From KerryT - "There be dragons...." or P is for Parliament (250 points and Squirrel 6)

 There be Dragons down by the river...

Nobody was quite sure how it all happened that day in the village of Overbythere.  The village alderman was certainly red faced when the true story emerged. The villagers had just grabbed what they could and ran for their lives - they were after all and uneducated and superstitious, who could blame them.

It all started when little Johnny Bumpkin came tearing over the bridge, running full pelt and so out of breath screaming for all he was worth "Quick there be Dragons, there be dragons coming down the road by the river"

There are of course a number of possible explanations, he was uneducated after all, his speech impediment didn't help and neither did the fact that the first person to hear his cry of alarm, his deaf old Nan who kept shouting out loud the bad news for all to hear. So the whole village just ran, and ran and ran....

Dragons? Can you blame them? Why Dragons, they be dangerous and are mystical and all....

Hold on to those damn horses called Colonel James Wardlowe to the men of his regiment of Dragoons.

He was expecting to be collect provisions here having agreed this beforehand, but why was the village  deserted?....... hopefully the villagers had not been chased off by those damned Royalist infantry and his stores plundered? Surely not

Dig those heel in, whoa..

These are of course Dragoons and not Dragons but hell its a different way to start a post other than with my usual  "Good Morning, Afternoon & Evening all"

These are my P is for Parliament entry and this is the first unit in my Parliamentarian Army - Colonel James Wardlowe's Dragoons, ECW figures by Bicorne Miniatures

Unfortunately I left it a bit late to order the guidons and am also 3 mounted dragoons short, but then again that will give me an excuse to buy more!

Bicorne Miniatures really are nice to paint with good raised detail and I like the variation of poses provided in the dismounted dragoon offerings

There is one dead figure from First Corps in this unit

A bit closer, they'd look better with a guidon 

 

Here's the customary horse's arse

This now gives me my 6th Squirrel and means I'm now half way through my 12 Ps.

By my calculations that's 20 foot figures at 5 points, 14 Mounted @ 10 points and 1 spare horse totalling 245 points though I expect to be severely admonished and fined 240 of those points for an awful pun or play on words! 

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Perhaps an awful play on words, Kerry, but the eye-candy more than makes up for it. They really do look superb, especially when featured amongst your lovely terrain. I particularly like the horse-holder stands with the skittish horses - wonderful little vignettes, those (for which I've added a few more points). More please. :)

- Curt