I have finally finished the last of the great 17th century rebasing 4 units of cavalry, 2 units of dragoons, a number of command stands and with the addition of these 7 1980s Essex shot figures I can field a 6th pike and shot regiment from his figures.
This gives me the red regiment of the London trained bands( hence the buff coats)for the battle of Cropredy, so I wanted a bit of variety with them, it also meant I could dump various left over figures in too, to make the numbers up! Apostles in green to match the existing shot, I haven't copied the original style but I think they do. As you can see I have moved over to six /seven figures on a stick to speed up production , ammunition quality painting but not too bad for an evenings work.
This is a photo of the unit together with all the figures I have from the Blax trade(a Jacobite cannon and crew have skedadled across the Atlantic) I owe them an additional flag at some point.
They've already seen action with the siege of Worcester but I thought they could do with their own post,sorry if I've dropped off on some of my comments but I've had a bout of covid, all good now,next up some more Napoleonics.
All the best Iain
Like the look of the new unit Iain, and the colours work well, also great job on finishing the rebasing, and getting them all done.
ReplyDeleteGood to hear you've got over the bout of Covid.
Thanks a lot Dave!
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A nice unit, looking forward to a Cropredy Bridge battle.
ReplyDeleteMe too Norm!
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Splendid to see them all based, Iain. That final picture really shows them off, along with your own additions to the units. Great stuff. Glad to hear you're back on your feet - just recovered from a bout myself.
ReplyDeleteYes nice to see them all out together, thanks again and good to hear you're recovered!
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You mustered a Trained Band from a rabble of sources. Very fitting!
ReplyDeleteHope you have recovered sufficiently from your COVID. With luck, you were not too sick to paint.
Art reflecting history? All good now,lost about 4/5 days of painting just too tired, but all good now!
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Great looking at now sir!
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Thanks Michal, I hope so!
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Sorry to hear you’ve bit a bit poorly, doesn’t seem to have slowed down the production line at all! We definitely need a Cropredy game!
ReplyDeleteAll good now,just need some more artillery, then all good for Cropredy!
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Very nice indeed Iain and well done on the rebasing, you are a better man than me, I don't think I could contemplate such a task! I am just waiting to get Omicron at some point, as I suspect it's more or less inevitable....
ReplyDeleteThanks Keith, I do have a bit of an aversion but I overcame it!
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Nice rebasing job and the additional Essex figures look great. Glad to hear your over your bout of COVID Iain.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lawrence, they came out well, all good now!
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Lovely looking force, they have come together nicely 👍
ReplyDeleteThanks Matt!
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Excellent red regiment Iain, all the best for a speedy recovery!
ReplyDeleteThanks Cyrus, all good now!
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Good looking units. Nice to see the effort to match paid off.
ReplyDeleteThanks, worked out alright in the end!
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Good to know you are ok. Nice unit as usual, I love the group shot :)
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Suber!
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Good to know you're well after having Covid, hope you recover fully. Well done on the use of a mix of figures, it does make the units look a lot better. They do have the ragged look of a trained band !
ReplyDeleteThanks Joe,nicely mixed and very satisfying to have no wastage!
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Lovely job Iain and the regiment looks smashing! Great to see the massed ranks like this.
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Hope you weren’t too sick from COVID. Glad that it resolved itself. 😀
ReplyDeleteNice looking figures and anything to speed up production is good.
Not that bad,double jabbed and boosted so just under the weather for a bit!
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Fine looking fellows Iain…
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear that you are over the Covid.
All the best. Aly
Thanks very much Aly!
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Great looking musketeers, Iain. When I first read the post banner, I thought you meant they were for Essex's regiment :) Good to hear about your speedy recovery too!
ReplyDeleteThanks Dean, doing Wallers army so not much room for Essex's regiment!
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Very nice!
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Great looking regiment! I especially like their big hats!
ReplyDeleteThanks Dai, yes the big hats are good!
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