Re: DbECW development thread.
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 8:24 pm
Obviously the Purple regiment. Short.
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Re: DbECW development thread.
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:10 pm
Nice one Ilkley, that's what I'd be thinking along. Probably with upright pikes though. Rather than waggling about in front of them.
Re: DbECW development thread.
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:11 pm
I do quite like that. I suspect it’s what Baroque is aiming at
Re: DbECW development thread.
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:30 pm
That looks great. A dozen of those per side, plus cavalry, and you've got a whopping great battle.
Re: DbECW development thread.
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 10:52 pm
Either that or they've all fallen foul of the local MacMafia.....
Re: DbECW development thread.
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 2:51 pm
Re: DbECW development thread.
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 2:52 pm
IOS those figures are ace. You seem to have all the best toys.
Re: DbECW development thread.
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 3:55 pm
Questions to all those in the know.
Were all Royalist battle Cavalry of the 'Cavalier type' ? and can Parliament have 'Cavalier types' ?
Were all Royalist battle Cavalry of the 'Cavalier type' ? and can Parliament have 'Cavalier types' ?
Re: DbECW development thread.
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 5:06 pm
Short answers: no and yes.
As Timmo will confirm, it is actually quite difficult to define what we mean by the "Cavalier type" since both sides had cavalry units that fitted the "mad dash and then off to plunder the baggage" stereotype; both sides could also have more controlled, disciplined cavalry, and both sides could equally have "crap" cavalry that ran away wearing increasingly smelly underpants. I suspect that the fundamental difference lay more in the quality of the leaders and the kind of direction they gave on the battlefield. The Roundhead Eastern Association was the first to develop properly drilled horse that could charge, rally or regroup, and then return to take an active part in the rest of the battle (these became known as "the ironsides"). This group produced Cromwell and Ireton as leaders and later formed the basis of the NMA's cavalry.
As Timmo will confirm, it is actually quite difficult to define what we mean by the "Cavalier type" since both sides had cavalry units that fitted the "mad dash and then off to plunder the baggage" stereotype; both sides could also have more controlled, disciplined cavalry, and both sides could equally have "crap" cavalry that ran away wearing increasingly smelly underpants. I suspect that the fundamental difference lay more in the quality of the leaders and the kind of direction they gave on the battlefield. The Roundhead Eastern Association was the first to develop properly drilled horse that could charge, rally or regroup, and then return to take an active part in the rest of the battle (these became known as "the ironsides"). This group produced Cromwell and Ireton as leaders and later formed the basis of the NMA's cavalry.
Re: DbECW development thread.
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 6:14 pm
By 'cavalier type' I mean, with lots of dash, enthusiasm, looseish order a cavalier attitude and style.BaronVonWreckedoften wrote: ↑Wed Feb 20, 2019 5:06 pm Short answers: no and yes.
As Timmo will confirm, it is actually quite difficult to define what we mean by the "Cavalier type" since both sides had cavalry units that fitted the "mad dash and then off to plunder the baggage" stereotype; both sides could also have more controlled, disciplined cavalry, and both sides could equally have "crap" cavalry that ran away wearing increasingly smelly underpants. I suspect that the fundamental difference lay more in the quality of the leaders and the kind of direction they gave on the battlefield. The Roundhead Eastern Association was the first to develop properly drilled horse that could charge, rally or regroup, and then return to take an active part in the rest of the battle (these became known as "the ironsides"). This group produced Cromwell and Ireton as leaders and later formed the basis of the NMA's cavalry.