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[toxicpixie]

Sounds very reasonable

Also, good job on the First Nations guys.

[Womble67]

Very nice indeed

Take care

Andy

[Leman]

BTW Andy - cheers for the Epic History TV pointer.

[Ace of Spades]

@Ace - the musketeers are all three poses from FI-13 and Leon put in several extra figures with war clubs (which I'm using as officers)
Leon had also suggested the Ancient Indians to me so the bows and spears are from AI-11. I added shields (fairly uncommon in the East) to the spearmen to add color variety (and balance the figure a bit). I think the bows very well match contemporary illustrations from the 17th c. These guys have to cover from Peqouts to Powhattans and back up to Narragansetts, across an entire century.

Thanks for the info d-Guy, I already thought it would be those. I'm working on a bunch of Indians for 10mm Muskets & Tomahawks and some armed with bows might be interesting... I will certainly consider these! The Woodland Indians with warclubs are 'officers' in my organisation as well!

Cheers,
Rob

[paulr]

The Woodland Indians with warclubs are 'officers' in my organisation as well!

And mine

[Womble67]

BTW Andy - cheers for the Epic History TV pointer.

You are more than welcome

Take care

Andy

[d_Guy]

Have continued to work in small bits almost everyday and have completed my fifteen "Mollinary Structures" (unit casualty markers):

I had named the prototype a "Mollinary Structure" having blatantly copied the idea from a certain member of this forum.
The name stuck in my head. The flags are "scatter" and I can put an appropriate one on for story-telling purposes.  I'll likely use some other types of scatter later

My first group of generic woodland Indians are finished and based:

They will likely make their first appearance as Powhattans in the 1630's.

The Spanish Horse at Tangier circa 1680 is also complete:


Beginning work of a dozen or so LoA command groups  for 1670 - 1690 English and colonial militia.
Also about to base-coat a dozen Elizabethan Targeteers and officers for Virgina colonial milita in the 1620's - 30's.

[fred.]

Oooh!!

I do like those. All of them.


One little thought, perhaps distress the flags a little more on the casualty markers (aka Mollinary Structures), they look a little pristine for the carnage that is around them. A few holes, a bit of black to represent smoke, nothing too fancy, and something that can hopefully be done in situ.

[d_Guy]

Thanks fred!

That's a really good idea with the flags. I have dozens of them In a jar (I used to do several for each regiment then decided against it).

[Techno]

I'm with Fred, on those.

Really nice stuff, Bill.

Cheers - Phil

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Very nice Bill

[paulr]

What Fred said

[d_Guy]

Thanks again, gentlemen.

As I age the memory slips. I thought I was going to base coat (prime) the Elizabethan Targeteers (EL6) today but could not find them.
Went through the master container for Elizabethans - had EL1,2,3 (knew I had skipped the pikes, EL4,5) then EL7,8,9,10 -  but no EL6! Maybe I stored it wrong - so I next did late medieval, then ECW, then Orcs, Space Marines, FPW - nothing! Then I went throught the ENTIRE mountain - twice - nothing!!

Finally pulled up all the order listings for the last three years. I had ordered the EL's mixed in with two other orders. One month had EL1,2,3 - the next order roughly two months later had EL7,8,9,10 - Gaaaaaaarrrrr! What a maroon!

But Wait! There was still hope - sometime later I had ordered both a Scots and English Flodden army pack AND, on a lark, got an Elizabethan Army pack thrown in as well!

Guess what's NOT included in the Elizabeth Army pack?!!

It's now ordered and my entire lead mountain is organized In plastic bags, envelopes, boxes and plastic containers, each carefully labeled! It's an ill wind that blows no good.

The entire mountain now sits in a single corner of the room - I call the mountain Beelzebub.

[DFlynSqrl]

Those are really nice.  Great idea on the casualty markers.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Danger! AVALANCHE!

[Leman]

Bill, you are not alone. On many occasions I have had to trawl through my lead because I can't remember where I've stored a unit.

[toxicpixie]

You realise you need to order another ton of random unnamed lead to compensate for the order you've induced

[Westmarcher]

Yeah, it can be very frustrating trawling for something you think you have or, as it turns out, thought you had.

But isn't it great when you find something you forgot you had! 

[sunjester]

Yeah, it can be very frustrating trawling for something you think you have or, as it turns out, thought you had.

But isn't it great when you find something you forgot you had! 

Not when you've just bought it not realising that you already had it!   

[Leman]

  Been there, done that and have about 60 Prussian 1870 hussars to prove it.