Quote from: Ithoriel on 23 July 2017, 09:24:39 AM
The painting is great!

But ... well ... err ... am I the only one looking at top row, second from the right and thinking he should have a fishing pole not a scythe?

Just me then

Lovely stuff none the less.

Oh my word!!! That is the funniest thing I have ever read on here and what is worse is you are RIGHT!!!!      

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Here is my collection of Monmouth's West Country Scythe garden gnomes guarding an unfinished (admittedly Royalist) cannon.

The scythemen are deliberately staggered as a visual indication that they were not as disciplined or highly trained as their opponents, but I am using the same base size as my grenadiers are on, as my research suggests they were the rebel 'equivalent'.

The rebel army have now started to mass!!!

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Loving the idea, especially the captured gun!

 

Cheers - Phil.

Very nice!

Thank you

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Inspired by my visit to Norton St Phillips and my purchase of Chandler's book of Sedgemoor (published '84), I am starting to paint up some units which will also be suitable for use in a potential 'Pikeman's Lament' scenario to recreate the skirmish there.

I am using the Pendraken French dragoons to recreate the Horse Grenadiers of the Guard Cavalry. They are not a completely accurate model but the HG were shown wearing the 'sock' hat of the foot grenadiers. Of course, I could have just painted foot grenadiers as Horse Grenadiers, but on the other hand, there are no good mounted figures to work with them, unless one uses the mounted French dragoons anyway, and with all respect to tbe range, the foot grenadiers are very passive looking chaps. The French dragoons on the other hand are very active and one can imagine them in action trying to storm the obstacle set up by the rebels. Anyway, the 1st Foot Guards contributed grenadiers to the operation so the two are subtley different.

So, first block paintings which will be detailed over coming days:

(If anyone can suggest more suitable substitutes by the way, I am all ears!)



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 Nice  start

Seconded. 

Cheers - Phil.

Very nice indeed

Take care

Andy

Quote from: Womble67 on 29 July 2017, 12:30:51 AM
Very nice indeed

Take care

Andy

Well, it's been sometime since I last updated this forum! I actually got rid of Tapatalk as I wasn't that satisfied with the functionality but found I couldn't easily update the pages without it. Certainly photos wouldn't load. Then I have had multiple distractions includong a change of role at work, training in my 1'=12 inches army reserve activities, and my eldest daughter leaving home yesterday to start at Uni back in my original hometown of Bath (ah, but how the gods jest with us!)

I have also had yet another change of heart re the basing. The 1:4 fig ratio was great BUT didn't correspond to any rules. I also found my interest in Sedgemoor was feeding an interest in other parts of the era, and a yen to model the French army particularly. So, I made a choice to rebase my regiments in accordance with the 'Twilight of the Sun King' rules for the big battles and do other figures for the skirmishes using ' The Pikeman's Lament' rules, for Norton St Philip, Keynsham Bridge and other small engagements.

I shall resume posting soon but here is a 'taster' of the dismounted French dragoons painted as Horse grenadiers of the Royal Army who will find themselves involved in the tough fighting on a wet Saturday morning in a little lane outside the Somerset village of Phillipsnorton.

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First views of Kirkes, Dumbarton's and Trelawney's Regiments under the new dispensations. Judicious repainting of some of the vast number of figures already completed but now surplus ought also to allow me to create the larger Guards Regiments.

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Really nice

Quote from: mad lemmey on 24 September 2017, 04:35:12 PM
Really nice

Thank you!

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