The Loose Association of Wargamers

Handy, having all those heads on spikes like that.

I suppose there's no point me suggesting 20mm or 1/72? SHQ and Tumbling Dice?

Thought not.

Thanks, Huw - I knew I'd seen them somewhere.

levied troop wrote: ↑Tue Jan 01, 2019 10:11 am Don’t let your ‘friend’ get too hung up on uniforms, I very much doubt the supply arrangements were that competent. Most ‘coloured’ regiments would have a fair smattering of Buff/earthy browns/very off-whites in their clothing range.

On "another forum" I've suggested your friend look at "local" forces, who - like the early war "big" armies - would have largely been in civilian clothing. As LT suggests, this would have involved various shades of "undyed wool/cloth" for the foot and dragoons, and buff coats (usually sleeved, but sometimes sleeveless) for the horse. And don't fall for the "coats/flags the same colour" myth, as many folk have done, including Soiled Nit re-enactors (one unit insists on having black coats, as well as flags in spite of no evidence for the former - which was a notoriously expensive colour to dye; also, I'm fairly sure that Lord Brooke's Regiment is actually referred to as having purple flags, rather than purple coats).

I thought EB was the authoritative voice on skirmishing pikes?

Actually, I only have one 20mm unit painted and not such a huge pile of lead - I'd be very happy to do ECW in another scale.

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I have shed loads of Warlord plastics which need an excuse to be painted.

Of course, deciding on scale will be as nothing compared to the problem of deciding on rules!

Essex Boy wrote: ↑Tue Jan 01, 2019 11:50 am I suppose there's no point me suggesting 20mm or 1/72? SHQ and Tumbling Dice?

Thought not.

I've always liked them but, given the lack of variety of ranges in the scale, I suspect the suggestion might fall on dead ears.

Essex Boy wrote: ↑Tue Jan 01, 2019 2:09 pm Of course, deciding on scale will be as nothing compared to the problem of deciding on rules!

Surely a 'Rank and File' variant?


Of course if you want a Pike and shot period where Pike was actually was actually significant the Rennaisance/Elizabethans would be better

Yep.......20mm is a non starter.

Woohoo.......Rank and File rocks.

Renaissance and Elizabethan? Never heard of them.