ECW project - For King and Parliament

[paulr]

Next batch:

• wood work finished
• stockings done
• scabbards & belts done
• metal work done
• bags started, too hot to paint last colour
• bases labeled

I bought some pizza boxes yesterday at a local catering supply company
I've moved some of my 6mm figures and some terrain into some of the pizza boxes to free up space in my primary plastic draws for my growing ECW collect
Thanks to the forum for the suggestion

Current batch piccies taken

[paulr]

Four more units of Parliamentary Horse

Colonel Jonas Vandruske's Regiment





Sir Michael Livesey's Regiment of Horse





Colonel Richard Norton's Regiment of Horse





Sir Edward Cooke's Regiment of Horse under the command of Lt Colonel Thorpe

[paulr]

The remaining commanders for Cheriton

Royalists

Patrick Ruthven, Earl of Forth, Sergeant-Major-General Sir John Paulet, Colonel Matthew Appleyard





Major-General Sir John Smyth and his Colonels; Sir Edward Stawell and Lord John Stuart





Parliamentarians

Lieutenant-General Sir William Balfour, Major-General Richard Browne, Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Leighton

[paulr]

'English' Painted and based
428 Foot
318 Mounted
    6 Guns
752 Total

[Terry37]

Paul, That is truly amazing work! And you are so fast!!!

I truly love all of your command elements!!!! Did you have any guides to go by or did you just create them? I am finding good info for generals hard to come by. I guess because they could wear what ever they wanted, but I still wish there was some kind of guide....maybe I need ot work one up? Nah, the way I type it would turn out frightful!!!

Again, very ncie work!

Terry

[paulr]

I basically made them up

There are a few portraits of some of the more significant commanders of the period but all of them are so controlled by the conventions of the time they provide little actual information

For example almost everyone wears black armour with the appropriate props reflecting their status...

[Steve J]

Great work Paul .

I always think it worth treating pictorial info with care. Uniforms were often stylised to reflect the status of the sitter for the portrait, how much they could afford for the painter which then affected what paint he could use. Also certain colours had symbolism or a very high cost. Useful but not definitive by any means.

For my figures, I go with what will stand out on the table and to help differentiate units.

[Techno]

Gorgeous work....and so quick, as Terry says !!

Cheers - Phil

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Beautiful work.

[Womble67]

Just lovely what more can I say

Take care

Andy

[paulr]

Last bag colour finished on what is now the current batch

Started on the details

I need to sort out the next batch

[mollinary]

I am in awe of this - just looking forward to seeing your refight of Cheriton!

Andrew

[pierre the shy]

I am in awe of this - just looking forward to seeing your refight of Cheriton!

Andrew

Would be great to see you.....l'm sure we could find a command for you to run ☺

[mmcv]

Gorgeous as ever, I've been really enjoying following this project!

[paulr]

I am in awe of this - just looking forward to seeing your refight of Cheriton!

Andrew

Would be great to see you.....l'm sure we could find a command for you to run ☺

We could probably find a command for Simon as well