Help with Montrose army colours

[Edmund2011]

Hi guys,

I am starting a new project. I have two 6mm ECW scotish armies (a present from JChaos) and I am planning how to paint them.

I am looking for help about general ideas/guides to paint full units (if that's is possible in the ECW  ) because I am new in the period.

For what I've seen Covenants seem to be depicted in grey jacket and blue beret. That's ok for me.

For Montrose army I have these ideas:

Scots: brown jacket, blue beret
Irish: green jacket, blue beret
Highlanders: mix of colors for the jacket, blue beret.

What do you think?

I will use different tones of blue, but... is it ok so many blue hats??

Thanks!

[Sandinista]

Try taking a look here
http://wiki.bcw-project.org/

cheers
Ian

[paulr]

That is an amazing resource

[d_Guy]

BCW Project is excellent.
Would also recommend Project Auldearn http://auldearn1645.blogspot.com
They have wound down at the moment but dozens and dozens of pages of spectacularly painted figures and lots of research on Montrose's army and their opponents.

[d_Guy]

Oops! Missed the last question. As far as I can tell the blue bonnets were pretty ubiquitous so I don't think you can have too many!
As to the Irish in green coats, I don't know that anyone could say it's impossible. There were actually green coated regiments in the ECW.
I tend to be of the opinion that if you like it - just do it!

[Subedai]

If memory serves, the royalist regiments that returned from Ireland during the ECW for Marston Moor wore green coats -Broughton and Tilliers Regiments of Foote -so it could be that there was still some left over there.

MickS

[Edmund2011]

Thanks for the links and answers.

Very helpful