The Marvelous Miscellany of MMcV

[Techno II]

Indeed Phil, cows will attack all canines, think they are wolves so I've heard

Indeed, chum...  I think that it's something like our (as the supposedly dominant lifeform on this planet... .).....think of as 'the sixth sense'....

Matthew..... .......For all I know, from the photo, those could all be young bullocks, in which case they'll be nosey sods, rather than having any protective instinct.

Cheers - Phil.

[mmcv]

Haha I appreciate your concern, all the ones I saw were definitively female! But no calves.

[mmcv]

Sir Theophilus Gilbey's Foot joins the Royalist cause!





Bit of a ragtag bunch.

[DecemDave]

Sir Theophilus Gilbey's Foot joins the Royalist cause!
Bit of a ragtag bunch.

I think they look great.    A new line  in units in fact.   

I tended to mix mine more with Minifigs than Pendraken but you have made it work.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Superb

[mmcv]

Thanks!

I think they look great.    A new line  in units in fact.   

I tended to mix mine more with Minifigs than Pendraken but you have made it work.

I've never used any minifigs, scale wise do they match well to Pendraken and Newline? I do have a few lancer ones but they're very squat, keeping them more for command.

[Techno II]

Cracking work, Matthew ! 

Cheers - Phil.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Keep it coming kid

[Steve J]

Ragtag they maybe, but they look very good to me .

[DecemDave]

I've never used any minifigs, scale wise do they match well to Pendraken and Newline? I do have a few lancer ones but they're very squat, keeping them more for command.

Well the bulk of my ECW are Pendraken but I like variety so every range I could easily get has a few in there somewhere. I used Lancer command and also pikes in middle rows.  The minifigs are a good range, sculpts are detailed. Easy to paint although not as spectacularly so as Pendraken LoA.   I really enjoyed painting some LoA cavalry as Royalist pretty boys   noble horsemen - accurate or not .  Mixing ranges is going to be down to personal views in that its correct to real life but somehow can look odd in wargame units.   IMHO minifig Cavalry mixes very well and some infantry can be sneaked into Pendraken units.  In general, minifig infantry are as bulky as lancer but as tall/taller than newline so they draw the eye in a Pendraken unit.   I used a few minifig flag (cast flag) bearers in infantry Pendraken units to do just that.  I put most of the minifig infantry in separate units on thinner MDF bases.   The pikes are a more accurate length but cast in a soft metal so they bend and some might want to replace them. I didnt, I'd had enough replacing the pendraken "spears" to bother by that stage. 

[mmcv]

Thanks 

Well the bulk of my ECW are Pendraken but I like variety so every range I could easily get has a few in there somewhere. I used Lancer command and also pikes in middle rows.  The minifigs are a good range, sculpts are detailed. Easy to paint although not as spectacularly so as Pendraken LoA.   I really enjoyed painting some LoA cavalry as Royalist pretty boys   noble horsemen - accurate or not .  Mixing ranges is going to be down to personal views in that its correct to real life but somehow can look odd in wargame units.   IMHO minifig Cavalry mixes very well and some infantry can be sneaked into Pendraken units.  In general, minifig infantry are as bulky as lancer but as tall/taller than newline so they draw the eye in a Pendraken unit.   I used a few minifig flag (cast flag) bearers in infantry Pendraken units to do just that.  I put most of the minifig infantry in separate units on thinner MDF bases.   The pikes are a more accurate length but cast in a soft metal so they bend and some might want to replace them. I didnt, I'd had enough replacing the pendraken "spears" to bother by that stage. 

Yeah, I couldn't be bothered with switching out pikes, my troops are just very fond of using their pike ends for firewood... 

It is funny comparing the different painting styles I've used throughout. When I embarked on this project a few years back full of optimism and good intentions I was painting each NMA figure carefully right down to the belt buckles and ribbons on their socks. By the time I was onto the Royalists I was just slapping blobs of paint on to get it done. I think I've found a nicer middle ground now, given I don't see those smaller details when they're in a unit I don't bother, unless it's for a command base, but take a little more care over the general painting. Much as I'd love some of the beautifully painted, carefully detailed figures you see here, practicality prevails, and I have far too many areas of interest to devote excessive time to one in particular.

The mismatch works reasonably well here as this is late war Royalists so would be a fair mix of soldiers. And the size differences look grand all together on a base. If I was starting again I may use Minifigs for a bit more variety, but between Pendraken and Newline there's a decent mix of types, and mixing in a few Lancer and LoA command figures has given me some more variety there too. Of course, the only issue is that anytime I order some Newline bits I end up ordering a few packs from their bronze age ranges for good measure too! Oh well...

[mmcv]

Some Greek psiloi:





Dreary old day so had a hard time getting light for pictures. The archers are in grey and brown tunics, not just a weird dark blob!

Celts on the painting block next.

[Techno II]

Still look damn fine to me, Matthew. 

Cheers - Phil.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Still look damn fine to me, Matthew. 

Cheers - Phil.

But you are 1/2 blind Phil - althoughn I agree

[Techno II]

Half blind ?

And the rest. 

If most of you put my 'specs' on........You wouldn't be able to see anything but a truly horrid blur.

Cheers - Phil