Tuesday 7 November 2017

War of three kingdoms / ECW 2 5 infantry regiments

So we move on into the 17th century with five pike and shot regiments for the british civil wars or with different flags thirty years wars, especially as if anything these are correct for the early part of the civil war  (helmets on shot and full corslets on the pike )so could move over to the continent.
Next to no flags at the moment, I was going to do at least one set but I have run out of time as I have to empty out the room and sand and stain the floor so they're moving out!
They are made up of an some of an Essex army I got off ebay and some warlord plastics and a single minifigs I've had forever !
A red regiment, a yellow, green, blue and grey regiment.















So there's a start, I've got one cavalry unit undercoated and some command that needs cleaning up . Maybe I'll finish my Napoleonic french infantry next ,but I've been saying that for some time! 
All the best Iain 

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  1. DeanM7 November 2017 at 22:15

    Very nicely presented Pike and Shot army, Iain. At first I thought you had delved into Ancient/Medieval China with the Three Kingdoms title. :)

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    1. caveadsum14717 November 2017 at 22:43

      Thanks Dean, no the war of three kingdoms was from around the time, 17th century anyway, England, Ireland and Scotland, three kingdoms, medieval China does sound interesting though ...
      Best Iain

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  2. Jonathan Freitag7 November 2017 at 23:24

    Five regiments in one go? Incredible!

    The figures look singly based yet placed on sabots. Are you planning double duty with the figures?

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    1. caveadsum14718 November 2017 at 08:34

      Thanks Jonathan I've been plugging away for some time on these chaps and yes they're sabot based I've found my existing army of the period which I've based for black powder on big bases isn't sufficiently adaptable to other rules, these chaps will probably get a run out with pikemans lament (part of the lion rampant family of rules ) as well as blackpowder and others!
      Best Iain

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  3. Fitz-Badger8 November 2017 at 02:40

    Nice work!
    ECW was one of those periods I thought I might like to do some day. But these days my focus is away from historical figures and back to fantasy and sci-fi for the most part. I am slowly building up a bit of an ECW-like dwarf "army" - small number of figures, and will most likely use them in small skirmish/rpg-like games rather than battles.

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    1. caveadsum14718 November 2017 at 09:11

      Thanks Fitz! I find myself saying I'm never doing fantasy /sci fi again and then something grabs my fancy and I go "oh maybe. ." So never say never ECW dwarves sounds good!
      Best Iain

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  4. Phil8 November 2017 at 07:38

    I do like uniforms of this period, and your job is, once again, excellent...My favourites are the yellow ones, beautiful units!

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    1. caveadsum14718 November 2017 at 09:14

      Thanks Phil, I'm missing your lovely vignettes for all your periods, maybe once the foot and horse are done and yes I always have problems with yellow so I'm really pleased how they came out.
      Best Iain

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  5. Ray Rousell8 November 2017 at 08:01

    Nicely done Sir!

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    1. caveadsum14718 November 2017 at 09:15

      Thank you very much Ray! Now I just need a nice town to defend!
      Best Iain

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  6. Michal DwarfCrypt8 November 2017 at 08:38

    Fantastic painted minis, Like always sir! :0
    warm regards

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    1. caveadsum14718 November 2017 at 09:16

      Thanks Michal, they'll do and if I give them Swedish flags it gives me an excuse to paint Polish hussars!
      Best Iain

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    2. Jonathan Freitag8 November 2017 at 12:15

      I’m sure Michal would enjoy seeing some Polish Hussars.

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  7. Cyrus8 November 2017 at 22:51

    Fantastic looking regiments Iain, look forward to the rest!

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    1. caveadsum14718 November 2017 at 23:01

      Thanks Cyrus, very nice of you to say so I've still got to assemble most of the horse, so not even at the priming stage but getting this lot done does make me fancy putting together some cavalry and priming them.
      Best Iain

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  8. Stew10 November 2017 at 00:05

    Very nice job! Looks like a solid group of men. I like the idea of having a color scheme for each regiment.

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    1. caveadsum147110 November 2017 at 08:43

      Thanks Stew, yes very 17th century, uniformity but on a regimental level! Makes it nice and varied!
      Best Iain

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  9. roma91215 November 2017 at 23:47

    Great looking regiments that really fit together well. The regimental colours schemes do work.

    Cheers, Ross

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    1. caveadsum147116 November 2017 at 09:41

      Thanks Ross, that's very kind of you.
      Best Iain

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  10. Lee27 November 2017 at 11:13

    Hi Iain, Great job on the pike & shot units, glad I looked at this post as I have been agonising over the balance of my own units and yours look just right. I think I may be 'overthinking' things a bit! Added your blog to my list so I don't miss any more posts :)

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    1. caveadsum147128 November 2017 at 09:27

      Thanks Lee, I find over thinking balance of pike and shot is an occupational hazard of gaming the period!
      Best Iain

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  11. tim27 November 2017 at 15:48

    Looking pretty sharp! I like the saboted bases!

    Dang, now I feel like I want to get back at my own ECW guys... There aren't THAT many to finish up!?

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    1. caveadsum147128 November 2017 at 09:30

      Thanks Tim, I got fed up when I couldn't use my army for a different system, I think they work.
      Can you drag yourself away from all your tallarns though? Although it would make a nice change. ...
      Best Iain

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    2. tim28 November 2017 at 14:08

      I actually NEED to switch things up, from time to time, or I get bored. Dropping a unit of pike or shot into the mix from time to time might just add enough colour and excitement to keep me going on what it turning out to be a rather ridiculously big project!

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  12. Dai28 November 2017 at 02:34

    Wow mate, 5 regiments in one post! And they look very splendid all arrayed loke that. Looking forward to some cavalry.

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    1. caveadsum147128 November 2017 at 09:31

      Thanks Dai, yeah cavalry will be a while, got to make them first!
      Best Iain

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