Saturday, February 23, 2019

Thomas Ballard's Regiment of Foote


My next new unit of Foote is Parliamentarian; Thomas Ballard's regiment of graycoats. 


I hadn't yet decided which exact regiment to call them as I was painting them, but I saw Simon's unit with the light blue flag and the star as the "differencer" on the regiment's flags, and the decision was made!  :-)


The coats are  (Michael's) Craftsmart dark grey, and the Montero caps were done in Payne's grey with a bit of Craftsmart Navy added to it, and then dry brushed with a lightened version of the same color.


The Black and white printed out flag was then painted with Delta CC Caribbean blue for the field color. 


I used the ink pen again to outline the white star.  As a Roundhead unit, I did the sashes and "twelve apostles" in orange. 


I painted the pants Delta CC Wedgewood blue, a decidedly bluish grey. That turned out to work well with the eventual flag color!



Image for the flag of Ballard's regiment.

24 comments:

  1. Outstanding work! The flag came out particularly impressive!

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    1. Glad you liked it; painted flags are much more vivid than even the best printed ones, in my humble opinion. The ECW designs tend to be fairly simple, which is a big help for painted flags!

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  2. Another great addition to your current ECW project, Peter.

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    1. Thanks, Dean. I have another regiment of Foote, then 4 small Horse regiments, some command figures, and a bunch of casualty figures.

      Eventually I will add another 5 or so regiments of Foote, and that should pretty much be that!

      (I have about 650 existing Minifigs ECW troops already).

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  3. A great addition to your growing collection.

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  4. Very nice work.... proper no frills Parliamentarians.

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  5. They look superb, great looking additions!

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  6. Very nice, and that grey works very well. It complements the flag nicely, as you say.

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    1. Thanks,m Lawrence. I do think they mesh well together.

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  7. Great looking parliamentary unit,ni ni flag too!
    Best Iain

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  8. Nice Regiment Peter. You always make your periods look tempting.

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    1. Thank you, David! Your current project is only a little later than the ECW itself, though!

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    2. I look forward to seeing these on the Table! Which rules are going to use?

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    3. For King and Parliament (Simon Miller's rules, based upon "To the Strongest!"; actually, version 2 of TTS! will be based upon some of the changes in FK&P, but that's for the future!)

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  9. The best part about these early ECW regiments is that they could often be used for either side really.

    Great to have some more foote for Parliament anytime though!

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    1. Pretty much true for the majority of units throughout the war!

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