Tradgardland foot of the 17th Century

First a view from the sharp end-

Secondly foot recruited from the guilds- in this case the Plasterer's Guild and The guild of Woodworkers-

Advent begins...

Hung up my calendar today as Advent began

1 Of the Father’s love begotten 
ere the worlds began to be, 
he is Alpha and Omega — 
he the source, the ending he, 
of the things that are, that have been, 
and that future years shall see 
evermore and evermore.

For Tim and interested others...

After much searching I located this paperback on my bookshelves today-

Found in a old second hand book shop in Edinburgh a number of years ago. It is a much sought after work I believe.

Tradgardland pikemen of the Thirty Years War

I pondered upon the comments left at my last post (thank you for your suggestions)  and have just finished (hence undried glue) basing my pikemen. I have gone with nine figures on a 50mm square base, I think it improves the look and better suggests a dense mass of pikemen-

Next I will work on the basing/painting of the shot...

Basing try out for Portable Thirty Years War etc

This week I got some Minifigs S Range for my Portable TYW/ECW project-

I have used them so far to try out some basing /deploying ideas.Firstly a large Tercio-

Secondly Dutch?/Swedish?-
                                                   

As ever let me know what you think and all suggestions welcome. Incidentally I have not tried out these formations in a game yet. 

A couple of interesting reads etc

Theses are a couple of recent additions to the library of the Duke of Tradgardland-

 

Finally a programme I have just discovered ( well  ok I watched one episode five series  ago and didn't enjoy it then) and am ploughing through the boxset on Amazon-

Just started the second series and it is excellent.Have a good day one and all!

Targe

Had an enjoyable trip to the Targe show in Kirriemuir. A sunny car ride through lovely autumn countryside. I will say more about the show once I can get my photos off my phone...
In the mean time can anyone identify the manufacturer of these 40mm AWI figures I picked up for overall around a £1 per figure-

Re "Pikeman's lament"- some questions...

I wonder if anyone can tell me the unit types/definitions in the forthcoming rules the "Pikeman's Lament" to help me plan. Is there a category which particularly fits  musket and axe armed strelitsi for example? Is there a category like the 6 figure  infantry skirmisher units in Lion Rampant? I have every intention of buying the rules when they come out for need a tad more info for planning/modelling.

Fotdragoner

Update...

 Currently I seem to go from cold to cold and am very tired and more than a tad low. Struggling on teaching,supporting the girls and trying to find a new constructive way to live my life without Jan. It is hard often.
I have, as ever, enjoyed reading your blog posts ( a great way to to start the day with coffee and breakfast) and sometimes commenting on them. I think of projects but have little enthusiasm or energy for executing them. I can't be bothered getting out loads of figures and setting up a game. I have however just started to do a little work on my 25mm Portable ECW Rules old school Minifigs. It seems manageable currently in both setting up,playing solo and painting for-

I wonder how many of you are eagerly awaiting-

which is due out towards the latter part of January? I am currently enjoying thinking of what forces to raise for it. Anyone started thinking/planning/painting yet?