ECW project - For King and Parliament

Started by paulr, 28 June 2018, 09:11:23 AM

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Quote from: pierre the shy on 18 September 2018, 10:20:08 AM
Were Hesilrigges Regiment only standard Swedish horse by the time Cheriton was fought?

They were Cuirassiers earlier in the war but it seems likely that after Roundway Down they were re-equipped as harquebusiers

They are rated as well-mounted veterans which still gives them plenty of punch

Sir William Balfour's Lifeguard will be my Parliamentary cuirassiers ;)
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Highlighted the 'uniform' colours  :)

Base coated the non-'uniform' colours  :)
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Highlighted the non-'uniform' colours :)

Base coated shoes, boots and hats :)

Highlighted boots and hats  :)

Musket stocks painted :)
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Pike shafts painted :)

Scabbards and belts  :)

Metal base coated and highlighted :)

Bags and 'apostles' painted :)

Skin base coated :)

first two hair colours done :)
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Encumbered by Idjits, we pressed on

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You could say that ;)

Last two hair colours done :)
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As part of this project I'm going to need some ECW era buildings

Can anyone suggest a good source of suitable 6mm scale buildings

Yes, I want Wendy houses ;D
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Total Battle Miniatures and Battlescale both do 6mm and 10mm.

http://www.totalbattleminiatures.com/bigbattalions/6mm/pikeandshotte.html
https://battlescale.com

(As an aside, Pendraken's 19th Century American 10mm are very good in my opinion - I just wish the same manufacturer that Pendraken get their buildings from did Black Powder buildings in the same quality)
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Leven Miniatures do a great range of 6mm stuff, generally very well detailed and at an excellent price:

http://www.levenminiatures.co.uk/

paulr

23 September 2018, 08:40:21 AM #219 Last Edit: 23 September 2018, 08:42:06 AM by paulr
Thanks for the building suggestions, any others I should be looking at?

Very good progress today :)

  • finished painting the current batch
  • painted the bases

If I get the wash tomorrow night they might be based on Tuesday :!!
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I also need to upgrade my hedges as part of this project :-\

I'm using a 15cm grid and none of the commercial hedges seem to fit. The very nice Pendraken ones for example are 80mm long ~X(

I have quite a bit of clump foliage left over from another couple of projects so am experimenting with possibly making my own :-\

I've seen some comments about coating clump foliage with dilute PVA to make it more robust, what is the collective view on this?
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My view is yes, I do that all the time. Attach with dilute pva, soak in dilute pva, leave at least 24 hours, varnish with matt spray.
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About 50/50 is best, but first time you do that you'll think it's awful. You want the consistency of runny cream rather than syrup...

More water = longer drying time. It might be worth pinning the tufts in place as they dry too.
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23 September 2018, 11:19:36 PM #224 Last Edit: 23 September 2018, 11:25:57 PM by paulr
Many thanks

Highlight before or after soaking in dilute PVA :-\

I'm guessing after to avoid highlights running
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