This last couple of weeks I have been mostly painting part of a Pendraken 10mm ECW Parliamentarian starter pack that I picked up at WMMS back in February. I needed a change from all the browns, greens and black of the cold war gear. I've decided to set them up for Pike and Shotte, as I really like Black Powder. Initially I based them 8 infantry to a 40x20mm base, with two bases of shotte and one base of pike. On reflection and after discussions at the club with Ian and Rick, I'm going to add another stand of pike to each unit to give the impression of bulk that the pike deserve. The horse are based three to a 40x20mm base and initially I thought two stands per unit, but I'm leaning towards three stands per unit.
The whole group painted so far, three units of infantry (2 stands each of shotte and one of pike) and 2 units of horse(each 2 stands).
Detail of the three units of infantry.
Old Pendraken "Ironsides" horse, orange sashes.
As above, blue sashes.
Detail of command pike stand with commander and drummer plus standard bearer and pikeman.
The "redcoats".
The "greencoats"
The "bluecoats".
The units of horse.
In the starter pack, for £25 (as of April 2013), you get enough infantry for seven units of two shotte and one pike stand, plus some spares, and seven units of two stands of two horse, plus a single piece of artillery. Good value in my opinion. For an additional £8, I should be able to add enough pikemen to base up the extra 7 stands of pike. With some commanders, that should be enough to field a couple of "brigades" of 3 or 4 battalia of infantry, plus a couple of battalia of horse and an artillery piece. Enough for a medium sized engagement!
Thanks for looking!
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