The Marvelous Miscellany of MMcV

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Fabulous sir

[fred.]

They look good

I do like the Germans in a more green uniform

[Steve J]

Lovely work there .

[mmcv]

Thanks 

Had some time to myself today so thought I'd put it to good use 

6mm battle scale buildings





And a pair of bridges





They're nice models, I've a few more bits and pieces from them to do in future.

Also added a unit of parliamentary horse for the ECW.


Colonel John Fiennes' Regiment of Horse

[Ithoriel]

Looking good!

Keep meaning to get some of Battlescale's 3mm stuff. This may prove inspirational.

[mmcv]

Looking good!

Keep meaning to get some of Battlescale's 3mm stuff. This may prove inspirational.

Their 3mm stuff does look nice, though not sure how it would stack against my existing 2mm buildings. Should probably have got some in the building to compare, might be okay in different map parts.

[paulr]

    

[mmcv]

Few recent additions, Greek Hoplites and Roman Auxilia

[Ithoriel]

Looking good. I particularly like the Romans.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Very nice indeed.

[Techno 3]

Very nice work, Matthew !

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

I have to agree with Phil 

[mmcv]

Thank you kindly, all.

I've had these painted a couple of weeks but only getting to photographing now, a test unit of Great War Gordon Highlanders. Doesn't seem to be a machine gunner with the right head so fudged it a bit with paint. 





Does anyone happen to know if they would have had their kilts on show like this for early war? I know by mid and late war they used khaki tunics to cover them, or wore khaki kilts, or even (horror of horrors) trousers becoming more widely used but can't find anything definitive to say if they were using the khaki tunics from the beginning? I suspect they probably were which would be easier to paint, but lose some of the colour on a very drab battlefield!

Also finally got around to updating my blog (I think all with stuff already posted here): https://mmcvhistory.home.blog/2022/09/06/progress-update-may-to-august-2022/

I've been playing some play-by-post and solo roleplaying games lately as well, started up a new blog to record some of my sessions on https://mmcvrpg.home.blog/. Just the one entry so far (https://mmcvrpg.home.blog/2022/09/04/dark-times-1-a-blot-on-the-landscape-ironsworn-solo/) but hope to populate it with more as games unfold if anyone is interested in reading narrative style posts.

[Steve J]

Nice work there and the kilts look good and like the colourful tartan. No idea whether these were used early war or not I'm afraid.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Looking good.

[fred.]

These look good. And I bought some recently to add to my early war British. 

I feel that khaki kilts were warn in 1914 but it would be good if the coloured ones were used too. 

With the MGs wound a quick run through with a file convert the cap to a glengarry?

[mmcv]

These look good. And I bought some recently to add to my early war British.

I feel that khaki kilts were warn in 1914 but it would be good if the coloured ones were used too.

With the MGs wound a quick run through with a file convert the cap to a glengarry?

It probably would do the job, I'll see if it bothers me at tabletop distance and see from there, suspect it's fine at distance 

[DecemDave]

  Lovely 10mm tartans.  That single hair brush has obviously come in handy again.   

I have moved my Jacobites even later in the lead pile project plan.   

[fred.]

From 25mins googling WWI kilt usage. I'm not sure is the summary about colour!

Kilts were in widespread use in Scottish regiments and kilts were in the tartan patterns
But kilt aprons were also in widespread use, these were a khaki or tan cotton covering for a kilt. This seems to have been as much to protect the kilt as from a camouflage perspective. These were issued from 1903. 
There are photos of troops in tartan kilts in combat gear - but I suspect these are training photos rather than front line. 

Regimental COs had a lot of leaway over application of regulations. And there were a lot of Scottish battalions. 

Therefore I think having the odd battalion in tartan is fine (and certainly looks good)

[mmcv]

From 25mins googling WWI kilt usage. I'm not sure is the summary about colour!

Kilts were in widespread use in Scottish regiments and kilts were in the tartan patterns
But kilt aprons were also in widespread use, these were a khaki or tan cotton covering for a kilt. This seems to have been as much to protect the kilt as from a camouflage perspective. These were issued from 1903.
There are photos of troops in tartan kilts in combat gear - but I suspect these are training photos rather than front line.

Regimental COs had a lot of leaway over application of regulations. And there were a lot of Scottish battalions.

Therefore I think having the odd battalion in tartan is fine (and certainly looks good)

Yeah that was my impression too. A lot of pictures from the front in WW1 were staged behind enemy lines so hard to say how much was combat reality vs propaganda. Think I'll do a few units with colour and the rest khaki.