Bill Nevins' Cunnyngham Civil War Conversions

Bill Nevins’ Cunnyngham Civil War Conversions

Bill Nevins’ Cunnyngham Civil War Conversions has Bill Nevins back with some very interesting conversions. One of Bill’s favorite eras is American Civil War. In this article Bill will tell us how he did some simple conversion of Cunnyngham Confederates.

Bill Nevins’ Cunnyngham Civil War Conversions Bill’s Words

Here are some easy to do Cunnyngham ACW head swaps. I like these figures and since you get 2 of the same pose, in each bag, why not add some variety to the CSA. I use a single edged razor blade to remove the heads. The key is never to press. Let the blade do the work. Go slowly and angle the cut, so that you don’t cut anything besides the neck. Be aware of shoulders, hats and weapon tips. It’s very easy to misjudge and slice off he top of a shoulder.

With this type of plastic, the head will just pop off when you cut about halfway through. This will give you the cleanest cut possible. I cut all the heads off at once and just rearrange them how I think they look the best.

Loctite Professional Grade super glue was used and works just fine. No pinning was done or needed.

The original poses are on the left hand side and the new poses are on the right in both pics.

I rotated the heads a bit, especially the lying down, loading pose. I now have him looking over his shoulder. He will look cool lying behind a Marx rock pile.

I bought multiple bags of these figures, just to do conversions. I’ll be intermixing heads and bodies with TSSD, Conte, Paragon and Austin.

Bill Nevins’ Cunnyngham Civil War Conversions Final Thoughts

I like what Bill has done. These are easy conversions to do. Let us know what you think of these figures.

8 Responses to Bill Nevins’ Cunnyngham Civil War Conversions

Erwin says:

September 20, 2016 at 4:51 PM

Easy though,great idea to make new poses quick.
I like it…
C figures are quite great poses w a bit more cutting I bet Bill could do more.
Too bad the brand did not continue…

ed borris says:

September 20, 2016 at 5:42 PM

I chopped the crap out of some and made them Alamo guys. I may have sold them already not sure.

Wayne W says:

September 20, 2016 at 9:18 PM

I’ve been thinking I could make some great use of the Paragon heads with the extra packages I bought a few years back; just have to drag them out.

ed borris says:

September 20, 2016 at 9:31 PM

I did do a head swap with the Paragon figures , the Alamo defenders heads. I also cut one of the sitting guys in half at the waist. There was like a cylinder of plastic inside and the detail was like a shell covering the cylinder.They cut up pretty nicely not quite as hard as TSSD figures.

bill nevins says:

September 21, 2016 at 3:52 AM

When I get around to it, I’m going to remove all the Paragon Cavalry Troopers heads.
I’ll replace them with a larger size head. I was thinking of then using the Paragon Troopers heads, on some Marx recast 54 mm cavalrymen.
I think that the Paragon will look good with Marx recast ACW and Cavalrymen heads.
I may mix in some of Beau’s ACW figures heads, too.

So many possibilities!

Greg Liska says:

September 21, 2016 at 9:58 PM

Looks great! Some of the swapped heads look more natural than the original one.

Mark T. says:

September 21, 2016 at 10:21 PM

My favorite is the converted seated rifleman last in the top row. He looks like he has just made his shot and is checking out the damage done.

- Wayne W says:
  
  September 22, 2016 at 1:28 PM
  
  Good eye on that pose; you’re right. Thanks.