ECW project - For King and Parliament

[fsn]

Clown.

[mollinary]

Received the new ECW Artillery crew sculpts today, both the Scots and English versions.  They are lovely, with lots of character. Looking forward to painting them!

[paulr]

Metal work and most of the details done

Hands and faces base coated

Sabots assembled and painted

Both sides of bases painted, edges to do

Next batch, four units of horse and enough commanders for the Montgomery scenario, prepared

Had a bit of a hunt for pictures of the various senior officers, now know hair colours for most
Due to portrait conventions of the time I know nothing about what they actually wore, they are almost all depicted in black armour

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Montgomery is a great battle, not often units rally to fight again and win!
The other thing people don't appreciate is how steep the fields are the battle was fought over! Walked them many times as a kid, nightmare!
And the route up to the castle is even steeper!!!

[Leman]

Probably in the field most senior officers wore a buff coat and back and breast, both of high quality. Even C18th senior commanders had their portraits in full armour.

[paulr]

Probably in the field most senior officers wore a buff coat and back and breast, both of high quality. Even C18th senior commanders had their portraits in full armour.

That was my thinking, I'll let my imagination provide the other colours

[paulr]

Finished painting the current batch 
Wash tomorrow night, when dry
Then final dry brush and figures bases to do

Finished painting and labeling the bases

Next batch sorted and waiting to go on painting rods

[Techno]

Stroll on !! 

The number of painting 'machines' we've got on this forum, is just astounding.

Cheers - Phil

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Hi Phil! 

[paulr]

Cut out some 40x40 bases to go under the commander's bases last night as I'd run out of other things to do

Also did some research on the Second Battle of Amman, September 1918, for the last of my WWI centennial series

[paulr]

Final dry brush done

Figure bases painted

Both before Pierre the Shy arrived to pick me up for a day trip to Palmerston North for a large Modern Spearhead game with some friends up there we don't get to play with as often as we would like

[paulr]

Thanks Pierre the Shy for a nice day trip to Palmerston North / Frankenau, Germany in 1979

I'll post a link to our host's blog once he has a report up, the terrain was very impressive, and the game went well

Current figures sorted ready for basing

Next batch on the painting rods ready to be undercoated if once the day warms up

Basing to do in the mean time

[paulr]

Pierre the Shy has posted a brief report on our 'away game' with a few pictures here, http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,17741.0.html

Current figures based

Next batch, four units of horse and enough commanders for the Montgomery scenario, undercoated

[paulr]

Flock touched up on current batch

Horses base coated on the next batch

The LOA range horses are significantly taller and thinner than the ECW range
The senior officers obviously ride finer bred horses

[paulr]

Flags added to the current batch and edges tidied up
Waiting for varnishing weather, rain and gale force southerlies doesn't cut it

Horses highlighted on the next batch

[paulr]

Manes, tails & hooves done

[pierre the shy]

hmmm lots of shiny new stuff coming out from PM lately........just have to keep calm and stay on target with our ECW W3K project 

Our plan is to do enough English units first to play some reasonable sized games (Montgomery) then start the Scots. 

Keeping one eye on the TB stuff coming out for future reference.

[Leman]

It's a frightener isn't it. I've just got sorted for the Hundred Years War and the TB C13th come out for 2nd Barons War 

[paulr]

And Steve J mentioned that interesting looking Battle of Britain game at the Cotswold Wargaming Day, and ...

[paulr]

Markings done on horses of the 'next' batch

'Current' batch still waiting for varnishing weather
Maybe Tuesday