2017 Cavalcade of Whimsey - the one true thread

[FierceKitty]

A fine pike and shot-era army should be coming out soon....with no cavalry at all!

[d_Guy]

That would be my cup of tea. Throw in some halbrediers and sword and bucklermen and I'd be good to go. I would let someone else worry about scouting, flank protection, and looting the baggage train (and all that equine painting that goes with it).

Do the speak a German dialect I wonder?

[sunjester]

I think everyone should wargame the Musket and Pike period. Since I hate painting horses, however, I tend to shy away from the TYW, but I enjoy looking at what every one else does. 

I share your aversion to painting 4-legged beasties. I don't know why, but it's usually the mounted element of the army that ends up sitting, part-finished, at the back of the painting table for ages. Even more so if it's in a larger scale than 10mm.

So why, oh why, did I go for Poles and Ottomans for The Pikeman's lament?

[Leman]

I know why - getting the coat to look right, all those leather straps, stirrups, the mane, tail and lower legs, the white bits. It just goes on and on.

[fsn]

That would be my cup of tea.

Are you sure you're American? I thought you lot hadn't drunk tea since some minor fracas in Boston.

[Steve J]

Glad to know that others leave the cavalry right at the back of the queue. However, for 'The Pikemen's Lament' and 'Honours of War', they can't be avoided and have quite a lot to paint, which I'm not looking forward to.

[Leman]

Are you sure you're American? I thought you lot hadn't drunk tea since some minor fracas in Boston.

You obviously don't watch Grimm - those Oregon folk are always drinking tea. It also strongly advises (probably inadvertently) not to use the woods for recreational purposes.

[d_Guy]

Are you sure you're American? I thought you lot hadn't drunk tea since some minor fracas in Boston.

We drink lots of tea here - iced tea -  which a bit further south is called Ah-c-tee - pronounced as one word like asti (Spumante).
Around here it's called Sweet Tea - it being supersaturated with sugar. It's rumored that our betters over in DC still drink it out of cups - hot!

I keep meaning to watch "Grimm" but have to paint horses.

[d_Guy]

Have finished off some more Monmouth stuff:

The Green Regiment:


A  "squadron" of Lord Grey's Horse (left) and the meager artillery train (right):


The usual blog post is here:
https://inredcoatragsattired.com/2017/06/02/monmouths-green-regiment-1685-and-friends/

I now plan to move on to the West Country Militia (two foot regiments in red faced yellow and two in yellow faced red). Pixie is doing a bit of the Militia horse (as well as the rest of Greys horse). I have also decided to do the Tangier Horse. Yes I will have it in red faced blue at Sedgemoor - and hats to match the dismounted form, but I'm putting it in red coats faced white with lobster tail helmets to use at Tangier AND as West Country Militia.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Very nice sir

[Techno]

Wot Will, said. 

Cheers - Phil

[paulr]

 

[sunjester]

Nice 

[d_Guy]

Thanks, all!

I love the LoA castings! The scythmen have six different looks and are easily converted to pikemen. I think a couple, because of their caps, can me converted to Royal Army gunners also. Great figures.

Here is Monmouth's army essentially finished:


And since I want to probably do an alternate history campaign (Monmouth achieved surprise at Sedgemoor) I have bulked out his army with my collection of ad hoc militia and civilians:

And here:


There are some more pictures and some brief explaination at this blog post:
https://inredcoatragsattired.com/2017/06/03/monmouths-army/

[Smoking gun]

Nice looking army, well worth the time and effort you've put into them.

Martin