With only three regiments of foot out of the total of eight Royalist foot left to go, I decided to tackle them in one hit so I can clear the decks and make a start on the Parliamentarian foot. The last three regiments are Stradling's, the Duke of York's and Hopton's regiments of foot, dressed in red, white and blue coats respectively:
Painting three different coat colours kept things interesting and provided the motivation to keep going:
Here is an individual picture of Stradling's regiment of foot:
The blue-coated Hopton regiment:
And finally, the Duke of York's regiment:
I also completed two more elements of red-coated pike which will live with the King's Lifeguard of Foot, in case I want to increase the ratio of pike in any of the red-coated regiments:
That's the Royalist foot completed, with 392 figures in total:
I have some dismounted dragoons still ahead and if I have a few spare pikemen left over after doing the Parliamentary foot I'll probably add a couple of elements for the Royalist regiments.
Next up however will be a few more WWII ships, which represents another slight diversion from the ECW project. This is mainly because another gaming friend of mine is interested in playing a few games of 'Nimitz', the new WWII ruleset from Sam Mustafa. The perfect excuse to delve into the lead pile and dust off a few more boxes from GHQ.
Great stuff, Lawrence, you have been super productive again! They are decent sized units too. Always good to have extra pike on hand, particularly for the Royalists, as they often had trouble getting hold of sufficient fire arms and had many "pike heavy" regiments, I believe.
ReplyDeleteThanks Keith. It was only when I read a few of the scenarios in For King and Parliament I realised that some of the Royalist regiments had the option to be fielded as larger units so decided to throw in a few extra elements. I should have enough pike left over at the end of the project to add a few more.
DeleteSpectacular work, Lawrence. While Keith notes you are “super productive again”, I do not recall you ever not being super productive. Well done!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jonathan. The approach of winter means we are starting the day an hour or so later, but now I have completed my law degree I am sneaking in a couple of hours in the evenings to compensate.
DeleteOutstanding painting Lawrence.
ReplyDeleteThanks Richard, they are such enjoyable figures to paint I am not bored of them yet which helps the motivation.
DeleteVery nice again Lawrence. They look great en mass, very tempted to start the ECW perhaps next year ?
ReplyDeleteIt would definitely be something to see if you did Matt. I can visualise the beautiful ECW tables that would result.
DeleteVery nice job! That was a lot to tackle all at once but I can sympathize with the desire to clear the deck for the next project. 😀
ReplyDeleteThanks Stew. The end of a significant part of a project always provides that extra bit of motivation, even if I did find it a grind at times.
DeleteGreat stuff Lawrence. ECW always looks good in any scale.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mark. I have a load of 28mm Empress and Perry figures in the pile but want to get back to 28mm Napoleonics after I have finished this lot, hopefully before the end of the year.
DeleteA terrific trio of Royalist Regiments, Lawrence. On to the forces of Parliament!
ReplyDeleteSplendid looking Royalists!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain