ECW project - For King and Parliament

[paulr]

Manes, tails and hooves done

[pierre the shy]

Based up my test unit of gael tonight - a small retinue of seasoned highlanders from Clan MacDonell of Glengarry who fought at the Battle of Alford.

Trying to depict them making a "highland charge"......you can tell me how successful I have been once I finish adding some flocking and colour the edges of their banner from Pendraken's PNFL 114 flag sheet. 

I reckon they look pretty good overall.....the gentlemen who painted them must have tracked down some tartan paint after all   

[paulr]

Looking forward to seeing these flocked up

Helmets and limited armour base coated and dry brushed

Most of the buff coats base coated

[paulr]

Finished base coating the buff coats

Dry brushed the buff coats

[pierre the shy]

Almost finished up the MacDonnells but decided to order some tussock clumps from a local supplier to add the bases to differentiate the highlanders from their lowland neighbours. Should hopefully arrive tomorrow.

Other clans represented in the first batch will be Camerons of Lochiel, Stewarts of Appin, Campbell of Argyll and Campbell of Auchinbreck.

Staying between the lines of neutrality on these by doing some clans from each side as I know local gamers with surnames of Campbell, Gordon and Cameron   

[paulr]

Jackets and trousers base coated
Started dry brushing the jackets

[paulr]

Finished dry brushing the jackets

[pierre the shy]

The "highland tuft set" arrived so I applied a few different clumps to each base without getting too carried away.....really adds to the overall look of the unit....a good investment for around 10 quid 

I will try and take some pics but the weather is not supposed to be too good for the next few days.

Basing up some more highland stands tonight now I have all the stuff I need to finish them.

[paulr]

Started base coating boots and hats on the Gordon Horse

[paulr]

Finished base coating boots and hats

Dry brushed boots and hats

[paulr]

White markings done on horses

Started tack

[paulr]

Finished tack

Saddle blankets done

[paulr]

Wood done

Dirks done

[Techno]

That's three and a half pages since the last piccies.

Cheers - Phil

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Not that youre counting...

[pierre the shy]

OK, Since Techo asked for more pics here are pics of the five lots of highlanders I have recently completed. All the figures are from Pendraken's 1745 Jacobite Rising range and painted by PaulR :

Stewart of Appin


MacDonnell of Glengarry


Cameron of Lochiel


Campbell of Argyll


Campbell of Auchinbreck


The lot:


Hope you like them Techno, I was typing my post when your one asking for pics appeared  

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Those are beautiful, well done chaps

[Techno]

They look cracking !!

Nice one Paul/Peter.

Well worth the wait. 

Cheers - Phil

[Westmarcher]

These look really good. 

I've only ever painted highlanders in 6mm; the issue of how to paint tartan (or not) being a tad off putting. What technique did you use or decision did you make when it came to representing tartan at this scale?

[d_Guy]

Indeed, well done P&P! Worth the wait. First time I've seen the Pendraken flags used and they turned out rather good as well.