Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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One of the great and enduring 'What If?' moments in history is the fate of the Confederate States of America. There's dozens of knife-edge decisive moments, and though it's widely agreed that the Confederacy was almost certainly doomed from its inception... well, what if? Wargaming lets us explore some of the weird possibilities and unlikely outcomes of history without anybody having had to have lived through it - but wanting to extrapolate 'likely' outcomes encourages one to delve more deeply into the very real history of the period in question.

Confederate forces would fit right in with games like Gloom Trench, A War Transformed, Forbidden Psalm, or something like SLUDGE - or even Bolt Action! There's plenty of ways to tweak and adjust rules sets to fit what you're doing, or simply using Confederate-themed miniatures with extant rules for a particular nation that fits them most closely works just as well.

The face painting guide mentioned (you can skip to the good bits, there's timestamps!): youtu.be/TKP_9NXQi_4

The three STL packs used in creating this guy are listed below.
Heads from: myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-death-fields-rebel-yell-270834
Body and pack from: myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-what-if-ww1-confederates-345305
Arms and weaponry from: myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-ww2-chinese-infantry-322506

Of course, there's nothing stopping you from taking a box of plastic WWI German troops and painting them up in this same method, if you take the 'supplied by and modeled after the German Imperial Army' to its logical extreme; it'd be a bit cheaper, and far easier if you don't have a 3D printer at home!

00:00 - Intro
01:08 - What If? Storytelling With the Miniature
04:08 - Painting: Basecoats
10:02 - Painting: Shading
11:06 - Painting: Highlights
12:49 - Varnishing & Finishing Touches
14:21 - The Finished Miniature

Thanks to Producer Patrons Alan, Kyrie, Andrew, Jimmy, Rod, Phil, Robison, Woodcock, David Kinney, and Matt Dischner - as well as all the other Patrons that made this video possible, and Exit23 Games for recording equipment that helps keep the channel ticking over! Find out more at the following links:
patreon.com/sonicsledgehammer
twitter.com/sonicsledge
instagram.com/sonicsledgehammer
ko-fi.com/docwholigan
http://exit23.games

THE BASE: Stirland Mud, drybrushed Golgfag Brown and then Tyrant Skull. Add static grass and tufts to taste, paint the base rim in a mid-brown; I've used Vallejo Flat Brown. Done!

PAINTS USED:

PRIMER:
Premium Grey (Vallejo Spray Can)

ARMY PAINTER:
Tanned Flesh
Deep Grey (Fanatic)
Ancient Stone (Fanatic)
Ash Grey (Fanatic)
Strong Tone
Speedpaint Medium

VALLEJO:
Stone Grey
Light Sea Grey
Cork Brown
Beige Brown
German Grey
Chocolate Brown
Ivory

CITADEL:
Cadian Fleshtone (Layer)
Kislev Flesh (Layer)

VARNISHES:
Varnish+ (Instar)