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Well seeing as the foot sloggers have their own thread, only right and proper that the horsey types have their own too.

Your starter for ten

Sir John Meldrum's RoH

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sBEYfmajPO4/XgoKKZk8QgI/AAAAAAAAC6A/x6pWIMluEpsBe1f71TCztEawCfJLYKrPQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/20191230_142931.jpg)

https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2019/12/sir-john-meldrums-regiment-of-horse.html (https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2019/12/sir-john-meldrums-regiment-of-horse.html) where you'll find out why most commercially available Meldrum's cornets are 50% inaccurate

Great work, I'm rather envious  :D

Thanks Mike. To be brutally honest I'm sick of the sight of ECW horse at the moment. Meldrum's is the first of nine units to come off the painting table this month. Latest three are part way through the basing process. Think I might paint some foot next as a prize for painting variations on the theme of brown.

Nice work as usual, Radar, and an equally interesting blog entry. Thank you for sharing the fruits of your research and painting labours.
Simon

Thanks Simon

Like them a lot! :)

Thanks Martin, pretty much a straight out of the bag unit. A couple of headswaps, nothing too major.

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fiTJlsqxY5A/XgoNYrQsBNI/AAAAAAAAC7I/KYXp9Dr1ccELF3h7ky4nUEZMYRVMNnuUwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/20191230_144403.jpg)

Next up the Earl of Stamford's RoH, more pics, history etc at
https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2020/01/earl-of-stamfords-regiment-of-horse.html (https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2020/01/earl-of-stamfords-regiment-of-horse.html)

Those don't look too shoddy either.
How many shades of brown on this little lot?

Thanks, at least 12. Stopped counting tbh, as it is always 'a lot'. ;)

Like the figures. The head swops give some individuality to units too. Jolly good. :)

Thanks Martin, I much prefer the poses of pistol+helmet pack, even the shooting sideways fellow. They lend themselves nicely to head swapping.

In between visiting Naseby 375 museum exhibitions, and Sealed Knot fisticuffs, there's the latest Parliamentarian troop of horse. Major Gunter's Troop, Earl of Essex's RoH. Regimental history, more pics, usual nonsense at https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2020/01/earl-of-essexs-regiment-of-horse-major.html (https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2020/01/earl-of-essexs-regiment-of-horse-major.html)

And to wet your appetite (https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UPpM2j3yY_o/XgoLzJIiIeI/AAAAAAAAC6o/Fv8jwN6PVA8Lhrha-PIWlWA9nkQpOWVOQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/20191230_143713.jpg)

They look like a suitably grim and fun-hating bunch - very nice!

Thanks Colonel, here's another.
Nathaniel Fiennes Regiment
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Very nice work ...on all of them.

Thank you

Now, enough of making us all jealous of your ECW painting - how are your Samurai plans coming along?

Samurai aren't happening. Purse strings being tightened until I get a new job.

The latest Parliamentarian harquebusiers to roll off the production line. Regimental history etc. at https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2020/02/colonel-robert-thorpes-regiment-of-horse.html

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fSW9qRKBvrg/XhzQIE6sC4I/AAAAAAAAC98/e1LiHU6LXPMTMk9tpfURsPVv0vT1aJdmACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/20200113_201414.jpg)

Two more Regiments of Horse, Royalists this time...
Sir Gervase Eyre's Regiment of Horse

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Sir John Boys' Troop of Horse

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As always, regimental histories, more pictures etc (and another London outing for the ECWtravelogue)
https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/?m=1 (https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/?m=1)

Even more Royalist horse, Sir Richard Bagot's Regiment of Horse.
History, battle honours etc at https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2020/03/colonel-richard-bagots-regiment-of-horse.html (https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2020/03/colonel-richard-bagots-regiment-of-horse.html)

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Hey, if you keep on at this, you'll start to get quite good, Radar  ;)

But, more seriously - have you reinforced your gaming table to carry all that extra lead?

Lovely work again - this unit really conveys the feel of a cavalry charge - thanks for sharing.

Thanks Colonel.
Here's hoping 🤞

Reinforced table? If only I had a table big enough. Tend to play on the floor of the loft conversion.

How many ECW cavalry figures do you now have?

Somewhere in the region of 700, I think. Certainly north of 650.

That's including the Scots of course

(Plus about 200 dragoons, 1800 foot)

 To celebrate having running water (from taps, rather than through kitchen ceilings) at Château KeepYourPowderDry, here's Henry Ireton's Troop from Cromwell's Regiment of Horse.

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As always, Regimental history and more pictures at: https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2020/03/colonel-oliver-cromwells-regiment-of.html (https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2020/03/colonel-oliver-cromwells-regiment-of.html)

They look as thought they've dried out nicely - will you be adding puddles to the bases of your next unit?

It's still a sore point. ;)

Problem located, but whoever fitted the shower (not me, a professional plumber I may hasten to add) has embedded an outside tap fitting in the wall. After many bad words and oaths uttered, I have given up and fitted isolation valves to the shower feeds. So at least we have water from taps again. The offending pipework needs a good coat of looking at.

Once tried to model puddles using Vallejo still water a wee while ago. Didn't really work.

Radar...glad you have your water problem mostly fixed... and sympathies (I hate plumbing).

Another nice job on the cavalry...wondering if high humidity helps with the paint  job..😀

Thanks Antioch.

Now formulated a plan to solve the plumbing problem. Fingers crossed

Isolation valves are a godsend, I fitted quite a few when we moved into our current house. Good luck with sorting the shower plumbing.

The troop of horse looks great.

Best wishes,

Martin Buck

Thanks Martin

And, there's more... Lord Spencer's RoH. Usual stuff at https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2020/03/lord-spencers-regiment-of-horse.html (https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2020/03/lord-spencers-regiment-of-horse.html)

And a taster
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iQy1oqAcTFY/Xkfqj-yqMeI/AAAAAAAADGo/53Niw9_dbssusxOEJ7Z_IHiBx17nXB1vQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/20200215_125524.jpg)

Careful Radar - you'll be wearing Martin's moulds out at this rate, and he'll need to sculpt new masters for replacements.

Now, there's an idea...  :)

I think I might be responsible for a fair few Range 20 moulds becoming worn out (certainly vertical pike open hand has taken a battering due to my orders, I think I should be presented with it at Salute 2021 with a great fanfare from massed Tudor trumpet players)

Now if only someone would wear out lowland pike for me...

Quote from: Radar on March 30, 2020, 08:29:58 AM
I think I might be responsible for a fair few Range 20 moulds becoming worn out. Now if only someone would wear out lowland pike for me...

I think maybe if you order up a few thousand, that should do the trick?

Quote from: Colonel Kilgore on March 30, 2020, 08:48:20 AM

Quote from: Radar on March 30, 2020, 08:29:58 AM
I think I might be responsible for a fair few Range 20 moulds becoming worn out. Now if only someone would wear out lowland pike for me...

I think maybe if you order up a few thousand, that should do the trick?

I'm certainly not drilling that many hands out!

Something a little different for you all today, not-harquebusiers™. The Marquis of Argyll's lifeguard. Special thanks to Leman for swapping olden days Piggy cuirassiers for some wrong-civil-war zouaves.
Usual bumf (from the C17th term for loo roll, 'bum fodder'), more pics, etc at

https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2020/04/marquis-of-argylls-lifeguard-troop-of.html (https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2020/04/marquis-of-argylls-lifeguard-troop-of.html)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JUS1ZnC3exU/XkftbRgOwAI/AAAAAAAADHo/cLZ-QAPWqdEtjc_AG6Q46qLROvD7ligmACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/20200215_130727.jpg)

Another great unit....and yes who doesn't like a fully armoured sqn indeed..

And here we thought you were focused on household plumbing..😀

Bob

Thanks. Plumbing almost complete. Tile cutting today. Assuming it stops raining so I can play outside with the angle grinder.

Nah, it's going to rain all day - I'd just crack on with another unit if I were you  8)

Nice armour!

Simon

Thanks Colonel.

Alas no more units to paint at the moment (Napoleonics don't count), nor will there be until I get some work once the great contagion is over.

Tiles have been cut and fitted. Just needs to dry and the shower mixer valve can be fitted.

Love your bit's of white on the horses. I always struggle with that, to make it look realistic at least.

Thanks Mellis.

When I paint horses I put them on the painting strips with the same poses together. I then try and randomise  horse colours (this sometimes involves dice). I generally have 4 body colours - bay, roan, chestnut and the other brown one that I can't remember. Very occasionally I'll do a grey, white or black (all of which are tricky to do well). Horses get finished, then riders attached (if not 1 piece castings) then washed. When dry I do white bits.

Face white bits can be big or small, most of my horses have white face markings. Makes them look horsey in my book.

Then I look at legs.  I believe that white bits on legs are usually in pairs: so either front half or back half, or leftside or rightside. Never opposite corners. All four is possible, a single or three are rarer.  I try not to have too many horses with identical white leg bits. Having same poses together helps. Eagle eyed may have spotted that the running very fast horse (the one with all four legs curled up under it's body) tend not to have white legs as a) they are a b*gger to get a paint brush into, and b) anything for an easy life. I probably try and give a third to a half of horses white leg bits. Probably more than is found in real life, but i think they make them look more horsey.

I apologise in advance to horse experts, who will no doubt need a jolly good lie down due to the  absence of technical terms such as sock, blaze and star.

Radar,

I take a similar approach to you in randomising colours and markings by horse pose.

There's a very practical guide to horse colours and markings in Henry Hyde's "The Wargaming Compendium".

Simon

Thanks for the info Colonel.

In other news the plumbing is all fixed and the shower works again (without washing the kitchen floor now). It was officially opened by #4 son who cut the official ribbon of loo paper.

Radar,

Somehow I think there should almost be a party.... all of those repairs during this, no doubt with parts acquired.

It has always felt when i have to do plumbing there are always at least two trips to the store for parts. So well done.

Bob

Thanks Antioch. Had about 6 trips out for plumbing supplies, so a pretty steep learning curve.

More Royalist horse, the Earl of Northampton's, usual potted history and more pictures at https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2020/04/earl-of-northamptons-regiment-of-horse.html (https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2020/04/earl-of-northamptons-regiment-of-horse.html) , plus if you are going a bit stir crazy there's two differing stories about what happened to the 2nd Earl's body after Hopton Heath.

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rAhEEIvhJNU/Xkfrd2bhwWI/AAAAAAAADG4/XULwkpciMZoqCrOzTjCE9bOnlcMcBojigCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/20200215_125833.jpg)

Last RoH for a wee while - Lord Hopton's. Usual piffle at https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2020/04/lord-hoptons-regiment-of-horse.html (https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2020/04/lord-hoptons-regiment-of-horse.html)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TxAweyPzx6U/XkfsG5gKEyI/AAAAAAAADHI/F4-9mjxXB4cQaibGfW2TAmYVbbwn51YZgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/20200215_130206.jpg)

A few more horse...

Lambert's https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2020/05/col-john-lamberts-regiment-of-horse.html (https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2020/05/col-john-lamberts-regiment-of-horse.html)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Uz7DfkpfRhY/XrwuzbhdYyI/AAAAAAAADd8/TrVd9Dd2DXUItlEC_Pm3tE6xmZLuNcNmwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/20200513_182840.jpg)

Browne's https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2020/05/major-general-richard-brownes-regiment.html (https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2020/05/major-general-richard-brownes-regiment.html)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A-aZU7IhsFQ/XqwSq5tSsxI/AAAAAAAADa0/Cuj_VXmU5AYLowULAIkOZI2vbMyZnOYUwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/20200501_131252.jpg)

Waller's https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2020/05/sir-william-wallers-regiment-of-horse.html (https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2020/05/sir-william-wallers-regiment-of-horse.html)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZNQZpwtohb4/XqwPz_m_HzI/AAAAAAAADZ4/rsyuY2hAA1c3D4L8wRTRijuzfngBAYX6QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/20200501_130050.jpg)

And finally, for now, Copley's https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2020/05/colonel-christopher-copleys-regiment-of.html (https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2020/05/colonel-christopher-copleys-regiment-of.html)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wLWJDidAAQI/XqwQfL4nQsI/AAAAAAAADaQ/Btzq8pv0v7sP758vK36XVc6c-q_GEtibgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/20200501_130427.jpg)

These are very nice.
If I may say so, I think you are using an improved light source?
The colours are much clearer to me. :)

martin

Thanks Martin.
Same light source, a couple of built in led strips on my Foldio folding studio.

Different location though, I've lost my desk to #4 son, so using the Foldio in my bedroom (handy for 2 usb sockets) so possibly more ambient lighting? That first picture has a bit too much light I think, looks a little washed out.

Having to paint on the kitchen table, which whilst it feels brighter, the light is awful to paint by.

Radar,

your collection must be a sight to behold. I'm eagerly awaiting seeing them all together in the cut and thrust of battle!


Regards
Sean

As the 375th anniversary of Naseby approaches, I'll see what I can do. (No promises though)

Some more horsey men for you all...

Charles Gerard's https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2020/06/sir-charles-gerards-regiment-of-horse.html (https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2020/06/sir-charles-gerards-regiment-of-horse.html)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-anydSVlzF_8/XsGMcukLrnI/AAAAAAAADkg/siZXfsPTyRUl--_FblpW9NvtXJNOmku_wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/20200517_201028.jpg)

Caernarvon's https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2020/06/earl-of-caernarvons-regiment-of-horse.html (https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2020/06/earl-of-caernarvons-regiment-of-horse.html)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y8b-giYObxI/XsGLOfSKQYI/AAAAAAAADkM/GIO95jU7NksIlprj6TJhYh2VoQQ5Z5fywCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/20200517_200452.jpg)

Prince Rupert's https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2020/06/prince-ruperts-regiment-of-horse.html (https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2020/06/prince-ruperts-regiment-of-horse.html)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rqf4R8OTyco/XsGI8uM2ItI/AAAAAAAADjg/WaTTkiohlX0Q7w3PhynRK1H0ao1JEgCfACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/20200517_195525.jpg)

Gervase Lucas's https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2020/07/sir-gervase-lucass-regiment-of-horse.html (https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2020/07/sir-gervase-lucass-regiment-of-horse.html)

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qg3DMRoSOBc/XsGKJhqePLI/AAAAAAAADj0/WaTJjmQkpk0RT0Bupu8IpGCOAt2F1cb5wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/20200517_200114.jpg (https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qg3DMRoSOBc/XsGKJhqePLI/AAAAAAAADj0/WaTJjmQkpk0RT0Bupu8IpGCOAt2F1cb5wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/20200517_200114.jpg)

Four more regiments of horse on the painting table at the moment, two for Parliament and two for the King. Plus, I might have worked out an easy way of painting dappled grey horses!