How dense ECW pikes?

Started by Last Hussar, 20 June 2024, 09:44:01 AM

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Lord Kermit of Birkenhead

Of course Rupert wanted his foot rgt to use the Sweedish formation, doubt that lasted long.
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QuoteOf course Rupert wanted his foot rgt to use the Sweedish formation, doubt that lasted long.
Really?  Not heard this before. Do you have a source?
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Accurate yet unhelpful.

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Quote from: mollinary on 21 June 2024, 05:14:39 PMReally?  Not heard this before. Do you have a source?


Came up the "war of 3 Kingdoms" module I did for my BA. Our tutor was Peter Berry, for president of the Cromwell Society and Time Team expert. So no primary source
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QuoteCame up the "war of 3 Kingdoms" module I did for my BA. Our tutor was Peter Berry, for president of the Cromwell Society and Time Team expert. So no primary source
Thanks. I think then, that this may be a reference to Prince Rupert wanting the Royalist infantry at Edgehill to use the Swedish brigade. Indeed, they are shown drawn up in this formation on de Gomme's plan of the battle.  It does not seem to have been used a second time. At this time Rupert did not have his own regiment of foot, he eventually took over Colonel Lunsford's regiment some time latter.
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I think that from a wargaming viewpoint, it's a question of aesthetics or what looks right to you.

I base mine on 30mm squares; a central pike stand and two flanking stands of shot. The shot are in two ranks, with a officer and drummer behind in a third rank. The pike are, from the rear, two ranks of four pikemen and the front rank comprises two pikemen with two ensigns with a third ensign nestled behind in the space between ranks 1 and 2 (I usually need to trim the base of the figure to get it to fit).



I previously had a semicircular extension to the pike base and positioned the three ensigns there whilst having 12 pikemen in three ranks of four behind them. This proved inconvenient for movement and measuring so they got re-based to the present configuration. 

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And very nice they look as well  :)
And I'd agree about aesthetics being the ultimate driver (for me anyway)
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Quote from: Big Insect on 27 June 2024, 05:38:37 PMAnd I'd agree about aesthetics being the ultimate driver (for me anyway)
Agreed.
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4 deep, 4 wide for pike, 3 or 2 wide for musket.

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QuoteI think that from a wargaming viewpoint, it's a question of aesthetics or what looks right to you.

Agreed, and yours look very right to me  :-bd  =D>  :-bd  =D>  :-bd
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