Thursday 9 February 2017

From AaronH - 32 ECW Pike and Shotte - The Red Regiment(165 points)

This entry is another pike and shotte regiment for my small and really, really slowly growing ECW army. I've gotten one foot regiment done each year for the last three challenges, which means the next one will probably wait until next year. This is probably down to the fact that there's not much chance I'll be playing with this army any time soon.

This is the red regiment. They were going to be yellow, but I felt like painting red.




This one is at full strength, though it is all Warlord Games plastics. When I was plucking models from the prime pile I just didn't grab any of the metal Foundry models I bought as fillers.


As always with these models, painting them is something of a chore. There is a lot of detail and every time I think I'm done with them I find another color that needs to go on at least sixteen models.


For the most part I like to paint the trousers a different color, which I'm fine with as they wear out first. On the other hand when I see reinactors they are dressed top to bottom in their colors. Honestly I think they look like they are wearing pajamas. Battle Pajamas.


I am not a fan of the angled or horizontal pikes but I find that one angled pike on the two command stands doesn't get in the way and gives me those extra unit fillers I need.


This set comes with both a drum and fife option for the musician but I used the fife on the green regiment.


One of the disturbing things about my photography is that my camera sees better than I do and I find all sorts of small things I missed on the models. Just look at that glove. Or rather, don't. There's nothing to see here.


These are based four to a 40mm base. It gives me flexibility in how they look on the table; and it's how I started the army, but for future armies I think I'll be buying some of Big Red Bat's bases. I love the way these look and his new ones are cut in such a way that you can stick two of them together seamlessly to make a bigger unit.




The chap with the shortened weapon is due to my wife deciding that the only possible place to play with the doberman was next to my painting table.

















These 32 models give me another full regiment of foot. Once I complete a command stand I have enough to play. A brigade of three foot and one horse regiments along with two guns. I don't think I'll have the heart to paint another of these this challenge, though some horse might make it in before the finish.

Huzzah! They look smashing in red, Aaron! don't worry I didn't view the glove I wasn't supposed to see...I also have an Oliphant that can attest to the destruction of canine play and exhuberance!
I was going to go 20mm for ECW/Protestant- Catholic War, but I am liking these Warlord figures and Foundry does make some excellent figures for plusing the regiments up too and providing leaders. Hopefully you will be able to get a game in with these fellows soon, my group is WH40k only so I know how hard it is to get in a historical game in. from pike tips to bases, very fine work!
Have that drummer pound out the advance!

25 comments:

  1. Gosh, it's taking me forever to finish my pike unit and you make is seem so effortless! Well done Aaron. They look like the cat's battle pajamas. :)

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    1. Appearances are deceiving. I find the Foundry lads to be a lot easier to paint. Less fiddly detail I guess. These really only start to appeal to me when I hit them with the wash.

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  2. Another great pike and shot unit!
    Best Iain

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  3. Great work on this regiment Aaron. Hopefully they'll be safer on the battle field than on the paint table.

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    1. Agreed. Who knew the paint table could be so dangerous.

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  4. Battle PJs! Love it.

    What glove? Don't know what you are referring to...

    Excellent job.

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    1. Thank you Greg; for both the compliment and not noticing the nothing that is not there to be seen...

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  5. They look really good Aaron. The facial features and detailing are excellent so despite being a chore, the outcome is great. I've enjoyed watching this force grow over the last few years

    Battle PJs - I want some! Probably most applicable in a Naval setting too :-)

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    1. When the Marine Corps got our new cammies they were so comfortable that I called them my battle PJs. Not as cushy as ship board life, but nice all the same.

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  6. Splendid, they really look the part all ranked up!

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    1. Ranking them up is the key. Their multitudes hide a variety of sins.

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  7. Always like a good regiment of pike and musket - well done!

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    1. I do as well. I'm not at all sure where it comes from, since I'm more of an ACW guy than ECW. Still, the plastics make it an inexpensive itch to scratch.

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  8. Very nice work, they look great as a unit all together. And I too know the feeling when you spot a colour you haven't done on the last gellownin a unit and then you have to go back and do all of them!

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