12mm Epic Scale ECW: Parliamentary Foot 9

 

Another extra large regiment.

28mm SYW Hessians: KR1 and KR2

 

Back in December 2020 I painted the first Hessian cavalry regiment - KR2 Gens d'Armes (red facings). I have just finished KR1 Prinz Wilhem (blue facings). It's worth saying again that I have given them cuirasses although they were not issued until after the war. The lovely figures are from Black Hussar. The plan is to do two brigades totalling 16 squadrons.

Flags are by Frederic Aubert.

12mm Epic Scale ECW: Parliamentary Foot 8

 

Charles Fairfax's Foot, another extra large regiment.

15/18mm WSS: Khurasan – British Queen Dowager's Foot (Tangiers battalion)

 

Another 'big battalion' in 18mm. Each battalion of both sides is 36 figures strong. The British and Dutch foot will be based like this and everyone else will be based like the Bavarian battalion I posted recently. I also show a picture of them both together to show the depth difference.

In 1703 this regiment was renamed the "Queen's Royal Regiment of Foot, in honour of Queen Anne.

The only problem with these Khurasan figures is the fragility of the bayonets.

12mm Epic Scale ECW: Parliamentary Foot 7

 

Earl of Essex's Foot, an extra large regiment with double strength musketeers.

15/18mm WSS: Khurasan - Bavarian Regiment Harthausen/Mercy

 

I've long wanted to have WSS armies and I have tried a few scales – 28mm plastics from Warlord Games and 10mm from Van Dyck and Pendraken. They are both nice but as I get older I'm finding the smallest sizes more difficult to paint. So I think 15/18mm Khurasan are the best compromise plus they were sculpted by the late, and great, Mike Broadbent.

Here is the first battalion, a Bavarian one because I like the colour scheme. Thirty six figures total representing about 500 men in 4 ranks.

https://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/marlburian.html

28mm FPW: General de division Jean Pellé

 

My French army will be one division with an attached cavalry brigade. Here is the commander, Jean Pellé, who historically commanded the second division of Ducrot's first corps. He proudly wears his sash as a grand officier of the Légion d'honneur. It's interesting to note that most of his military career was spent in Algeria and he rose through the ranks from corporal to brigade general. During his distinguished career he had 47 years of service, 28 campaigns, 6 wounds and 9 citations.

As you probably know the Perrys only make one French general officer figure so I had to think outside of the box. I've converted figures from the Carlist Wars range namely CAT2.

Heads have been removed and replaced with plastic left-overs from the sprues. The figure of Pelle (Don Sebastian) has had epaulettes added as well. Purists will forgive the sash which was awarded in 1871.