ECW Pike & Shotte Muster Formation

Finished the main units for the ECW Pike & Shotte project, and with a game scheduled for this week figured they should be arrayed for a visual inventory. There are 16 pike and shot foot regiments, 11 troops of cavalry, 2 troops of dragoons, 3 units of commanded shot with firelocks and 19 cannon. Of these, 4 pike and shot units, 4 cavalry unit, the firelocks and several cannon were painted in 2020; the remainder were painted since the beginning of the year. Most of the command were also painted in 2020.

As I currently only have an 8x5' playing area max, it might get a little tight for maneuvering all of the units. I'll likely have to pick up another table to increase the area to either 12x5' or 10x6' - depending on how the tables are configured.

Took pictures of the figures from several angles as they probably won't be posed en masse like this again in the future.

The first game for these will be loosely based on Marston Moor - with King Charles being unhistorically present at the battle along with a unit of his Foot Guards and Horse.

In fact, as mentioned in earlier posts, many of these units weren't actually at this battle, but will be used in any case. This shouldn't pose much of an issue as many of the coat colors and unit standards are not fully documented or verified.

Plan to have the Parliamentarians get the first move, as they had at the actual battle, then it'll be all up for grabs. Also plan to have the Royalists have pretty much the same amount of units as the Parliamentarians - even though they were outnumbered historically.

Thanks again for visiting the blog and looking forward to getting these figures in their first battle - a post with pictures will follow.