Gaming Weekend

Well the troops this week get an outing at Micks for a play test of Fire and Fury adapted to hexes in readiness of our re fight of Gettysburg in July. Unfortunately I cannot be with them due to caring responsibilities. I'm hoping Jon remembers to take his camera and put some pictures on his blog along with a battle report.

More ECW

First up 3 of my Brigade commanders. The figure on the left is a Redoubt miniature Cuirassier figure, particularly like this figure. The infantry commander are from Warlord and will represent James Lumsden commanding the Brigade of Scottish infantry. The figure on the right is from Trent Miniatures, another nice model.


Next up just a couple of pictures of my completed Royalist Infantry Brigade. The regiments of Rupert's, Percy's, Bard's and Widdrington's.



To further finish of my forces I've purchased a few extra bits and pieces. I've got some TYW commanders and a troop of Cuirassiers from 1st Corps. These are very nice figures, though the horses are slightly smaller than the Warlord plastics which make up the bulk of my horse. I've also added the Warlord Prince Rupert, quite a dynamic pose and cannot wait to get both him and Boye painted up, probably base him up as my Royalist C-in-C. I've also ordered another box of the Warlord plastic infantry, this will give me enough figures for a further 2 parliamentarian infantry regiments.

Parliamentarians

Finally managed to get some troops done for the start of my parliamentarian forces. I'm basing them off the Northern Association under the Fairfax's, support by a brigade of Scots (wanted to paint some Covenanters). First up 2 troops of Horse, Boynton's in front supported by Copley's. Boynton's are all from the Warlord Plastic range, while Copley's are from irregular miniatures, slightly smaller but not noticeably so. I've gone with the common method of giving my Parliamentarian forces Orange sashes while the Royalist will have red.


Next up the first foot regiment, that of Buccleugh. These will be the first of 2 Covenater regiments that I'll be including in my force. The advantage of these is that in the later part of the War they can serve the royalist cause.

ECW Pictures

Finally managed to get some pictures done, though lighting not the best. First up Bard's Regiment. This time I only used 5 musketeers to the stand as it seemed to fit better with the largish bases on the Warlord plastics.



Next up the Completed regiment of Horse, consisting of 2 troops. Again these are all Warlord Plastics.



Finally completed my first Brigade commanders. The first on foot are from the Plastic Command Sprue. Their mounted compatriot is the Prince Rupert figure
from Trent Miniatures. The next photo shows the completed pieces of ordnance for the 2 armies.

ECW Update

No pictures this time, but so far I've managed to complete my second white coated regiment, that of Bard's. That leaves only 3 regiments of foot to paint, but these shall the start of Parliamentarian force. I've also done a second troop of warlord cavalry to add to that already done to give a small regiment of horse. I also had some rather poor looking figures from an unknown manufacturer picked up as part of an EBay bundle. Not the best but they've painted up okay. Now being a staunch royalist these figures will be the first troop for my Parliamentarians.

I've also put together 2 artillery pieces, one is an old piece I picked up from Essex about 20 years ago (saw service in an old fantasy human army) and a nice looking mortar from Redoubt.

When the full forces are put together I should have the following:
Royalists
4 Regiments of Foot
4 Regiments of Horse (total of 8 troops)
1 Piece of artillery
1 stand of artillery guards

Parliament
3 Regiments of foot
5 Regiments of Horse (total 8 troops)
1 troop of Dragoons
1 Piece of artillery
1 stand of artillery guards

2 smallish forces but ideal for the scale of battles I want to be conducting.

Percy's Regiment

Another completed regiment for my Royalist force, this time Percy's regiment in their white coats. These figures are all from the Warlord Plastic range. They take paint very well and didn't take long to paint up. I am impressed with the detail on the figures. My only criticism is the time it takes to put all the figures together, especially when you have 2 boxes of them.



Next up another troop of Royalist horse, these are also form the Warlord plastic range and I have to say very impressive figures and easy to put together, so much so I've sent off for another box.

Royalist Troops

Finally finished basing my first units for my Royalist force. I'm going to be using the fast play rules by Clarence from http://quindiastudios.blogspot.com/.

First up the Kings Regiment in their red coats. These figures are all from Renegade Miniatures. I really like these figures and they are nice to paint up.



Next up Ruperts Blewcoat Regiment. The musketeers are all Perry miniatures, while the Pike are from Essex and the officer is Warlord miniatures. They all mix in well



Lastly a regiment of 2 troops of Royalist horse. These are all Perru Miniatures. The flag is only temporary until I reasearch a particular unit that I want them to represent.



I have now got a box of the plastic warlord Royalist foot, this should give me 2 regiments of 18 figures with a few spares. These 2 regiments will represent some of Newcastle's regiments that he sent to serve on the Oxford army.