Friday 26 August 2011

Horse Firing pistols (conversions)

I had a dig around in my ECW boxes and found that I had three figures holding pistols/muskets on horse (from previous conversions), plus a spare officer and trumpeter - all painted up. With the cornet I made up recently I needed 3 more figs to complete the regiment (9 figs).
Firstly two Irregular Miniatures riders with S&S arms firing pistols on converted 18C horses cast from moulds.
and one firing pistol made up from 18c limber horse rider on a converted 18C Irregular Miniatures horse, with lots of spare bits and green stuff to complete.


Sunday 21 August 2011

Horse - Cornet Conversion

For my Roundway down refight I want to represent the weakened royalist cavalry brigade, to do this I'll split up 1 reg horse (9 figs) but need three extra figures inlcuding a cornet to make 2 x 6 fig regiments.  I also want to have a horse regiment skrimishing, firing pistols etc. - so a I need a cornet for those as well.

I decided to make  a cornet  up using spare bits left over from S&S, Romanoff figs - but using some of my home cast 18c moulds to make a limber horser rider and horse to be converted. Horse was modified to accept two pistol holsters and the rider was converted with new head, sword and arm.  Buff coat, sash and additional detail was added with green stuff. Some piccies below ....




Saturday 13 August 2011

Supplies to Pewsey...

Since the defeat of the royalists at Hungerford the parliamentarians have been putting Pewsey under some pressure. An initial raid was beaten off by royalist horse some time back, but now the parliamentarian forces of Sir Warwick Hunt are slowly gaining control of the area. A royalist supply train makes an attempt to reach Pewsey ....
---oXo---

The hastily thrown up defences at Pewsey, across the road into the town ...

The relief column approaches ...
parliamentarian dragoons are spotted in the edge of the wood and nearby hedges
As the royalists organise themselves to deal with the dragoons, parliamentarian horse arrives ...
The fight with dragoons intensifies while the parliamentarian horse move towards the supply wagons ...
The dragoons are being pushed out of the woods by royalist horse and commanded shot ...
The lead parliamentarian horse regiment captures a wagon of supplies ...
The commander of the royalist relief force escapes capture and seeks refuge in Pewsey ..
While the lead parliamentarian horse regiment enjoys rooting thorugh the supplies, their other two regiments pause due to the presence of the royalist foot and the commander tries to cajol them into action ...
Royalist foot give fire as the parliamentarian horse advance ...
Infantry exchage fire while the horse fight it out ...
After much affray the royalists horse lose, their infantry retire to safety with some of the supplies. The parliamentarian horse enjoy plundering a second supply wagon,
  ---oXo---

A victory for Parliament !