ECW The new Shed project
With the Frostgrave project nearly completed I have decided to kick off with my next project - 28mm English Civil War.
For many years I have been interested in this period and given that the Shed can now host most games from a number of genres this is one that hasnt been tackled. I did consider doing this in 10mm but the fun I had putting together the crusades in 28mm swayed my opinion.
On top of that much of my terrain for my 1930s England VBCW project and Robin Hood Medieval projects can be used all over again (OK - the paved roads, railway lines and modern buildings will not feature).
Where to start. Well fortunately there are a load of companies out there producing ECW 28mm troops but the best value seems to be the Warlord games plastic range. Remembering that they do a starter box set I trotted off to their website and bought the King & Country box set. For the princely sum of £70 and three days later I received the hardback version of Pike & Shotte, 64 infantry men and 12 cavalry.
I think I jumped the gun because the following day I found the same box set for £45 on ebay. Realising that I would need plenty of troops to fields my parliamentary army I bought another box set along with a box of standard cavalry. Still waiting for this to arrive.
In total this will give me 36 regular cavalry and 128 infantry figures. Enough for me start with and keep me busy painting for the next few months. The extra book will be given to my gaming buddy Mark who has also started his ECW army.
I will need to add some Cannon, Dragoons and Command Figures but I dont think this is too bad for a starting position.
Stop Press: Last night I assembled the first 12 cavalry men, based these and gave them a quick coat of Halfords grey primer.
The next job is to assemble all the various figures (muskets, pikes etc) and also get them based and primed. Once that is done Ill begin the painting.
Until next time
part 2 can be found here
http://shedwars.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/english-civil-war-part-2.html
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