Easter parade - Scots version!

 

Everyone loves a parade, right? This army was finished last fall but the weather just now cooperated enough for some shots of the entire army.  Ready, maestro?!

Here's the ECW Scots version!

In your bonnie blue bonnets

and plaide with tartan on it

ye will be the finest laddies

 in yer Easter parade.

I'll be all in clover

to have yous look them over

the braw loons noo struttin' oot in me Easter parade!

On the parade ground, with a drummin' sound

the photographer has snapped us

and you'll find that they're in the Scots grand couture!

Oh, one could write a sonnet

about their bonnie blue bonnets

I dinnae ken if ye lyke me wee Scots Easter Parade!

With apologies to Irving Berlin and Scots everywhere, LOL! 

ECW Scots Covenanter  Army

Infantry

8 regiments of Foote  (160)

3 Scots Highlanders (36)

2 Forlorn Hopes (8)

1 Swordsmen (6)

Cavalry/Dragoons

Scots Cavalry (12)

Scots Lancers (12)

Scots Dragoons (4 mounted, 16 foot)

Artillery

30 crew with 6 guns (need to add a few more gunnes)

Command
6 mounted 7 foot figures

Total Scot:  

210 Infantry,  24 Cavalry,  20 Dragoons,  30 Artillery Crew/6 guns,  13 Command

Plus 45 generic casualty figures

Aleander Leslie's Regiment of Foote

Alexander Leslie was the illegitimate son of George Leslie, and raised as a foster child of the Campbells of Glenorchy.

He entered the service of Sweden in 1608; by 1627 he was a full Colonel, and was knighted by the King of Sweden.

Leslie enjoyed the trust of Gustavus 2 Adolphus, and in 1628 he successfully defended Stralsund as  Sweden entered the 30 Years War. In 1631, he organized the Scottish troops in Swedish service. He was present at the Battle of Lutzen in 1632, where Gustavus Adolphus perished in battle. 

Alexander L:eslie was made a Marshal of Sweden in 1636, and was one of the commanders at the Battle of Wittstock later that year. By 1637, he had returned to Scotland. He lead the Covenanter armies very successfully during the first and second Bishop's Wars, and  was created 1st Earl of Levin by King Charles I in 1641. 

Leslie was senior commander at the Battle of Marston Moor, when the Scottish army combined with 2 Parliamentary armies under Fairfax and the Earl of Manchester decisively defeated the Royalist army under Prince Rupert. He had charge of Charles I when the King surrendered to the Covenanter forces 1646,  subsequently transferring the King to his Presbyterian allies in Parliament.  He retired in 1647, and took no active part in the disastrous Dunbar campaign against Cromwell. 

Figures are by Old Glory, coats are painted Delta Wedgewood Blue, a light to medium grey with a very strong blue tone. 

Scots Artillery and Swordsmen

 

 

The Old Glory pack of Scots Artillerymen has a huge 30 figures in it!

I painted about half of them earlier this year; this is the other half!

I probably now have more Scots ECW Artillery than I will ever need!

Still, I had 'em, so might as well paint 'em!

Obviously, they need some guns to serve.

Viola, here they are! I actually painted all of the ordonnance back when I did the first batch, so I had 3 extra guns. 

I will eventually need another 2-4 pieces so that every crew has a gun to serve!

I also made this small unit of Scots swordsmen. 

Once again, it was formed from spare figures. 

More Tartan practice!

Waste not, want not -spoken like a true Scotsman! :-)

Marques Argyll's Regiment of Foote

Archibald Campbell was the 8th Earl of Argyll, later Marquess of Argyll, and the Chief of Clan Campbell (March 1607 – 27 May 1661).

 

He was the de facto head of Scotland's government during most of the conflict of the 1640s and 1650s, aka the Wars of the Three kingdoms.

As such, he was the main leader of the Covenanter movement that fought for the establishment of Presbyterianism in opposition to the preference of King Charles I.

He is often remembered as the principal antagonist to the the Royalist general, James Graham, more commonly known as the 1st Marques of Montrose, during the English Civil War.

A  flag of this general description is known to have been carried by his regiment at one point. 

The coats were painted with Deco Art Americana "Mississippi Mud"... pretty well approximating the color of dried mud!

Scots Covenanter Forlorn Hopes and foot officers

For King and Parliament has rules for "Forlorn Hopes", small bodies of shot told off to hod davancwe positions or difficult terrain; Each would have 2 bases of 2 figures. 

Single bases could also be used to indicate "attached shot" use by some Horse regiments. 

The singly mounted officers can be used to represent foot Colonels or "Gallant Gentlemen". 

Never let spare figures go to waste - especially for a Scot!  :-)

Major General Holburn's Regiment of Foote

My second new regiment of Scots Covenanter Foote.

With the bright blue and yellow accents, they almost look like they could be TYW Swedes!

Looking for new "shades of grey", I used Delta CC "Rain" for the coats of this regiment. 

Buff colored belts maintain the blue/yellow theme... 

as does the flag. 

Old Glory 25/28 mm figures once again; not much opportunity for Tartan on these particular figures. Must be Lowlanders!

 

Sir John Grey's Regiment of Foote

 Time to put down the Napoleonics for a bit, and finish up my ECW Scots Covenanter army...

The decision for a temporary change of gears was made easier by the realization that I had all but run  out of the bases I use for my Napoleonic Infantry and Cavalry!

Never fear, though, I placed an order with Litko to take advantage of their 25% off pre-black Friday sale. 

I  used Delta CC "Roman Stucco" for the coats of this regiment.

This flag design is recorded as being one used by the regiment. Like the rest of my Scots, the figures are by Old Glory.