Bonnie Scotland, 17thC: UD 31/10 Hudson & Allen Scottish village

[Silent Invader]

Not much progress for a while but I’m now putting together another 22 minis, which when painted will allow me to field two clans each comprising of:

2 leaders
6 melee troops with swords and pistols
6 shooters with muskets
6 pole weapons

I’d originally envisioned playing with a modified Pikemans Lament but I now think a suitably adapted NMBH would be even better, so am giving thought to that.

Here’s the basic assembly of the new Galbraith Axe minis - though a few need some GS…. The odd blanket, cap, sword belt, thumb, etc

[Malamute]

Splendid, Looking forward to seeing them coloured in...

[Silent Invader]

Thanks - a few more to make before I reach the painting stage but a game with them gets ever closer 

[Captain Blood]

That’s a nice sized skirmish force Steve.
I have 24 Bloody Scots of my own that can add to the numbers for a game, if desired.
I think PL might work better for such loose skirmish bands, whereas Billhooks leans towards more formed units, but very happy to try either.

[peachey_c]

Good job, I look forward to the rest. 

[OSHIROmodels]

Some is better than none 

[Silent Invader]

Thanks all

I have 24 Bloody Scots of my own that can add to the numbers for a game, if desired.
I think PL might work better for such loose skirmish bands, whereas Billhooks leans towards more formed units, but very happy to try either.

That’ll be a lot of Bloody Miniatures Scots

On reflection you are 100% right, PL would be much better for facings etc though I can’t deny I’d quite like to try some revisions, such as 1 dice per figure (rather than the 12 or 6 process), 1” unit separation rather than 3”, and the turn not ending on one unit’s activation failure. 

[Elk101]

Nice to see this progressing.

[Silent Invader]

Thanks Steve

This latest batch has 22 minis in it, many of which will need some greenstuff. Btw, when I started this project I decided that I wanted all my Scots to be wearing shoes, not boots, thus a fair few have had their lower legs replaced with amputations donated by other Nick Collier ECW minis.

[Silent Invader]

Well it’s taken me exactly a month to apply the greenstuff, but I’m finally there. To be fair to me, on the hobby front I’ve been distracted by lots more WOTR, finishing writing up The Clansmen Lament (which includes new unit types), and have even been dabbling in some Chinese martial artists.

My light and dark blue bonnets denote two different clans for small games, whereas all can be combined into one army for bigger affairs. By the by, no two minis in the project are the same, though I do match the weapon allocations between light blue and dark blue.

This batch comprises 22 minis, all bar one of which have been converted in some way. With the 24 already painted, these will give me 46, which will be enough for a game. That said, I already have another 38 casts that are allocated to units and so are ready to start, and in October the Bloody Cavalry will be released (and I plan to convert 12 of those) meaning that before the end of the year I’ll probably have 46 finished and 50 WIP.

Herewith the GSed minis, which is a useful reference for me to know what came from where……

And describing them per my The Clansmen Lament unit types, Fierce Men:





Gunnes with a couple of elite Laird’s Finest (leaders):



More of the Laird’s Finest:



And here they are in amongst their respective clans, awaiting the paint brush:





The old men, women and boys are the Clamjamfry, though I need to repaint the men for grey hair. I also need Bloody Miniatures to complete a few more releases before I can add units of Cuddie Riders and Braw Lads. 

[Captain Blood]

I’m going as fast as I can Steve 

Some nice conversions in there 

[Silent Invader]

I’m going as fast as I can Steve 

Some nice conversions in there 

Lol

And thanks

[peachey_c]

Great job

[rumacara]

Great conversions Steve.

[Bloggard]

lovely skilled work on those conversions / green-stuff additions.