More TYW / ECW Cavalry

Rubbish picture, but another 2 small and 1 standard units of cavalry based and in movement trays (Terrain Warehouse) for Pike and Shot.
Must get on with the 40th Foot now!

First Go At 10mm

Not a unit, just a command stand to see if I could paint the little beggars or not. This is for Zurlauben's  Regiment and one day (maybe) I'll get back to this and do the Boyne. The figures are the old Pendraken range, and this project is on the back burner.

Hail Caesar!

Some figures finished and some others based this weekend.

First up some skirmishers for the Palymyrene army. Museum miniatures 15mm.

And some Essex Goths and Franks for the "Middle Imperial" Romans. 

That scenario again

I've finally got the table finished for the Vimeiro scenario. I've replaced the flimsy MDF I was using for the table with two 4X3 Plasterboard sheets and this means that I''ve been able to go back to using my old 12inch square 12mm chipboard terrain tiles for hills. In addition I've been able to produce variable contours using cut outs from cork tiles for the slopes. If you are sad, mad or retentive enough you can use a contour map of a battlefield to reproduce the main terrain features accurately. The wife reckons I am all three for actually having the idea!

So what's left on the figure front to complete the project?

8 AB Riflemen purchased painted from EBay that need a bit of detailing
12 Battle Honours RFA crew painted from EBay that need a bit of detailing
18 AB Rifles from scratch
16 AB Line infantry to complete the 50th Foot from scratch
6 AB Skirmishers
2 Lancashire Games infantry to complete the 9th Foot.
10 Essex line infantry to complete another battalion.
1 Brgadier

The AB and Essex are in separate brigades

So here are some pics of the table:

This isn't too clear, but there are 4 "contours" of cork tile placed next to one of my old 12mm deep terrain tiles

I'm quite chuffed with the resulting hill; forming the contours for the curves was a challenge. This hill is only 12mm high, but it looks spot on on the table.

Vimeiro

Miniature World Maker Vineyards 

View from the French left flank

I REALLY MUST GET MY FINGER OUT AND FINISH THE BRITS!!!!!!

US Armoured Infantry Platoon

No posts for along time, so I've resolved to put each new unit up as it becomes "table-ready". First up is a platoon for IABSM by the Lardies. I might put some decals on the 1/2 tracks at some point, then again I might not :)

General De Brigade - Vimeiro Hill Scenario 5

Overview of the French Army. The flash decided to go off randomly despite there being plenty of light. some of the pics are therefore a bit bleached.

 86th Line - 2 battalions of 36 + 18 skirmishers

 32nd and 82nd line - 4 battalions of 24 + 10 skirmishers

 Artillery and Grenadier Reserve. 1 Battery of 4 X 8 pdrs, 1 battery of 3 X 4 pdrs, 4 battalions of 24 grenadiers.

 The hill is made of toy stuffing under the mat. 1 bag (£3.75) made the whole hill. It needs flattening a little bit.

The mat needs a bit of an iron, but this was just to get a pic of the French and see if the hill would work. It's a lot cheaper and more versatile than the polystyrene I was going to use. It's also easier to store.

General De Brigade - Vimeiro Hill Scenario 4

Started work on the largest unit in the British force - 40 figure 50th Foot, "The Dirty Half Hundred". Black facings, white drummers jacket and cased standards.