Richard Kirkbride's Regiment of foote and a 'project too far'

Finally managed to get the 5th Regiment of foote completed that I need for Newcastle's Royalist army of the north. This time I picked out Richard Kirkbride's regiment which was raised in Durham. In all likelihood most of Newcastle's regiments would have been combined into larger formations. In a slight change I went with a darker grey coat, both the coat and flag are pure conjecture. I just went with what I liked, hence the addition of the blue flag.

So just 2 more foote regiments to go. For the horse I have decided to change the number of figures down to 4 instead of 5, the commitment to a new project has forced this to help reduce the required number of horse figures by around 120.

So new project, well a re-fight of Marston Moor. The aim is to get everything done in time for the Border Reiver show in 2024. I managed to persuade myself and Mitch into the mammoth undertaking. We do have 1 other club member who has so far committed to do 5 regiments of foot for Ruperts' army. For myself I need to complete Newcastle's army and the Northern Association. This works out at 11 foot regiments, 31 cavalry regiments and a handful of dragoons and commanded shotte. Mitch has committed to the Eastern Association and the bulk of Rupert's army. This just leaves the Covenanters, not helped by the fact that Warlord is yet to produce any in epic scale. We have found some free STLs that will give us the bulk of the cavalry and musketeers. The main issue is the pikes are too brittle in resin, we may have to either proxy the current warlord pike or source some suitable small 15mm metal pikemen. Below is a full list of what we need.

Horse	66
Dragoons	8
Dis. Dragoons	8
Foot	39
Cmd. Shotte	6
Artillery	6
Comanders	18

For the larger infantry units on each side I have added bases of commanded shotte to represent their higher strength, these are then paired up to form the regiments listed above. This works out at nearly 3,500 foot and 600 mounted figures. At least we don't need much scenery apart from a handful of buildings and some hedges. 

Wish me luck.