First English Civil War

[Glorfindel]

>>Be good if the trousers were the right colour

Yes, I know.  (mutter mutter)    I'd already finished the musketeers when I saw a pic of the
Regiment with reddish trousers.  Clearly, I am representing the Regiment in their less fashion
conscious 'wilderness years' (or on the way to Ye Olde Primark for trouser fittings...       )

Cheers,


Phil

[Fenton]

Good thing about ECW is you can nearly paint them however you want with a 99% chance that you are right

[Hertsblue]

>>Be good if the trousers were the right colour

Yes, I know.  (mutter mutter)    I'd already finished the musketeers when I saw a pic of the
Regiment with reddish trousers.  Clearly, I am representing the Regiment in their less fashion
conscious 'wilderness years' (or on the way to Ye Olde Primark for trouser fittings...       )

Cheers,


Phil

Don't worry about it - they probably stole them off the last enemy unit they scragged. 

[Fenton]

Found this today looks interesting

http://bcw-project.org/

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

That site is amazing.
Can we have it in the resources section too?

[Glorfindel]

Hi chaps,

I have just finished my second Regiment (Lord Ralph Hopton's).   Just hope these have no fashion faux pas issues !!   

Great figures to paint - I find that adding a second highlight really makes the colours pop.
I copied the flags from the 'Wargames Designs' website which has some cracking stuff :

http://www.wargamesdesigns.com/freebies---ecw.html



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Cheers,


Phil

[Fenton]

Really nice looking again

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Really good look to that unit! Nice one! 

[Matt J]

really very good 

liking the progress on this, you're definitely tempting me into ECW 

[Techno]

 
Cheers - Phil

[Glorfindel]

Thanks chaps.

I've never painted ECW figures before so this is a bit of a departure.   Still has
the appeal of something new and shiny.

After painting the two Regiments up (which were pretty much an impulse buy),
I have decided I need a plan !   My intention now is to raise two brigades of foot
with supporting guns and horse.   Each brigade of foot will be based on one of the
completed Regiments supported by two slightly smaller Regiments.   

The larger Regiments comprise four bases (2 x pike, 2 x musket).   The smaller
Regiments will drop one of the pike bases to give a 2:1 ratio of muskets to pike.

Although generalising about the ECW appears difficult, my understanding is that the
Royalists had a harder time arming their Regiments with the musket and had to rely
more on the pike.   As such, I thought I would try to reflect this in some small way
with the larger Regiments based on a 1:1 ratio.

Cavalry and artillery are still off in the future somewhere and I will need to do some
research before deciding numbers / organisation.

Anyway, thats the plan.

Cheers,

Phil

[kev1964]

Beautiful work Phil, looking forward to seeing more of these,


kev

[nikharwood]

Very nice Phil 

[Steve J]

Great work Phil .

[Hertsblue]

Hi Phil,

Hopton's bluecoats (or should that be "blewcotes"?) are looking good. Were you aware that Hopton's were a Cornish regiment (although Hopton himself was a Devon man) and that the Cornish were always reluctant to leave the Westcountry? I think they got as far as Bath and Devizes but not much further. Might be a factor in deciding what army to model?

Ray