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Hi DivisMalI agree- the 2mm figures work particularly well for the Renaissance. I always paint the models; the pike block in the picture in my post in painted. The nylon plastic has some unique physical features that make painting is very easy. You can dye the plastic any color you want, once. After that you can ink it, wash it, or paint it like normal. You don't have to base coat with spray paint. They paint won't/can't come off. It makes getting these figures ready for games very easy. The pike blocks can be painted in about 5 minutes of work, although it can take awhile for the initial dye-wash to dry. I'm trying to get together enough pike units to do some small battles with pictures; I think people will be pretty impressed when they see entire battles put together. Marston Moor is probably up first, since its pretty easy to model. The TYW is a bit trickier research-wise, but I've got good sources on how everything should look. The idea is for the table to look like a 3d woodblock print.
Hi WFGamer-I'll have to check out that book. Thanks for the heads up on the sources; I'll have to be cautious heading into this. The modular idea is probably the direction I'll put most of my efforts towards in this period. that way I don't have to get everything perfect, just provide the tools for other people to get it perfect.
That said, here's a Swedish style pike unit with 6 ranks of pike and shot. It's on a 60mm base and represents about 500 or so men. There are 150 actual pike tips modeled on it (one quarter the size of the tercio model)
I can probably take out every other shot figure to show the space they would walk up. Here they're all shoulder-to-shoulder. This model should work for the ECW as well.
How would a Catholic TYW unit look different from this?
Margaret Atwood?? I'd be curious to read that, haha. Where did she write about the TYW??