Prince Rupert of the Rhine

Finally managed to finish the base and take some photos of my Royalist C-in-C, Prince Rupert. A very nice model from Warlord Miniatures. I particularly like the dynamic pose of the figure. It has a greater sense of movement compared to the Trent Miniatures version.

ECW Update

At last I've been able to put some paint to the figures again. All it took was for Newcastle to be playing on a Saturday at 3pm. It has always been my most productive painting time, in a room to myself listening to the match on the radio. Unfortunatly didn't get much down as some of the inlaws arrived. However I did complete the Prince Rupert figure and Boye from Warlord Miniatures. Once I've finished the basing I'll post some pictures. Atleast it got me some inspiration as I've now start to put some paint to a troop of Royalist horse.

Update

Nothing to much to report on the wargaming front. Done some painting, mainly some of my old collection of goblins (no pictures), using these at the club as part of a role playing game I'm running. Things dried up a bit on the ECW front, probably because I need to game for inspiration but still a bit short on parlaimentarian infantry. It's one of the difficulties when doing project where you need to complete both sides yourself.

More ECW

Managed to finish a couple more units for my Parliamentarians. first up the infantry regiment of Overton. I've been unable to find and reference for coat colours until Overton gained a commision in the New Model. So with a bit of artistic license I've went for a twany orange and brown coats. They look quite effective and I'm happy with them.

Next up Fairfax's lifeguard. I cannot find any reference of these being in Cuirassier armour, but I wanted some and these were rather nice models from 1st Corps.

Chaos Champion

This model is based upon the body of one of GW original fiends of slaanesh with the upper body from their plastic chaos marauder range. Quite happy how the model turned out and will be suitably employed in the clubs Warhammer fantasy roleplay campaign.

Mighty Ugezod's Death Comandos

A slight change in painting direction as I find it helps to have more than 1 project on the go. Gives a bit of variety to a painting schedule and helps keep up my enthusiasm. These figures are from the old Citadel Black orc range, sculpted I believe by Nick Lund. GW have never produced a better set in my humble opinion.

So far I have 14 of them done, with 4 More requiring basing and the 4 leaders still to do including the Mighty Ugezod himself.

Project Plan

Maybe I should have done this at the beginning of the project but, this is a layout of the forces I am trying to put together for the English Civil war. It's more for trying to keep me on track and prevent distractions. The troops involved are taken for the OOB of Marston Moor.

So far it has gone quite well. All the royalist foot, brigade commanders and artillery are done. All that remains are the C-in-C and 4 troops of horse. For the Parliamentarians, progress has been slower with only 1 foot regiment done, though the artillery, dragoons and 4 troops of horse are completed.