Not-So Merry England: UD 6/2 Hedge Gates

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

Plenty of re-enactors here then, maybe its synonymous with wargaming? I know when I used to wargame at a club in Poole a long time ago, my opponents were from the local Roundhead regiment.

I enquired of a unit based at I think Basing House

I think that would have been the Marquess of Winchester's Regiment.

That is a great photo - very happy to see more of those!

I'll have a look through my old photos to see if there any of interest. I don't want to de-rail your thread though, so maybe I'll open a new thread with some old photos of ECW re-enactment if it is of interest to anybody?

One last one here then, as you have requested. This is much later than my first photo and you can see that the uniforms have improved immensely. There was a great drive for 'authenticity' in the early years. This shows us marching past St. James's Palace which was an annual event for the King's Army to commemorate the murder of the King. I am on the left wearing the monmouth cap and the straggly beard! Weapons are reversed as for a funeral parade.

[has.been]

I would be interested in ECW re-enactment pictures. In 'Orders of the Day'
(Sealed Knot's in house magazine) I was ALWAYS the one:-
Just to the left/right of the picture,
Behind the billowing flag or
Furthest away from the camera.

Of interest is a video produced by the SK about a re-enactment, sorry
but I am no use at 'Linky' things.

[Captain Blood]

Well, that is a coincidence. Which side were you on? I was in Hopton's Regiment in the King's Army.

Just a spectator I'm afraid - aged about 13. We used to stay quite often with a friend of my mother who had a house in Topsham nearby. I remember vividly the beautiful sunny day sitting on the grass at Powderham, noshing a picnic and watching the battle.
(I recall particularly the incongruous sight of the busy St John's Ambulance racing to and fro and ferrying the injured off to the casualty station )
I narrowly avoided ECW re-enactment myself, despite later having many friends and acquaintances who were involved at various levels, and tried to entice me in.

Anyway, sorry Steve, must stop derailing your thread 
Back to your redoubt, redan, bastion, sconce... dare we say in your case, breastwork?

BTW, in case it's of any use (from long long ago, in a galaxy far far away) here's the step by step in my own bastion construction...

Part 1: https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=7777.msg86881#msg86881
Part 2: https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=7778.0
Part 3: https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=7779.0

Oh gosh, look, I had all these ECW figures 12 years ago 
Doesn't time fly...

[Silent Invader]

Yes Richard, I do like a nice breastwork 

Great photo Martin, you look the part!! 

Nothing 17thC is a thread derailment, as long as there’s a tangential connection to the project 

Gosh, 2008, so long ago. Thanks for the links to your bastion build Richard, which have reminded me they I need to add posts to both sides of the plankage.

Herewith mine so far, pre addition of internal posts 





And yes that is a small enclosure of corn, for a little variety. Essex was one of the few places to retain some use of enclosures after the Romans, and I read that corn was being grown in some gardens from the late 16thC.

[OSHIROmodels]

Yes, I like that. I want to make my own now 

You’ve seen my ECWS photos 

[Silent Invader]

Yes, I like that. I want to make my own now 

You’ve seen my ECWS photos 

I want you to make yours too! It so happened that I chanced upon a picture of it in the early hours of this morning 

[OSHIROmodels]

I want you to make yours too! It so happened that I chanced upon a picture of it in the early hours of this morning 

Did you? Can’t find mine 

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

I remember vividly the beautiful sunny day sitting on the grass at Powderham, noshing a picnic and watching the battle.
(I recall particularly the incongruous sight of the busy St John's Ambulance racing to and fro and ferrying the injured off to the casualty station)

Yes, I remember it was a particularly hot day. The casualties were normally concussion but I suspect that about half on that day were heat exhaustion. Re-enacting a battle for 2 to 3 hours in that blazing heat, wearing a wool jacket, wool trousers, big boots, leather buff-coat and possibly back-and-breast, lobster or morion and leather gauntlets was a real challenge. I have no idea how they did it for real!

I would be interested in ECW re-enactment pictures.

has.been, I'm thinking of maybe starting a thread where everybody can post their photos of ECW re-enactments. Should be more interesting than just mine (most of my photos were taken in the pub afterwards!).   

[Silent Invader]

Excellent ECW re-enactment  thread you’ve started Martin 

And so the project trundles on, with The Sconce now finished to prepaint stage.







I’m now working on a few other bits including a post beacon and a small tile that represents a three field system.

[Silent Invader]

FWIW the very beginnings of what will be the three field system. It’s on an A4 board so not very big but it’s just a suggestion to add more variety and challenge to the terrain on the table. The fields will b one each of cropped, fallow in the centre, and ploughed.

[Charlie_]

This is all very cool.

Did those fields start out as model railway fields by any chance? With sand added over the top?

[Romark]

Great progress 

[Silent Invader]

Thanks chaps 

Did those fields start out as model railway fields by any chance? With sand added over the top?

Hi Charlie. No they started off as corrugated decor card suitable to make fields for unicorns grazing.... 😁

As the mounded rows were a bit narrow, I filled in alternate ones with PVA and sand. They needed a couple more layers of this to get the right profile. (The central fallow field is smooth side up)

[Charlie_]

Ah, I see. The railway stuff I'm talking about is pretty much identical, corrugated cardboard with brown flock. Filling in alternate rows with a sand is a good idea, i might have a play around with the surplus of railway fields I have somewhere. I like the look of your middle fallow field especially. Looking forward to seeing it painted.

[Flinty]

Cracking!.So stealing that field system.

Although surely a proper Gent would insist this is icing on the cake, scones are for provincial peasants Sir.