Not too long ago I was posting
about my latest period, 2mm Seven Years War. Well, while I was waiting for some
more of the micro chaps to drop through the letterbox –this was during the 2
and 6mm handover period with Irregular- I decided to start on my other latest
project 2mm English Civil War. Now, over the decades I have collected a
reasonable amount of literature, had a reasonably sized Parliamentarian army in
25mm (since sold) and an even larger 15mm army (one of the few which I still
have), and even going as far as joining the Sealed Knot in the mid 1970’s.
So, along with my deep fascination (some
may call it an infatuation) with the exploits of the Mongols during their
rampaging through Eastern Europe in the 13th Century, I have an abiding
and long standing interest in the ECW. Here
endeth the back story.
In the last few weeks –at least two
since my 7YW order arrived, I have been painting a few ECW bases and as you can
see from the accompanying pics, I have eight regiments of foote, eight each of Parliamentarian
and Royalist Horse regiments, two bases of Commanded Musketeers, dragoons and a
couple of ordnance bases all painted. To offset that, I have a further eleven
regiments of foote, nine regiments of Parliamentarian Horse including Haselrige’s
famous Lobsters, another six Royalist Horse, a couple of Commanded Musketeers,
2 bases of ordnance and more dragoons. That means about half are done and now
7YW has dropped back into rather distant second place. Damn this butterfly interest!
Therefore, totals currently stand
at 18 infantry regiments, 17 Parliamentarian Horse, 14 Royalist Horse, 4 bases
of Commanded Musketeers, 4 bases of ordnance and 4 bases of dragoons mounted
and dismounted. Plus the usual hangers on like generals, baggage train etc. None
of the bases are labelled as yet but I have already identified The Lord General’s
(Earl of Essex), Lord Saye and Sele’s (Sir John Meldrum’s) and Colonel Thomas
Ballard’s to name but a few.
Not only that, I’ve been looking at
doing some Irregular 2mm Mongols and Chin Chinese and also Antonine Miniatures
Romans and barbarians!
Remember, never let your brushes go
hard!
