New barn for scenics ...

A Scenix barn repainted, with roof altered to thatch, plonked on a base with some spare bits of wattle fnce and a tree made up from Woodland Scenics plastic trunk and foliage clusters.

Dragoons 'Revamped' (1)

First of my dragoons regiment revamps now completed; I added 6 new figures to bring the total unit strength up to 15 and made up a 'horse holder' base.

The new boys:  officer (Jacdaw),  ensign (Drabant) and dragoons (Sash & Sabre)

The whole regiment deployed, with 'horse holder' base at the rear..

The first and the last ...

A couple of items added to my ECW library, picked up while on holiday. First a nice condition copy in hardback of Peter Young book on Edgehill (bought in a second hand bookshop in Haye-on-Wye).

Also a nice booklet on the Battle of Worcester

Now where did I get to with those dragoons ...

Dragoon basing tryout..

Trying out my basing for the new larger dragoon units, just plonked the figs on the new bases without gluing;  I think I'll change the command stand to single bases - otherwise a bit clunky.

Additional dragoon figures ..

To add to each regiment of Drgoons that I have I ordered two packs of Sash & Sabre skirmishing dragoons and some Drabant Swedes; shown below is one pack of S&S dragoons plus a Drabant officer and ensign ...

ECW Unit Compositions

In the process of planning my expanded dragoon units, I whipped up some ECW unit compositions sourced from 'Junior General' . These represent the basic units I use for my ECW gaming.

1. Regiment of Foot: 5 pikes + ensign; 10 musketeers + drummer + officer

2. Regiment of Horse: Officer + Cornet + 7 troopers

3. Dragoons (my new organisation): 

On horseback: Officer + Ensign + 9 mounted Musketeers; the mounted version is representational (purely for cost reasons), as they will mostly be deployed on foot.

On foot: Officer + Ensign + 14 Musketeers + 2 Horseholders (may reduce to total of 15, still thinking about this)

The quest for storage space...

Had a tidy up of my ECW figs storage cupboard under the gaming table; by purchasing some larger boxes I was able to store my infantry and cavalry more effeciently giving me

• one empty box, for new additions
• a box each for dragoon regiment - allowing space to sort out horse holders and get the dismounted dragoon numbers up a bit
• the larger boxes used for the infantry mean I also have room for another regiment of foot (hoorah !)
• I also have some room at the front for single figs and smaller units

using appropriate boxes I think now I have space for most of my projected additions

ECW Cupboard all neat and tidy