P.1 Project plan
P.1 WIP minis: 12 Scots plus markers for cattle, sheep, goods, etc
P.2 Bonnet colour discussion (but see also p.17)
P.3 Finished minis: 12 Scots plus markers for cattle, sheep, goods, etc
P.4 Blackhouse with fold - WIP
P.7 Field
P.7 Log bridge
P.8 WIP minis: 12 more Scots conversions
P.9 Finished terrain
P.10 Finished minis: 12 more Scots
P.12 WIP minis : Galbraith Axes
P.12 WIP minis: 22 more Scots conversions
P.13 More cottages wip
P.14 Cottages ready for painting
P.14 Backdrop
P.15 Finished village
P.15 Village with backdrop
P.16 Bagpiper conversions
P.17 Finished minis: 24 more Scots
P.17 Bonnet colour (paints used)
P.18 More buildings, Scottish Village by Hudson & Allen
Another new project! Well, sort of…..
Bonnie ScotlandThis one, set roughly 1640 to 1680, is an adjunct to my ‘Not so Merry England’ ECW project:
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=116169.0I’d pondered adding some Scots to my armies but also fancied smaller scale games centred on theft, blackmail, plunder, rustling, kidnap and plain-old murder. When I saw the Scottish conversions by Abku Iskander….
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=136631.0….. and then by Captain Blood….
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=130330.375….. I hived off some of the exquisite Bloody Miniatures for what will be a mid/late 17thC escapade of Scottish Lowland grudge settling.
Obvs I’m hoping that in due course there will be some official Bloody Miniatures Scots, but to be getting on I’ve converted 12. A few surplus Bicorne or Renegade minis have donated lower legs to facilitate the replacement of cavalry boots with shoes plus a few plastic feathers from Perry kits, but other than that they’re made from BM parts.
The following were a lot of fun to make. Being so characterful to start with, it was especially important that the conversions didn’t detract.
First Clan:
Second Clan:
As can be seen, each Clan - names yet to be decided - is starting off with 6 minis, comprised as follows:
1 x sword and dirk
2 x sword and pistol
3 x sword and musket
I have to wait until Fathers Day for the latest release, which I suspect will offer up more characters for inclusion (I’d quite like a couple of archers and axe men).
In addition to the men, I have a couple of Highland Cattle and 8 Soay Sheep by Warbases…..
….. plus loot worthy of being stolen….
With regard to terrain, obvs I can use much if not all of that from the English project plus features like rocky outcrops. To kick off the Scottish terrain I’ll probably make a small farm like that in Rob Roy (the Liam Neeson movie), gradually adding to it with more cottages in the style of ‘black houses’ to accumulate a hamlet, etc (for which Elk101 and OSHIROmodelterrain have provided much useful advice).
The Rob Roy croft isn’t original, it being built in Scotland for the movie:
Another consideration is Leanach Cottage at the Culloden Battlefield, though the ‘bump out’ was a later addition:
I’m perhaps playing a bit loose with time and place as Rob Roy is set in 1713 with Leanach Cottage believed to date from the early 18thC, and both are set in the Highlands rather than the Lowlands. That said, I’ve yet to read anything that will make them out of place.
It could be a couple of weeks before these first 12 minis are painted, as I have some units of Wookies to finish first. When I do paint them I’m going for a mixture of plaid blankets, plus a mixture of bonnet colours (though some will be blue in case the whole lot find themselves becoming a unit for an ECW game).
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