Done! Complete! Finished! Well... except for the bases, which are a special order and not yet available.
The plan was for a Scottish pike and shot regiment in the army of Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, the unit based somewhat on Mackay’s regiment. This was a well established regiment, and although they'd probably have a few raw new recruits the bulk of the regiment could be expected to be in continental dress rather than any Scottish garb.
After an initial experiment to settle on a palette and getting some feedback online I added a soft grey as a third coat and pants shade for their kersey "uniforms", plus a bit more variety in hair colour, but otherwise continued with the initial range.
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| The first shot sleeve rank up. |
The musketeers have a bit more detail on them to deal with in the form of bandoliers, pouches, apostles, and powder horns, but are otherwise similar to the pikemen.
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| Second sleeve of musketeers. |
After completing the first sleeve a command group was added, and once my Flags of War package arrived the Ensign got a brass pole and a nice green and white saltire.
Bases are still a ways off, so I cut some cardboard to the intended sizes to check that the units will look OK when based. The plan is to use 120mm x 60mm for the double rank musketeers, and twice that depth for the three ranks of pike, leaving quite a bit of space at the front of the pike bases so that lowered pikes don't overhang in an inconvenient (and somewhat dangerous) manner.
The end result should look something like this - but with slightly irregular edged MDF bases with suitable greenery, rocks, etc.
So, one regiment down... two more to go for the center... then cavalry wings, reserves, commanded shot, artillery, commanders...
Perhaps something else for a bit then... what do I have lying around that's shiny?
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| ANZAC Day 2018 |
