Wednesday 9 March 2016

From Curt - 10mm English Civil War Pikemen and Cavalry (54 points)


In the continued push to get a few more projects off my desk before our deadline, here are a couple bases of 10mm English Civil War figures.

These figures were acquired many years ago at Cold Wars from AIM Miniatures. I think they are now available from Miniature Figurines/Matchlock Miniatures in the UK.

These castings are technically listed as 10mm, but they are actually closer to 12mm. It's a bit annoying as they really don't mix well with other 10s. Nevertheless, since they are such nice figures, and I do have a good few of the little blighters, I'll probably stick to my guns and build my two armies around them.

Due to my irrational aversion of al dente spaghetti spears, I've clipped off the soft metal pikes and replaced them with florist wire. It's quite a fiddly process, but I think the figures look better for it.  


While the cavalry has Parliamentary orange sashes I've tried keep this collection 'neutral' in their colours and banners so they could stand in for either side.


There was a lot of hand-wringing over how to base these (I know, First World Problems), but in the end I decided to go with larger single bases, as I like the chunky look and they are easier to handle on the tabletop.


I had hoped to get a couple 'sleeves' of shot done for this submission, but they are still half-done on the desk (sigh). They'll have to catch up with their mates sometime in the summer. 



In total there are 16 horse and 22 foot which should give me 54 points. 

For the King! / For God and Parliament!


Ha - the Snowlord joins us once more - Hi Curt! . Hmmm "irrational aversion of al dente spaghetti spears" i so get that - and i know mr Willey gets it - there brushes in house without nad bristles left!  . I would have awarded more minion points , but you forgot to solder them in place.. tsk tsk...  The no banners is grand idea to by the way. Overall a good job !

And with that I hand I hand in my Minion duties.. and its over to Millsy... 
 

27 comments:

  1. Very nice figures Curt. I have heard that fear of spear drop is a thing among men our age...
    You Aladins Cave of wargames goodies continues to bring surprises. If you get enough of these splendid lads painted up I would be really interested in gaming with them.

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    1. Pikes! Not Spears, dammit! Pikes have a more, um, impressive aire about them (but I think they require a special pill or something...).

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  2. Nicely done, Lord of the Snow :)

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  3. Very fine work on the wee lads, Curt! I like how you even tinted the not Italian cuisine spears and varied the horse hides. Exceptional work on them! ;)

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  4. That's some tiny dudes! Very nice work Curt. Cheers

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    1. Thanks Brendon, but these guys are veritable giants compared to the bloomin' 3mm Napoleonics.

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  5. Another change of tack for the Good Ship Campbell eh? Wonderful stuff mate! Whilst I appreciate your sense of dedication with the *PIKES*, I'm curious as to whether you'll feel so enthused a dozen or so regiments down the track. :-)

    Thank you Dave, consider the baton officially passed. Have a pint on me.

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    1. But wait Millsy, these are some of the guys I'm going to have you help me out with. You're going to luuuv them, no really. :)

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  6. Very smart! Great detail on such little fellas.... just be careful how you approach them to pick them up whilst distracted in the middle of a game.

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    1. Haha! Quite right Jamie, never thought of that as I think of them as being so small but they could do some damage if you were too hasty.

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  7. nice paintwork , good to see you don't like spaghettis ,we also have pizzas, lasagnes, bruscettas ;-)

    grazie mile signore!

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  8. Since I have discovered 10mm figures I have been continually impressed with them. These live up to your very high standard and IF I was to do ECW these would now be on my list.

    BTW have you checked out the Pendraken Painting competition this year for 10mm figures (Cut and paste the link)very impressive.

    http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php?board=108.0

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    1. Thank you Clint, and thank you for the link. I'm definitely going to check that out.

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  9. I have to check these guys out to go with my Landsknecht

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    1. Yes! I definitely want to get a set of those - thanks for reminding me Adam.

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  10. Very nice work Curt! Shame about them being a bit too tall to fit in with other 10mm's. Seems to be surprisingly hard for manufacturers to stick to the scale :) Considering that nearly every 15mm I've seen is closer to 17-18mm tall...

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  11. Nicely done dude, amazing as always.

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  12. Those are just great Curt! Now you have me thinking of 10mm ECW!

    Christopher

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  13. Even on those small pictures they are looking mighty impressive!

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  14. Very characterful stuff even in this scale!

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  15. I'm impressed Curt! Your painting and basing skills seem to make even the most tiniest of scales look like 'proper' wargaming pieces. Really well done.

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