ECW Donnybrook Project - 'Somewhere in Scotland, 1650...' updated 30/07/16

[von Lucky]

Excellent painting.  Love the vignette of the firing squad.

Same. A great thread of little treats. Will see if I can hunt down some of those Hudson and Allen Studio buildings.

[Jeff965]

Nice painting there, I've had your blog saved to my iPad for a while now as I'm a big fan of Donnybrook. Keep it up.

[Firescale Whack]

Brilliant work, I love all the extra bits and pieces you have done that really give the project alot of character. Just curious, where did you get the oval bases for the cavalry?

[Bitbag]

Hi all
Thanks for the kind words.  Glad you like what you're seeing, and hopefully over the holiday period I'll get some more pics in of the table or some game shots! 

I guess all the little bits are inspired by what I've seen over the years at different shows and in various rules or on other people's blogs. I love that whole feeling of 'small world' realism (up to a point!), so recreating it on the wargames table seems right to me, like it does for many of us! Can you tell that I loved Lego as a kid! 

Firescale -

http://war-bases.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=18_61&product_id=95

should get you to the right place! If not, they're pill bases 25mm by 50mm from Warbases. The 2mm thick ones. A very nice simple product (as I've found all the Warbases stuff to be -not affiliated to them btw, just v impressed), and I think they work for skirmish wargaming. Rank and file infantry are on 25mm rounds, and my heroes are on 30mm hex ones, so they stand out. Other 'lesser' characters will be on 25mm hexes.

Hope that makes sense! Captain Blood- cheers for liking Tam McLeod. He'll have his own post soon!

See you again in the next few days.
Regards,
Andy

[Bitbag]

Hi all - apologies for the absence - It's been a bit of a busy Christmas and New year!

Anyhow, I'm back again, and this time, it's the turn of the Scots!  I'm turning to the Covenanter Faction of my ECW Donnybrook, and it's time to introduce Major Tam McLeod, as the Leader of my Scottish faction.



He's already appeared here in photographic form, but the blog post goes into more detail about his creation.

http://haveacare.blogspot.co.uk/

Next up will be the dragoons - here's a teaser....



See you soon!

Andy

[mikedemana]

He looks great! I love the steely gaze you've done with his eyes...

Mike Demana
www.firstcommandwargames.com

[Bitbag]

Hello again!

Well, a week on, it's time for the Scots dragoons in full. 

http://haveacare.blogspot.co.uk/

My latest post details the Covenanter dragoons for the project, with a few thoughts and background on the composition and creation of the unit, and Scottish dragoons in general.

Hope you enjoy it - next up will be my Covenanter 'Shaken' casualty markers.

Best wishes, and once again, thanks for the kind feedback and visits to the blog!

See you soon,

Andy

(and as usual, just a few teasers... ...)

[Malamute]

More eye Candy 

Keep it coming.

[Bitbag]

Hi all

http://haveacare.blogspot.co.uk/

Next up on the blog - a brief post about my Scots Covenanter faction 'Shaken' markers.....  


and... a word that rhymes with 'purple'...... (NOW you're interested!  )


A quick taste:




Next up, will be the pike!

See you soon, and best wishes,

Andy

[Marine0846]

Love the shaken markers.
Excellent painting on all the figures.

[Bitbag]

Hi all

Just to let you know that the project hasn't gone to the wall - far from it in fact! There'll be some updates over the weekend, on the blog and on here, of stuff I've painted up over the last couple of months. I've been busy painting stuff in preparation for our game at Partizan in 5 weeks time! 

(5 weeks?!!! Best get back to it then!)

Best wishes, and see you soon. Thanks for the continued support.

Andy

[Bitbag]

Hello!

As per the previous post - a quick update.

I've been busy painting stuff in preparation for the Partizan Show, on 22nd May 2016, at the new venue of the Newark Showground. It's only five weeks away, so updates will still be rare as I'm using the evenings for painting, but I just wanted to share with people some of the recent work from the last few months. The RAW Gamers are putting on a larger version of 'Somewhere in Scotland, 1650', which we debuted last September at the 'The Other Partizan', with larger factions and characters, so it's all systems go to get these done. Usual story of lots of time slowly disappearing...

So, just as a teaser from the blog:
http://haveacare.blogspot.co.uk/2016_04_01_archive.html#288778447970821444




The completed Scots pike - with added plaid....



The first completed Scots shot unit



and alarmed civilians!

and other bits and bobs - mostly scenic items to enhance the table (including cabbages) are also shown.

I'm going to go into more detail about the units and scenery in subsequent posts after the show, but until then, I'll keep painting. Not sure where the RAW Gamers will be in terms of floorplans, but feel free to pop by and say hello if you're there. I'll post just before the show, but until the next time, thanks for looking, and thanks for the continued support! see you soon, both on here, and at Newark!

Best wishes
Andy

[mikeland]

Fantastic thread! Very inspiring stuff. Great painting!

[Malamute]

Fantastic thread! Very inspiring stuff. Great painting!

Agreed, really enjoying seeing this develop. 

[LeadAsbestos]

My current favorite project on LAF, and that is saying something! 

I am absolutely stealing all your ideas for my own Border Reivers project. I may even start dressing like you and hanging out creepily in all the places you frequent.