As I’ve mentioned a few times in past blog posts, I’ve been working on an English Civil War, or British Civil War, or War of the Three Kingdoms (but that just makes me think of China and all the potential there…) project. It has been somewhat slow going, mostly due to this being a pretty busy year (one of the busiest of my life to be honest) so in the past ten months I’ve only been able to produce a couple of small forces.
I’m basing the project on the Battle of Naseby, a turning point in the Civil War that saw the Parliamentarian New Model Army overcome the rag tag Royalist veterans. I de-scoped my initial plans a bit to focus on producing two smallish forces that I can game with, then add to and expand into the full order of battle I want.
I’ve now (finally!) finished these small forces and as of today have them varnished and drying. I decided this would be a good time to photograph them as well. Alas my photography skills are poor, and I’ve only my phone camera and poor lighting. Though typically the sun came out after I was finished! Awh well.
I’ll be putting together an order to “finish” the project in future, but want to take a break from the period for a while and focus on other things. I’ve a bunch of odds and ends for the Crusades projects to paint up and I think I’ve settled on a 2mm Crimean War project next.
So without further ado…here are the pictures. You can click on them to enlarge.
The Royalists
King Charles 
Prince Rupert of the Rhine 
Lord Jacob Astley 
Sir William Vaughan’s Horse 
The Northern Horse 
King’s Lifeguard of Foot 
Prince Rupert’s Regiment of Foot 
Sir Henry Bard’s Tertia of Foot 
The Royal Posterior 
Some rear shots 
Some rear shots
Parliamentarian New Model Army
Captain-General Sir Thomas Fairfax 
Lieutenant-General Oliver Cromwell 
Sgt. Major-General Philip Skippon 
Nathaniel Rich’s Regiment of Horse 
Edward Whalley’s Regiment of Horse 
Sgt. Maj. Gen. Philip Skippon’s Regiment of Foot 
Colonel John Pickering’s Regiment of Foot 
Sir Hardress Waller’s Regiment of Foot 
Regiment of Commanded Shot 
Artillery 
Artillery 
Side View 
Side View 
Rear Right 
Rear Left 
From Behind
Bits and Bobs
Various markers that can be used for attached shot, hero markers, etc. I’ve some casualty markers too, but I haven’t photographed them, so you’ll have to wait for when I get a game in for that!
I’ll be expanding there forces gradually over time. More horse, more foot, some dragoons are all on the agenda. I’ll also try and get a game in at some point as I’ve been looking forward to trying out the For King and Parliament rules.
Thanks for reading,
Matthew
Wisely lead... without a head! 