ECW project - For King and Parliament

[lowlylowlycook]

Got to say, you do amazing amazing work with brown.

[paulr]

Thanks all

I've made a start on the jackets and trousers of the current batch

[paulr]

Finished base coating the jackets and trousers of the current batch last night

I should be dry brushing the highlights but will have to wait for it to cool down a bit, currently mid 20s C (high 70s F)

[paulr]

Evening has cooled down to 18C (64F) so dry brushed about half the jackets and one third of the bonnets

I've only got 7 brushes that are worn enough but still good enough for localised dry brushing

[paulr]

Dry brushed the rest of the jackets and bonnets

Base coated boots and hats

Painted the first side of the bases for the next batch of hedges

[paulr]

Dry brushed boots and hats

Painted the second side of the bases for the next batch of hedges 

[paulr]

Manes, tails & hooves done

I had to finish them this morning as Pierre the Shy interrupted me last night when he kindly picked me up for our regular Saturday night game
I noted that he waited till I had finished his Scots

[pierre the shy]

Manes, tails & hooves done

I had to finish them this morning as Pierre the Shy interrupted me last night when he kindly picked me up for our regular Saturday night game
I noted that he waited till I had finished his Scots

Given the result of last nights game perhaps it would have been more productive to let you stay at home and finish them all last night     

[paulr]

The Renown didn't go the way of the Hood so I was well please with my evening

Got the tack done this afternoon

[paulr]

Woodwork done

[Terry37]

As always, very impressive!!!

Terry

[paulr]

Pierre the Shy's & my order from Leven Minatures has arrived

Very thoroughly packed and well cast Wendy houses

Now I need to decide if I base them and if so on what size bases

A least one, the forge, comes as two seperate pieces and having them on bases will lift them so they are closer in height to the troops

All the buildings have quite small foot prints, all but the manor will fit on 50x50 bases

I'll be using them for For King and Parliament on a 15cm grid, forum members - your thoughts

[paulr]

Weapons base coated on current batch

Started adding individual details, hat bands, sashes etc

[Steve J]

I leave my Leven buildings free standing, so that they can be moved around to make way for troops in games such as BKCIIetc. For games such as Bloody Big Battles, where they sit on a base showing the BUA, they can then be moved aside as required. Hope this helps?

[Terry37]

In HOTT and DBN we leave the buildings unattached for the same reason Steve J says - to allow troops to fit in the space. The only buildings we secure to a base are those for Strongholds because no troops ever occupy them - take it and the game is over.

Terry

[paulr]

Thanks guys I'll go with freestanding to start with
I can always base them later if I need to

Made good progress on the details on the current batch

[paulr]

Weapons highlighted

Details finished

Faces and the few visible hands base coated

Prepared my Leven buildings

Took advantage of a calm morning to undercoat them
I knew I was cutting it fine with the amount of black spray I had left so undercoated the undersides with grey to seal them
Then undercoated the sides and rooves black and ran out with four buildings left to do
The remaining four have been undercoated grey, it will be interesting to see how much they stand out

[paulr]

Hair done

Faces and the few visible hands high lighted

Collars, plumes and last of the hat bands done

Touched up undercoat, where spray missed, on buildings

Filled a couple of small holes on buildings

Started preparing next batch; remaining commanders and 4 units of horse

We are hoping to do Cheriton at our Nationals at Easter next year
I've realised how much is left to paint

[pierre the shy]

We are hoping to do Cheriton at our Nationals at Easter next year :-
I've realised how much is left to paint

After some logistical calculations we decided that we would commit to going to the wargaming  "Nationals" in Paraparaumu next Easter, its only about a hours drive north of Wellington. Aiming to put on Cheriton refight so Paul's going to concentrate on finishing off whatever needs to be done for that (several hundred more figures  ) so the Scots will go on to the back burner for the moment after the current batch is done.....I have other projects that I can progress in the meantime.....and a new mission to (hopefully) lure some old Spearhead players from round NZ to a largish game in Wellington later next year...I wonder who came up with that idea       

[paulr]

There's only 919 figures left to do
And I've just finished 36 of them

The current batch of Scots and English are now painted

The next batch, 4 Regiments of Horse and the remaining 24 commanders, are prepared, on the painting rods and under coated

I've assembled the three sabots for the current batch of horse and painted the first side of the sabots and bases

Hedges added yesterday to the bases I did a while ago, soaked in dilute PVA this afternoon
I'm going to need more for Cheriton, I need to work on the deployment map

My buildings will be put to one side as well while I focus on getting the figures done

I think we can both share the 'credit' for the largish Spearhead game, the date of the event next year helped (August 2019)