Here's a WIP shot of my first battalion, the 1st Foot Guards ca. 1683 (slightly after the 1670 period that most interests me) armed with new-fangled snaphances.
This is my intended standard for the period - 28 foot on three stands - a smaller battalion than my ECW ones but they will work on a 20cm grid, a practical size for gaming. The third rank is somewhat superfluous, although it helps give an impression of mass, and make the unit look a little more like the period engravings than they would in two ranks.
The minis are North Star 1672. I don't know who the original painter was (he was good!) but chum Dave Millett very painted up a few more minis to match and I added some details to the minis, and Flags of War flags. I'll get these off to chum Ian next week, and we'll see how it looks, flocked!
6 comments:
Loving the saturation / colour intensity on these - they really pop.
Very nice, now we need a ruleset to match or do you just plan to do this Nine Years War era with For King & Parliament?
Bootiful!
Good looking unit!
They look very nice - I do like the simplicity of the uniforms in this period and Front Rank do some great figures - but so far I have resisted! You seem to have a lot of useful chums too!
the red on those flags is epic๐
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