Sunday, October 23, 2016

ECW reinforcements

Here we have a couple more ECW regiments. These pictures were taken with my new Samsung tablet. Spooky good new Toy!




Thursday, October 13, 2016

Which way to base the ECW dudes?

I did another couple of ECW units - some roundhead trotters and another regiment of foot. This time I finished the base with sand and static grass. The last one I did with green flock. Green flock is a bit easier and has a tidy look, but sand and grass is more mature.

Dear reader - which do you prefer? Of course - I would use one for Parliament and the other for the King...







Wednesday, October 5, 2016

ECW - big or small?

A little while ago I picked up a 10mm ECW starter kit from Pendraken - enough figs for a few regiments of pike and shot, a few cavalry, and some artillery. I painted a regiment of foot over the weekend and here they are:



I like them - and I like the small footprint. They are based on an 80mm frontage.

The picture below compares them with a similar sized (in figs) unit of 28mm Warlord troops which have a frontage of 180mm:






As much as I enjoy painting 28s - and they sure look great - the problem with them for ECW is the size of each unit. I can only really play on a 6 x 4 table - with each regiment taking up more than half a foot of frontage - there is only so many units I can get on the field before it just gets too crowded.

Now my decision is whether I take the plunge and go for 10mm in a serious way... but I have three complete 28mm ECW armies on the shelf at home now.

Any thoughts?

Saturday, October 1, 2016

M1 Abrams and Austrians!

In typical Dave fashion, this week I have different scales and completely different genres.

First we have 4 battalions of Austrian 10mm Napoleonic infantry. These are Old Glory 10mm strips (which I love) that I picked up in a lot on Bartertown. Now I need some wee eagle transfers for the flags - the only ones I can think of would be shield transfers from VVV. If anyone has a better idea, please let me know!



 Then I have 14 M1 tanks recently refitted after soaking in oven cleaner for a week to bring them down to bare metal. Again - a job lot from TMP this time. They have a date with destiny in a Team Yankee scenario I have in mind.




PS- is anybody out there anymore?