ECW project - For King and Parliament

[paulr]

Good to hear Bella is home

As I've already said directly it would be good to see you if you can make it, but family comes first

I head off this evening to set the game up, ready for the players on Friday morning

[mollinary]

Good luck for the game Paul, and best wishes fo Bella Peter!

[d_Guy]

Indeed, Paul, very good luck with the game. Given how hard you have worked and how great everything looks, can't imagine it will not be anything but a resounding success. Remember, LOTS of pictures!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Good luck all

[paulr]

Thanks for the good wishes

The camera is packed in the rather full car and I'll be heading off in about half an hour

I'll be back on the forum sometime on Monday (NZ Time)

[paulr]

I'm back

I've done a summary here http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,18115.msg276912.html#msg276912 and will be doing 3 battle reports once I have recovered a bit and process the 100 photos I took

[paulr]

The report on the first refight of Cheriton can be found here http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,18482.msg277002.html#msg277002

[paulr]

I've selected, post-processed and labeled the 16 pictures for the next Cheriton report
Now I just need to write the words
Then do the report for the third battle

I also sorted out all the chits
All 560 were there
A few had wandered between bags
Four of the players kindly did a sort out after day two to make sure the odds were still fairly right

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

So, now what? 

[paulr]

I've made a start on the words for the second report
Then pictures and words for the third report
I also need to sort out all the troops, remove the temporary labels and reunite the pike with the various commanded shot units

I believe Pierre the Shy has some Scots he will give me on Saturday that need painting
He also needs to email me the order in which he wants them painted plus information on the clothing of the Foot

[pierre the shy]

Ultimately I would love to do refights of Dunbar and Worcester since Paul already has heeps of Parliamentary troops.....first up I will get him to do enough stuff to cover Montrose's 1644-45 actions as I am an avid follower of DGuy's Celtic Fringe blog and he has been very inspirational in getting the whole ECW project of the ground for me. Scots ECW actions are something that I have been wanting to fight since the early 1980's for various reasons.

Preparing painting guide and exact details for Paul     

[paulr]

  I'm looking forward to getting back to painting figures, its been a while

[paulr]

The second report on Cheriton has been posted http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,18500.msg277204.html#msg277204

I'll get onto sorting the pictures for the third report after I've mowed the lawns

[paulr]

Lawns mowed

Pictures for third report selected and post-processed

Scots Lancers to the head of the painting queue

[paulr]

Labeled half the pictures for the third report and started on the words

Undercoated 5 Regiments of Scots Lancers

It is good to be working of figures again after 45 days focusing on terrain and other things required for Cheriton

[pierre the shy]

Plenty more where they came from 

[paulr]

Good 

Labelled the other half of the pictures for the third report

Sorted out all the figures from Cheriton and removed the temporary labels

Only one base needed any repairs, I ripped the corner of the permanent label when taking off the temporary one
Replacement glued on, will varnish tomorrow

[paulr]

Making good progress on the third report

I just need to work out what happened in the centre while I was focused somewhere else based on the limited number of pictures I took

[paulr]

I've been asked by Pierre the Shy to include some grey horses in his units of Scots Lancers

I normally don't paint greys so am open to suggestions on the colours I should use

My normal approach to painting horses is to base coat in a darker colour then dry brush with a lighter colour
For example my Chestnuts are base coated with Beige Brown and highlighted Light Brown
The mane and tail is then done with an appropriate single colour and a black wash near the end of the painting brings out the details

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Coat d'arms Horse grey, universal grey highlight, white dry brush