And so it Begins ...

A scenario for a rules play test ...

The leader of the parliamentarians, Sir Warwick Hunt, mustered his troops. After some consideration he decided to take the initiative and set off to try and draw the royalists into battle.

Sir William de Willoughby had raised the royalist flag at Wallingborough. After a couple of weeks mustering his forces he heard that the parliamentarians were on the move. In reponse to this he moved to attempt to intercept them.

Both sides were on the march, nearing the village of Wrinkleham, the scouts from both sides found themselves at the local tavern, after a short skirmish they returned to report. Both sides then advanced on Wrinkleham ....

Deployed for Action

I put out the units I have completed on my wargame table just to see how they look formed up.

Artillery Update

I decided to repaint my existing artillery crew to give them a bit more variation in their clothes (there were little too uniform)

Newly arrived is a saker from Sash and Sabre plus some crew ...

Regiment of Foot - Red Coats

phew, finished at last. I had hoped to finish them before Xmas, but with all the usual goings on things got delayed.

The figs for the next horse regiment are on order, so I'll be looking at my ECW books for some ideas on how to paint them.

Work In Progress

I'm halfway through painting my third regiment of foot.

I'm aiming to get to 2 regiments of foot, 1 gun model and 2 regiments of horse per side to enable a small battle to try out rules.

So I've got two regiments of horse, 1 gun model and a regiment of foot to buy and paint, should keep me busy for a while.

Display and Storage

I decided to re-use an old bookcase as a display case for my ECW armies, I put some light blue card at the back and some green flock sheet on the shelves. I am also planning to put some small lights in as it is a bit dark at the back.

Closeup of two regiments of infantry ...

Newly Mustered Regiment of Foot

At last after a long delay my next regiment of foot, mustered ready to collect their new uniforms.

Now what colour coat should they have ...

[All figs are 42mm Irregular Miniatures, some altered to modify hats, or change heads (some heads from Sash and Sabre)].