War all in 20mm