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.
Fine work, Peter!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jon!
DeleteOutstanding work! The flag came out particularly impressive!
ReplyDeleteGlad 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!
DeleteAnother great addition to your current ECW project, Peter.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dean. I have another regiment of Foote, then 4 small Horse regiments, some command figures, and a bunch of casualty figures.
DeleteEventually 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).
A great addition to your growing collection.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ray!
DeleteVery nice work.... proper no frills Parliamentarians.
ReplyDeleteThanks; yes, deliberately a bit dour!
DeleteThey look superb, great looking additions!
ReplyDeleteThank you kindly, Phil!
DeleteVery nice, and that grey works very well. It complements the flag nicely, as you say.
ReplyDeleteThanks,m Lawrence. I do think they mesh well together.
DeleteGreat looking parliamentary unit,ni ni flag too!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thank you, Iain!
DeleteReally nice yet again !
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked them, Gary!
DeleteNice Regiment Peter. You always make your periods look tempting.
ReplyDeleteThank you, David! Your current project is only a little later than the ECW itself, though!
DeleteI look forward to seeing these on the Table! Which rules are going to use?
DeleteFor 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!)
DeleteThe best part about these early ECW regiments is that they could often be used for either side really.
ReplyDeleteGreat to have some more foote for Parliament anytime though!
Pretty much true for the majority of units throughout the war!
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