A new model army?

 Red Regiment - Charcot's Foot

 Red Regiment - Charcot's Foot

 Blue Regiment - Parliamentarian

Covenanter musketeers

Well my last post here was back in September and was the painting instruction for EWH 2 Trooper Roundhead Cavalry (Ironsides), so it seems appropriate to post these pictures of the ECW infantry I have just finished, which are some of the figures which came with it. I am currently in the middle of painting around 30 Roundhead and Royalist cavalry, with a mounted general each.

I have only had a very few (10-15) ECW figures so I was very pleased to acquire through this blog around 75 foot figures as well as the 30 or so Horse referred to above. These are all original figures dating back to the late 60s/early 70s. I may need either to acquire some extra figures to make more representative units (the Royalists are short of musketeers and the Covenanters will have to be Commanded Musketeers until if and when I can get some pikemen for them), or buy some different sized movement trays from Warbases.

The other odd figures I have include a Roundhead General on foot, a gun crew, a musketeer or two and a smattering of dragoons.I will have a Les Higgins artillery piece somewhere which I can press into service.

When Horse are done I will have a reasonable starter force (though it would work better as one side of two).

When the Horse are finished I will post photos. I may also try to get a better picture of the Blue Regiment to replace the slightly blurry one on this post.

Painting Instructions - EWH 2 Trooper, Roundhead Cavalry (Ironsides)

I've just acquired my first significant number of ECW Hinton Hunt figures and along with them was an original painting guide for EWH 2. As I've never seen an ECW painting guide before I thought I would post the text here (below).

EWH. 2.

HINTON HUNT FIGURES

PAINTING INSTRUCTIONS

ENGLISH CIVIL WAR – 1642 /49

TROOPER, ROUNDHEAD CAVALRY (IRONSiDES)

Helmet.	Steel. Generally painted black.
Doublet.	Red with buff coat over the top leaving only the arms of the doublet exposed (the sleeves were sometimes alternative rust red and light fawn bands). The long full skirts of the buff coat reach to the knees.
Collar.	White.
Cuirass.	Steel with leather waist strap having a brass buckle. The cuirass was generally painted black to avoid rust.
Gloves.	Buff.
Boots.	Light brown leather with steel spurs.
Sword belt.	Brown leather with brass buckle and slide.
Scabbard.	Brown leather with steel tip.
Sword	Steel with steel basket hilt.
Note	The armour, helmet and sword of the above figure are based on existing examples in the Hinton collection.
	Horse (EWH. 2.)
Bridle & reins.	Brown leather with steel buckles.
Saddle.	Brown leather, with skirts to saddle brown leather.
Holsters.	Pistol holsters, brown leather, wooden pistol butts with brass caps.
Breast strap, etc.	Brown leather.

English Civil War range

The English Civil War range is a nicley balanced group of 33 foot figures and 7 mounted. The foot include gunners (usable for either side), Scots musketeers, and generals on foot, pikemen, musketeers, dragoons and command figures for both Roundhead and Cavaliers.

Pikemen were supplied with separate pikes.

Many thanks to John who has supplied pictures from his collection of this range.

The original catalogue states:

During the Civil War dragoons did most of their fighting on foot, using their horses only as a means of transport and dismounting for battle, where they acted as skirmishers armed with short muskets; only occasionally did they fight mounted as cavalry.