ECW Commander 1 - Prince Rupert

Now then,

A quick post this morning, here is my first ECW commander, Prince Rupert of the Rhine.

Here he is along with his trusty dog, Boye. The flag I used was the standard for Prince Ruperts Lifeguard, and seems to work nicely.

I have now totally ran out of ECW miniatures to paint so ill be cracking on with some WW2 next month I think!

Here is the full army so far - LINK

Cheers for looking,
Steve

Charles Gerrards Regiment of Foote

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Today I have finished off another foot Regiment for my ECW project. This time its a fairly famous regiment, Charles Gerrards Regiment. It seems to be quite popular with wargamers, probably because of the interesting quartered flags.

Anyway, here it is..

I am now about half way through my little foray into this period, I have a couple more Foot Regiments to paint, and 3 Cavalry Regiments.

Im going to add a unit of dragoons and some commanders too. After that I think ill have a break from them before doing another force, this time for the forces of Parliament.

Here is a quick snap I took of the army so far, sat on my paint box. You can see Prince Rupert there, undercoated and ready to be painted up.

Im nearly out of figures now so ill have to wait until next week at Vapnartak in York to get some more!

All the units so far can be seen here - ECW PAGE

Cheers for Looking,
Steve

Earl Rivers's Regiment of Foote

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Here is the latest Regiment for my ECW army.

I needed to do a red coated regiment, so Earl Rivers Regiment it is. I quite like it, with the black standards.

Im pretty sure ive got the dip right now, and painting these figures is becoming easier (and quicker).

For the full collection so far, click here - ECW PAGE

Cheers for looking,
Steve

The Prince of wales Regiment of Horse

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I sat up last night watching the tabletop commanders paint and chat session on youtube, and I managed to get another unit for my Royalists painted.

The Prince of wales's Regiment of Horse. A red coated unit, surprisingly easy to paint, as I think I have finally got the magic wash about right.

Anyway heres some pics.

Again this unit is made from peter pig miniatures, and is a mix of their cavalry packs.

As I have mentioned previously, the units in my army are a bit too "uniformed" but it speeds up painting no end!

The flag is from wargames designs, very nice flags indeed and pretty cheap too!

So there we have it, another unit done!

All my units so far can be seen here - ECW page

For those of you curious about the tabletop commanders, here is a link to the blog - LINK



While I was watching, I also painted up these little chaps. They are 10mm Romans and Britons, to use as heroes in To the Strongest.











4 of each and individually based, they are like markers, or chits I suppose but look better than a cardboard counter.

Thanks to Stuart for the figs.

Cheers for looking,
Steve

The Queens Regiment of Horse

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I unexpectedly received a parcel yesterday from Peter Pig, with a load of reinforcements! I immediately cracked on and have painted up my first Horse unit. The queens regiment.

I have used a mix of different figures, hats, helmets pistols and swords. But mostly sword armed as these will be a unit of "gallopers".

Im aware that all my units are probably a bit too uniformed, but it speeds up the painting process, and I have a large lead mountain to get through, adding to it all the time doesn't help!!

All my ECW stuff can be seen here on my ECW page - LINK

Cheers,
Steve

ECW Cannon

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I have just finished off this little bout of painting, so here is an ECW medium cannon. Thats the last ECW I have for now, so I await reinforcements before any more progress can be made.

 I have painted the crew in a mixture of colours, as I dont think there would have been any uniformity among the Gun crews.

This is a medium gun from Peter pig, I will be getting a few light guns next I think.

I have used my Magic Wash again on these miniatures, Im still thinking it needs to be a bit darker, but im getting there with it I think.

Heres a link to my ECW page, with all the units in one place - LINK

I thought id put  a picture of my little "helper" up as well, complete with bits of static grass up nostril if you look closely.

Anyway,
Cheers for looking,
Steve

Ashleys Regiment of Foote

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Here is my latest ECW unit, Ashleys Regiment of Foote, a green coated regiment. I couldn't actually find much information about this unit, but I wanted a Green clad Regiment and Wargames designs make the flag so here we are!

I have tried a different wash on this unit, its a homemade "magic wash". Klear floor polish with black ink, it has worked OK I think, although I am still refining it. I will be adding a bit more black ink for the next unit.

I got the "recipe" for it over at fat wallys website, here - LINK

Id recommend having a good dig about on his site as he has some stunning peter pig 15mm ECW armies, among others.

The regiment is braced to receive cavalry, and I have put the command group at the back, I'm quite happy with how this unit has come out.

Here are both regiments together, I quite like em!

Next I have a cannon to paint up then Ill need to order some more, or ill wait till York on the 7th Feb and get some there. Ill need to get some cavalry im thinking....

Here is a link to my new ECW page where everything can be seen together! - ECW Page

Cheers for looking,
Steve