A project that had a lockdown start. A great friend who moved
to France a good decade ago to very successfully restore mandolins, was
selling on some stuff. Among it, an ECW army bought some point in the
late 90s for DBR but not really used. It was undercoated, had the odd
bit of paint here and there (which I have kept to honour his schemes),
but apart from that it was a blank slate.
With the advent of ReG,
MeG's Renaissance spinoff, and a competition at Boards and Swords in
November, for which I am also painting Manny's Catholic Germans, who was
I to say no! Quick converstation with Iain at Flags of War, and he
kindly rescaled some ECW banners for me too.
Army now finished*, painting hand has been forced as I'm using them against Rob on Friday night!
Parlimetarian Horse regts, front two are Cromwell's Ironsides, ones with plumes behind are just ordinary horse.
Emerging out of the morning mist
CHARGE!
Can you spot the horse that has taken a fall?
My view
Parlimetarian Horse regts, front two are Cromwell's Ironsides, ones with plumes behind are just ordinary horse.
Emerging out of the morning mist
CHARGE!
Can you spot the horse that has taken a fall?
My view
Generals,
centre figure on each stand is Blue Moon, left to right: Waller (to be
used as my 19x Great Uncle Edward Whalley), Cromwell, (waiting on me
ordering his flag from Iain at Flags of War), Essex (carrying Bereton's
flag in case I do Montgomery) and Fairfax
Looking good boys
Really like the way these have come out
Top view
Good amount of orange sashes
The whole army**
*i.e. until a new unit takes my fancy.
** see above
Looking good boys
Really like the way these have come out
Top view
Good amount of orange sashes
The whole army**
*i.e. until a new unit takes my fancy.
** see above
Two elite infantry units for my Parlimentarians. This time I did pick the stands to make the unit.
Black unit
Mostly armoured to count as protected
Glad I decided all flags are going to have the wind at their backs, now the CinC with a flag makes sense
Give 'em hell lads!
Red unit - Dave had already started these all in red, who was I to deny their greatness.
I did love Iain's diamond design for the flag, had to be done.
Almost straight pikes
Like this view
Two units of dragoons
Suspect the gee gees are Essex
Ready to harry and annoy
Not a good place to be!
Top down, a busy battery
One wheelbarrow is shot, is the other potatoes?
Black unit
Mostly armoured to count as protected
Glad I decided all flags are going to have the wind at their backs, now the CinC with a flag makes sense
Give 'em hell lads!
Red unit - Dave had already started these all in red, who was I to deny their greatness.
I did love Iain's diamond design for the flag, had to be done.
Almost straight pikes
Like this view
Two units of dragoons
Suspect the gee gees are Essex
Ready to harry and annoy
Not a good place to be!
Top down, a busy battery
One wheelbarrow is shot, is the other potatoes?
First four pike and shot units.
The greys
I admit, I was planning a 10mm ECW force, but getting these classics on table was even more satifying.
Blues (I know the pikes are a bit wibbly, but being almost thirty years old, it's okay, some were bent double when I got them, and I am straightening them over time)
Realised after the two test games I have had, under certain light the greys and blues become almost interchangable!
A few mixed jackets helps the 'not-professional' look of them
The greens, who have pretensions of being a good, uniformed unit (I literally picked up six bases each time from the box, if I got matching kit, it was a good day), note the officer transfered from the Blues.
Standard is unknown unit, Earl of Essex's army at Marston Moor
More wobbly pikes. Their new, deeper, box will stop that happening in future
The yellows, someone has cut down their pike for kindling!
The angle of the pikes made it quite nice to have flags going forwards
I swear I edged that flag!
The greys
I admit, I was planning a 10mm ECW force, but getting these classics on table was even more satifying.
Blues (I know the pikes are a bit wibbly, but being almost thirty years old, it's okay, some were bent double when I got them, and I am straightening them over time)
Realised after the two test games I have had, under certain light the greys and blues become almost interchangable!
A few mixed jackets helps the 'not-professional' look of them
The greens, who have pretensions of being a good, uniformed unit (I literally picked up six bases each time from the box, if I got matching kit, it was a good day), note the officer transfered from the Blues.
Standard is unknown unit, Earl of Essex's army at Marston Moor
More wobbly pikes. Their new, deeper, box will stop that happening in future
The yellows, someone has cut down their pike for kindling!
The angle of the pikes made it quite nice to have flags going forwards
I swear I edged that flag!
Nice work! I used the same strategy on units to avoid getting too fiddly. Trained Bands, yes! I've given up on lead pikes. My recent project was complicated by cutting them away and using brass tubing. I may shed blood handling them, but it ends the constant bending.
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