First English Civil War

[Glorfindel]

Hi lads & ladies,

I've just received my first pack of ECW figures.   They are simply superb - so inviting to paint !

Anyway, here is a sample of the 32 figures painted so far :



I've decided to build a Royalist army with each battalia having 60 figures, all loaded onto one base.
The idea is to take my time with the painting to try and do the figures justice and then make the base
big enough to include a few scenic touches (musketeers behind a wall just like the 'Naseby' scene in
'Cromwell').

Cheers,


Phil

(EDIT: Pic resized)

[kev1964]

Excellent work,


kev

[fred.]

Very nice painting, great stuff.

And really nice figures too, might be making a way into my Empire-esque army

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Very nice work sir! 

[Techno]

Top class, that man !
Cheers - Phil.

[Leon]

Very nice!

[Rob]

They look great 

[Luddite]

Lovely figures mate.  But are you sure that's the first English Civil War?   

[Glorfindel]

Thanks chaps !

>>But are you sure that's the first English Civil War?

Too uniform ?   I'd be interested to hear what you think about this.   I've read different
views ranging from 'men in rags' to 'fully uniformed bodies'.   Haythornewaite (The
English Civil War Illustrated) and Osprey seem to come down on the latter side of the
argument.

I'm trying to add some variety to the line troops but keeping a sense of a Regimental
colour (green in this case if you hadn't guessed !!).

I suppose at the end of the day, its a balance between your reading of history and the
fact that you want the Regiments to have a sense of identity on the table.

Of course, you might be on about something completely different !   

Cheers,


Phil

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Think the question was one of chronology?
Possibly the War of Steven & Matilda may count as the first civil war, if not the Baron's War of King John?

Define 'civil' war when the ECW cost us 10% of the population?

[Nosher]

I think the OP means these are his first attempt at ECW...

[Womble67]

Very nece indeed

take care

andy

[Hertsblue]

Just ignore them all, Phil, and carry on exactly as you were. We can none of us resist a little pedantry from time to time. Your figures are beautifully painted and the troops would have been fairly uniformly dressed within the regiment. Let's face it, the colonel probably got a job-lot of cloth when the unit was formed.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Exactly what Hertsblue said...

Although it might tempt me into an Early Norman or Angevan Civil War now.   Especially if I win that £100!

[Glorfindel]

Obvious now !   

Note to self - make sure you have finished the title before posting...
...should have 'figures' on the end.   What a muppet.   

Anyway, I do very much appreciate the posts - thank you.

A decent Christmas holiday coming up which will hopefully mean these chaps should be finished.

Cheers,

Phil