Author Topic: Captain Blood's ECW resurrection. P.43. Cuirassiers ride! (Read 71066 times)

Ray Rivers · « **Reply #105 on:** April 28, 2020, 04:58:14 PM »

Ahhh! That makes sense!

Captain Blood · « **Reply #106 on:** April 30, 2020, 03:36:38 PM »

A small conversion effort...
I decided I really needed a unit led by a valiant Cavalier lady

This was unusual but not unheard of in the real history of the English Civil War. Lady Jane Ingleby of Ripley castle charged with the King's Horse at Marston Moor, and there are several examples of ladies taking command, particularly in the case of sieges of their manor houses or castles. The best known being ardent Parliamentarian Lady Brilliana Harley (Brampton Bryan castle) and Royalist Lady Mary Bankes (Corfe castle).

Anyway, for the purposes of my collection, the (strictly unhistorical) Lady Lucinda Knightley will be leading her own troop of horse.
This required a little bit of conversion work, starting with a pack of TAG Swedish TYW horsemen in back-and-breast armour. (Clearly Lucinda needed to be wearing back-and-breast in order to conceal her actual breasts - a popular motif in folk songs of the period, as well as in many of Shakespeare's 'girl-dressed-as-boy' plotlines of course).

I chopped off one broad-brim-hatted Swedish head (it will get re-used, fear not) and replaced it with a Statuesque (pulp scale) girl's head with ponytail, made good with a new Green Stuff collar, plus ribbons in the gallant lady's hair.
Her two companions have had taller crowns and feather plumes added to their broad brimmed hats - to make them more Cavalier-like.

I also felt that, like Prince Rupert, the dashing Lucinda needed a devoted canine companion to accompany her into battle. So she will be forever guarded by her faithful otterhound, Patch - one of a pair of lovely big hairy 28mm doggies produced by the brilliant Dags, sometimes of this forum (and various others).

Deep purple coats for this unit I think. I'll be bringing them up to six figures in the fullness of time

OSHIROmodels · « **Reply #107 on:** April 30, 2020, 03:43:20 PM »

That works well

Paul Richardson · « **Reply #108 on:** April 30, 2020, 04:00:02 PM »

Excellent work. Will you soon be taking commissions?

Hu Rhu · « **Reply #109 on:** April 30, 2020, 08:55:42 PM »

Brilliant conversions.

At first I thought why

......and then I thought why not.

has.been · « **Reply #110 on:** April 30, 2020, 09:59:27 PM »

Nice work. Love to see them painted (painted ladies?)

Atheling · « **Reply #111 on:** April 30, 2020, 11:09:35 PM »

Very deft work Richard

NurgleHH · « **Reply #112 on:** May 02, 2020, 06:28:11 PM »

I smiled a little bit about “Eine kleine...”.

James Morris · « **Reply #113 on:** May 03, 2020, 08:16:32 AM »

Some lovely work here! Like the female head, that’s going to look super painted.

Bloggard · « **Reply #114 on:** May 03, 2020, 11:56:19 AM »

you can't go wrong with a bit of deep purple ... well, actually you can (

) ... but look forward to seeing the figures painted up, going to be splendid.

Captain Blood · « **Reply #115 on:** May 03, 2020, 11:57:15 AM »

Thanks gents

Painting underway!

Friends of General Haig · « **Reply #116 on:** May 03, 2020, 03:08:11 PM »

Lovely conversion - they will look great!

oxiana · « **Reply #117 on:** May 05, 2020, 09:51:01 AM »

Ah, one of the great pleasures in coming back to LAF after being away for so long is the sheer amount of eye candy to catch up with...

Simpy marvellous stuff Richard!

Atheling · « **Reply #118 on:** May 05, 2020, 04:32:07 PM »

Quote from: oxiana on May 05, 2020, 09:51:01 AM

Ah, one of the great pleasures in coming back to LAF after being away for so long is the sheer amount of eye candy to catch up with...

Simpy marvellous stuff Richard!

I've had the same experience.

Sometimes stepping back from the hobby can be a great way of enthusing oneself

Malamute · « **Reply #119 on:** May 05, 2020, 05:25:03 PM »

They work particularly well, especially the lady.

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