With a hell of a shout, it's "Out, brothers, out!" And the rise of the factories [Parliament's] fall.
To be honest I think ECW clubmen could be found on both sides, and neither. But these, the latest completed items from my current WiP batch are destined to support the King in four days' time at the Battle of Whalley, 21st April 1643.
The figures are all Minifigs, with the outer two bases being completed yesterday to bulk out my single clubmen base (the one with the banner), albeit I replaced the leader figure wearing a lobster pot helmet, with a dashing redhead carrying his hat. I've added some figures with firearms to form rudimentary 'wings' of shot. I couldn't resist adding a blunderbuss to the mix, and this figure is a Royalist cavalryman cut off at the waist and added to the legs of a clubman.
The mêlée weaponry is all scratch built from my bits box as the figures now come with very thin and dainty weaponry that will bend if you so much as look at it. And, I wanted them to match with the weapons carried by the existing figures. And here the temptation was to include one carrying a scythe ...
Meanwhile, the rest of the WiP batch, various ECW command figures show little progress from the last time they appeared in a post.
In the above, the shepherd shown complete in a previous post, has now acquired a dog (from Warbases) and both are ready for basing. Also, in sight is the Minifigs lobster-potted figure that was removed from the existing clubmen base. These won't be ready for the Battle of Whalley game, which will be the next post but hopefully not too long after that.
Nice touch with the “get off my land” bloke! Angry villagers for ECW are must.
ReplyDeleteThanks, this WiP batch is taking much longer than expected, albeit I've had some real world intrusions to slow me down.
DeleteWould a Warbases dog work as a Great Pyrenees in 20mm? I've been wanting to model Nyra for the gaming table, but have been unable to find a suitably scaled figure. Lovely work on the clubmen. Had no idea.
ReplyDeleteThe one I used doesn't really look like a Pyrenean Mountain Dog, but I'll have a look at the others that came in the pack (the packet of four that is, not a pun). I have some other dogs knocking about but I'm pretty sure they're either too big (28mm) or also very unlike Pyreneans.
DeleteA nicely constructed group of clubman. Did you have the figures in your collection, or did you have to go out and purchase them?
ReplyDeleteI picked them up from Caliver Books at this year's 'The Other Partizan'.
DeleteThanks. I am wondering about getting some clubman.
DeleteCracking looking unit of clubmen, very nice work on them, the blunderbuss figure looks great, very nicely done. Whether they will do much on the table remains to be seen!
ReplyDeleteThanks Donnie, I'm sure they will live up to the low expectations of them, that is if they ever get into combat.
DeleteThey really add character to the less polite part of your collection. That banner's message can be repeated in so many local accents! There is something about the gloss varnish which brings the figures alive for me - almost jewel like or at least enamel work.
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Cheers, there is something special about a gloss finish. Like many, I started gloss back in the 70s but then went matt with everyone else. It's only in this new shiny millennium that I rediscovered the joy of gloss. Is it wrong to admit even like the feel of gloss varnished figures?
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