Primarily to provide a list of other ECW blogs for inspiration . . . at least I have now finally painted most of my figures . . . a lot of Warlord plastics and Perry metals (plus some auction and local purchases). Another of the War in the
Another of the War in the West country campaign battle has been run by Murdock and Cod. Read Codsticker's account here.Read Murdock's after action report here. The Battle of Monckton Farleigh went through in late May 2021.We continue to mak…
The Battle of Monckton Farleigh went through in late May 2021.We continue to make our way along the campaign trail.Read the full After Action Report here (click). A great report and fun game by the look of it. I'm sitting looking at the act…
Primarily to provide a list of other ECW blogs for inspiration . . . at least I have now finally painted most of my figures . . . a lot of Warlord plastics and Perry metals (plus some auction and local purchases). The Battle of Monckton Far…
Confusion on reinforcement entry is due to Giglio's scenario. In one part the Western board edge is mentioned. In another part, the eastern board edge is mentioned as an entry. When I played it out, I went with the eastern board edge. Swapp…
Great looking units. Have you read "Edgehill-the battle reinterpreted" by Turton, Scott and von Arni? Well worth a read for deployments and units. Also a recent article in Arquebusier concluded that Wardlawe's Parliamentarian dragoons arriv…
Nice work! Really enjoy the mass of colors when the regiments are all arrayed for battle. Your Painting technique brings out the colors with gusto! This is very inspiring. I like how you have chosen to organise your units. Which rules are y…
Have you considered the bristles from a plastic broom for pikes? Easy to make, less damage to your hands, and they never break,. The pin swords will work out well I suspect Jeff. Early war, both sides were short on effective equipment and m…
Looks like good choices. What I'd love to see is any info on what battles / theaters those regiments fought in, just as a matter of general interest.As for me, I'm leaning heavily towards an early war feel with no uniforms or nearly none, a…
Jeff,sorry to hear about the - MANY - health issues. Glad you're feeling better.Interesting bit I read in my Osprey book "Soldiers of the ECW 1: Infantry" is that the command are most likely to wear their own clothes. So the soldiers would