Jabs big and small

 My first Shingles jab has left me exhausted. I wasn’t expecting this as l have never had any reaction to any jabs before, except for a sore arm. I haven’t been doing much just resting and drinking weak tea.

However some work has been done on the pikemen of O’Cahan’s. 

I have given them their jabbing weapons in the shape of pikes but have run out of them. The mat is just a stable surface to stand them on while gluing the pikes to the figures. It is not planned basing as the figures come with cast on bases and I have no intention of sticking them to card or anything.They will drill on their own bases and muster thus on the battlefield.

The Pikemen on the painting table with some musketeers, officers and musicians in the background. My haul of Suren figures has the musketeers with helmets so l will just run with that.

In other news l located the photo of the O’Cahan’s standard from my time-

This will be the one to be replicated in miniature.

Manus O’Cahan’s , Sealed Knot and Willie Figures

 Last year l bought quite a lot of Willie Figures on EBay. I wondered what to do with them and mused about painting them in the uniforms of the Sealed Knot , circa 1979.

Uniform information from the current Sealed Knot website. Note Manus O’Cahan’s in the first picture.

Brigadier Peter Young’s ECW organisation, the one being used in this project.

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The pikemen of O’Cahan’s regiment in brown breeches and green jackets.

The Duke of Tradgardland in his O’Cahan’s days- a pikeman btw.

O’Cahan’s camping. Is that a reader of this blog on the right hand side?

Guard duty at the camp entrance.

The young pikeman resplendent…

O’Cahan’s pikemen drilling, have a care…

The enemy (?) King’s Guard and Rupert’s Blue Coats.

Watch this space for further figure updates etc…