Spring Offensive VI

Fourth battalion finally complete (less colours) - Marlborough's (later 24th) Regiment of Foot:

Right flank:

Centre companies:

Left flank:

The first four battalions in all their glory:

Next up will be some more cavalry, but first some French Napoleonics (as well as Cold War Poles and WotR)…

Spring Offensive V

The third of the battalions, Fergusson's Regiment of Foot, which in due course became 26th Regiment.

Although in English service, Fergussan's was a Scottish regiment and carried the White Saltire on its colours (nicely produced by Flags of War).

The thistle design on the grenadier cap is speculative.

Great Northern War II

Another test paint. This time a Front Rank figure painted up to represent an officer from Prins Georgs Regiment c.1704.

After so long in foreign service, he is somewhat more elaborately dressed than the norm and wears a sash in British colours. Opinion on the tunic colour is mixed. With grey and blue being the top two options I went for a pragmatic grey-blue ;-)

Great Northern War I

Very early days, but a taster to what is to come:

The figure was given out at Crisis 2013 in Antwerp and has been painted to represent an officer of the Danish Livgard til Fods c.1704. He'll eventually join the brigade command stand alongside another officer who is still on the painting tray and a commander yet to be identified...

Spring Offensive IV

The last of the Foot Guards took some time, but I expect they'll be the most intricate unform I'll face with the British force at least. So here are the right flank companies:

The 1st Foot Guards advancing in review order:

Lord North and Grey's battalion awaiting to march on:

Both battalions take to the field:

Spring Offensive III

A crisp frost meant I could crack some varnishing outside and finish off two more stands. The left flank of North and Grey's and the Centre companies of the 1st Foot Guards (colours to follow):

Spring Offensive II

Based on some information from Ray King, the grenadier caps for North and Greys needed a little reworking. I also took the chance to redo the eyes:

Then it was onto the left flank companies of the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards (with a different approach to the faces, which probably means revisiitng North and Grey's again  ):

Next up, the left flank companies of North and Grey's and the centre companies of the 1st Foot Guards 

Spring Offensive

As so often happens, a new project has come from left of field. Towards the end of last year, I made the unusual (for me) commitment to a Kickstarter, in this case Ebor's Great Northern War Swedes to be sculpted by the ever fruitful Paul Hicks. However, they are not due to be in production until May, and the froth was strong.

However, over a decade ago, I made a few hesitant steps towards recreating the battle of Almanza 1707 using Age of Reason. It all came to nothing due to the crazy number of figures required to do both sides - not to mention the lack of an opponent. So the first batch of lead went into boxes where it has rested until now. A quick bit of organising and an order to Front Rank to fill missing gaps now sees me with enough to do two four battalion brigades of infantry with cavalry to follow (I can probably scrape together a mixed understrength Horse and Dragoon force at a push) based for Beneath Lily Banners.

So here is the first batch of six figures, the right hand companies of North and Grey's Foot that formed part of Rowe's Bde at Blenheim in 1704: