Rebellious Englishmen - Front Rank Sedgemoor figures

[Captain Blood]

Here are some more shots of my entry from the last round of the LPL...

All from Front Rank's late C17th range - very nice big chunky figures. A joy to paint...

I am gradually building up quite a collection of these - I try to make a team for every LPL!

At this rate I will have a whole army in ten years time 









And just to prove I paint the backs 







And previous LPL entries...







For the uninitiated, Sedgemoor was the battle at the culmination of the rebellion led by the late King Charles II's bastard son, the Duke of Monmouth, against his uncle, James II. Monmouth's largely amateur forces were defeated at Sedgemoor on the Somerset Levels, and the Catholic James has his nephew, the Protestant Monmouth, beheaded as a traitor.
In the aftermath of the battle, there was a merciless programme of retribution, show trials, executions and transportations under the infamous 'Hanging Judge' Jeffreys at what became known as 'The Bloody Assizes'.
Three years later, in 1688, the Protestants had their revenge, when William of Orange was invited in at the head of a Dutch army (the so-called 'Glorious Revolution') and James was deposed and fled to France - the start of the Stuart exile, which ultimately led to the Jacobite risings of 1715 and 1745...

History lesson over 

[Bugsda]

Excellent Richard 

Front Rank are such a blank canvas you can really go to town on them........Oh! And thanks for the history lesson 

[carlos marighela]

Gorgeous work anf the FR figures are much nicer an the Dixon FR range which languish in my lead pile.

[warburton]

Very nice. These figures are definitely on my to buy list at some point. And a very interesting chapter of history.

[levied troop]

Almost a shame that I have the Dixon figures for this period - these newer figures are lovely and that is first class painting on them.

The battle that preceeded Sedgemoor, Norton St Phillip, was a very close run thing and well worth gaming.  We've done it as  a demo game a few years ago and may bring it back as a VBCW game.

[Dougie]

Excellent Richard I've been very tempted with theses figures myself, you looking at "Donnybrook" gaming wise?
Dougie

[Orctrader]

Brilliant.

Have a few myself, but only painted one so far.  (Maybe next season.)

[Captain Blood]

Thanks chaps.

Excellent Richard I've been very tempted with theses figures myself, you looking at "Donnybrook" gaming wise?
Dougie

I might. I hear good things about it.
I've long held an idea to do a Lorna Doone game - the rampaging bandit Doones against the honest upstanding Ridds and the local militia, with a few Government forces in the mix... Donnybrook sounds like it would be the perfect ruleset... 

[THE CID]

Truly magnificent  Captain.  THE CID.

[gringo]

tremendous work Richard...love the rich variety of colours
best i have seen in ages!!..in fact so colourfull you might
even fancy doing some of my Aztecs!! ( had to slip that in!!)

the period is a fascinating one ...........any cavalry on the horizon?
regards
Ged
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