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About the Project

I started this as a Christmas Holiday Project but it trailed off as the year picked up, time to get it finished before the mid year holidays so I can game with it. This is the Scots Covenanter Set, I plan to also add the Montrose Box. Between those two I will have everything I need for those particular battles. The next step will be the main Pike and Shot Starter Set. I knew absolutely nothing about this period when I bought this kit but thanks to the friend who convinced me to get it and some independent reading I'm learning a lot. It's a great example of historical wargaming driving historical knowledge.

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Last Spring Cleaning Pictures

Jun 19 2024

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Ten Units of Pike and Shotte later and the army is finished. Next are the Royalists which I've started to put together but I'll use this as a bookmark for the Covenanters, for now.

Lloyd shot

Finished Covenanters

Jun 14 2024

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I decided black wasn't enough and did up a unit as either Sir John Cochrane's/Earl of Eglinton's Regiment who wore Red Jackets or as the King's Lifeguard who were given Red Coats when they served in the Royalist Army against the Parliamentarians.

A final closeup

An 800 Point Army for Baroque, the system a friend recommended. I'm not using all the minis I've painted but it's always good to have spares to mix it up a bit.

Terrain

Jun 11 2024

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These two terrain pieces came with the Push of Pike Starter Set.

Initially I wasn't going to get a lot of terrain, a few trees, a few fields but seeing the quality of these buildings I'm coming around

The Hedges are green scourers cut to size and painted up.

The windows are cream coloured and painted with Storm Blue Contrast

Something Different: The Ministers Regiment

Jun 7 2024

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Sir Arthur Erskine of Scotscraig’s Regiment of Foot was raised by the Presbyterian Clergy of the Kirk at their own expense, this we know is true. There are multiple stories of ministers supplying the regiment with old clerical garments but it’s not know for sure either way. There is some conflict about whether or not they actually wore these as uniforms but the wargaming community seems to have accepted it as true and it’s cool so I painted up a black coated ‘Ministers Regiment’.

Paint them black then drybrush with grey. Then paint the unit as normal.

Something Different: The Ministers Regiment

Comparison of the regular and Ministers Regiment Uniforms

Painting Covenanters Tutorial: Part Three

Jun 7 2024

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Here’s a Link to the Third of Three videos showing you how I painted my Scots Covenanters.

The hair is painted Catachan Flesh. These next steps are quick so the goal is to paint areas that are not next to each other so that by the time you get to them the previous layer has dried.

And the back

And the Pikes

Painting Covenanters Tutorial: Part Three

The sashes/scarves/kilts or whatever they are are all painted a single colour, you can mix it up but this way I can create a uniformed look in an un-uniformed army.

The Pikes as well

Elven Flesh for the faces only. The Gloves are Khaki and the Pike tips are Metallic.

Elven Flesh for the faces only. The Gloves are Khaki and the musket rest tops are Metallic. I decided not to paint metal gun barrels, it looks weird and the brown muskets are different enough to pikes that it's easy to spot.

After a black wash, keep it light, paint the white lines for a tartan/plaid effect and light blue bonnets (Troglodyte Blue). Base them with fine sand, Catachan Flesh drybrushed with Khaki and finished with static grass.