This past week and weekend, I managed to make another earthworks fort and paint up some English Civil War infantry that had been sitting around primed for a couple of months. I also painted a General Fairfax figure that had been lying around and hiding in the remaining ECW lead pile.
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| Another earthworks is added. |
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| The earthworks are made from upholsterer’s foam and coloured with watered down paint. Cocktail sticks are painted and pushed into the foam for storm poles. (see my previous post on the steps to making a foam fort.) |
The new earthworks will be a useful addition for an upcoming siege game. My next step in preparing for the game is to draw and paint a backdrop of a fortified town. The backdrop I currently have looks more 18th Century than 17th Century. I have just finished reading English Civil War Fortifications 1642–51 by Peter Harrington, which is filled with lots of illustrations that will provide plenty of inspiration for the backdrop.
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| General Fairfax - a Hinchliffe model. |
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| Latest infantry painted. These models are mainly Minifigs, but the officer and drummer are Hinchliffe. |
I also managed to paint some farm animals this week for the siege game. I picked them up while browsing the local hobby shop. They will be used in a game before the siege, if the defenders can escort the animals safely across the tabletop, it will improve their chances of withstanding the siege.
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| Farm animals added for supplies. |
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| A recent pick up from the local hobby shop by Warlord Games |
In the meantime, both earthworks will see action in a game this week using the “One-Hour Wargames” Scenario 15 - Fortified Defence.
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| The tabletop is set up for the OHW scenario 15 - Fortified Defence. |
A productive week for you, Peter!
ReplyDeleteI managed to make good use of the free time I did have.
DeleteGreat additions for your ECW collection, nice work on Fairfax and the infantry, they look great.The animals look good and should make for an interesting scenario. Your defences are a great bit of modelling, they look the part. Looking forward to the battle report.
ReplyDeleteThank you. It was nice to clear the painting desk of the infantry which had been sitting there for so long.
DeleteSome excellent work Peter!
ReplyDeleteNeil
Thank you. It will be good to get the miniatures into the next game.
DeleteYour Earthworks are perfect for that scenario 👍
ReplyDeleteThe farm animals are very nice - 28mm?
Yes, the farm animals are 28mm, but not oversized 28mm and work well with 25mm.
DeleteThe earthworks look nice. I certainly wouldn’t fancy storming ‘em.
ReplyDeleteThe infantry have painted up well too. Was it much bother replacing the pikes? FWIW Irregular Miniatures here in the UK have plenty of animals you might find useful (and in a number of different scales too).
Good luck with your forthcoming battle ⚔️⚔️
Cheers,
Geoff
Replacing the cast on pikes (some of which were broken on the secondhand models) is quite fiddly. A good set of files is required. Thanks for the tip on other farm animals sources.
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