Wednesday, January 30, 2019

English Civil War - Cornish Forces on Parade

While the lances will need their pennants, and maybe a flag will be added as I haven't yet decided on the final look of the horse units, here are the totality of the Cornish Royalists as I have for my English Civil War forces.

This particular officer is an advance look at the 'border horse' troops that I have planned, though they will not be under brush until after the Petronels, the Oxford Foot and Oxford Horse are all done.

an overview of the whole force, 4 Horse, 4 Pike & Shot Regiments

using the camera really near the table surface gives a unique look to the photos

some of the officer poses turned out great

long line of horse

blurry foreground officer

and without

Regiments colors to the fore

Golden Dragon of Wessex to the fore

this shot just turned out so well

more of a top-down view

a bit further away again downward view

more gunners added with a more ECW look to them

The new horse forces of demi-lancers

the Blewes

again a low to the table view of the forces, each regiment has its own preacher armed with a sword
This entire force was bare metal on December 10, 2018 and finished on January 26, 2019.

5 comments:

tradgardmastare said...

Great work,they look super.
Alan

Khusru said...

Very nice. Lord Hopton?

James Fisher said...

That's quite a force David and they look wonderful too! Only but a part of the whole too, of course...

MurdocK said...

Thank you gentlemen.

None of the miniatures were painted with any particular Royalist commander or force in mind. Though Hopton is likely to be the name given to at least one of the leader figures in the course of games.

Yes James this is only 1/3 of the total Royalist forces. Welsh and now Cornish forces are done ... on the paint shelf now are 'petronels' which I will use as Royalist or western forces dragooners.

Then comes the Oxford Royalist force, with 4 pike & shot and 4 horse formations.

Then, at long last the planned English Civil War forces will be assembled.

Though as I study the situation ... there's just no way to do the ECW justice without the Scots. Therefore early mold plans are being formed and we will see what comes about this year or next with game plans to get these troops into action ... along with the Napoleonic ones.

At least I have begun shedding the 15mm unused minis to release both storage and funding for the coming project(s).

Phil said...

Wow, splendid parade, flags and figures are superb and very impressive...