New books and Royalist recruits...

Some new books arrived recently in the Duchy-

Incidentally I bought a copy of the Wisden magazine uptown today and can thoroughly recommend it.

 Now for the Royalist recruits- at the rear of the photo a unit recruited from farmers and agricultural workers- those scythes look nasty, two units of pike and shot ( I have packed in more pikes on the bases as the look appeals to me and it is possible with the older figures giving a pleasing dense feel to the base) units. At the front of the photo are the estate gardeners with their pruning hooks and hedge knives.

Naming the army

After some long needed tidying of the shed I decided to give an identity to some of my ECW units. Firstly I am a great believer that troops fight better on the tabletop with a name (and back story?) and secondly it is a fun thing to do. Out came the old school pencils.paper and pins and flags were produced.

Firstly some Horse for Parliament- To the right of the picture Sir Thomas Filofax's regiment of horse, followed by Hazeltwig's Lobsters.

In the foreground are Col John Hampton's regiment of foot and at the back are Colonel Leonard Rossiter's Dragoons of  the Eastern Association.

Flats

When I first saw these for sale online I was impressed by their animation, it was almost as if they were running before my eyes. They arrived today. I had thought they would work well for a portable wargame set up. They are so thin and detailed that I am at a loss as how to paint them, or at least attempt to. All suggestions welcome! P.S Enjoy Salute if you are going,I might have a go at getting there next year.

Quick Play Pike and Shot

Unseasonably cold and wet weather yesterday led to me stopping gardening and outdoor tidying.Instead I was inspired by this post from Ross-
http://gameofmonth.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/by-sea-we-will-gather-for-fight.html
and his one page set of rules-
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JUdxZVkrUL6Yd1vsOJOfeK7lCqWKknlHrM7gldCn8gM/edit
I got some old school  ECW Minifigs and had a go-

Great fun and I will certainly give them a go again!

p.s still cold and wet here again but off for a game of Late Romans v Germans  which brighten the day considerably!

The little remembered Danish invasion of 1898...

The invaders have been sighted!

Defence is organised  at Hook's Farm.

Here come the Danish Lifeguard...

Plucky resistance sees the Danes defeated!

An enjoyable skirmish using both lead and plastic 54mm figures.

85 minutes later...

I reduced this-

to this

fiddly indeed but progress made.

Albionoria in trouble- a game

The forces of the Great Queen across the Water are patrolling led by Scouts and Mounted Police.The Militia follow behind. They are to investigate a gathering of Originals supposedly gathered to make war on a local fort.

 The Originals lay in wait to ambush the Column...