Saturday 18 January 2020

Sir Hopton Command Stand

It looks like we will need quite a few different Command stands for our upcoming ECW games so I started by making a dedicated stand for Sir Ralph Hopton.
Made entirely of Warlord Games figures form their Pike and Shot Command Group 2, I utilised the officer to represent Hopton, dismounted from his horse, gesturing towards the enemy (probably should have painted the eyes...).
The ensign and the other officer (not shown) are really nice models; the faces are done better than the model I used for Hopton. The flag is also from Warlord Games.

The horse and horse holder are from Warlord's plastic kits. I have some nice standing horses coming from Avanpost but I couldn't wait. I will probably use them for King Charles' command stand when I get around to making it.


14 comments:

  1. Outstanding command vignette! What is the size of your base?

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    1. Thank you JF. It's an 80 mm MDF base, probably from Sarissa Precision but I am not sure.

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  2. Great little command piece well done.

    Cheers
    Matt

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  3. "There. I want the men there. Why are they not there yet? Play some music to make them move faster drummer er...fife boy."

    I do like large command stands with a bit of character. Incidentally, what's up the the drummer playing the wind instrument?

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    1. It's the preferred instrument of his people... the Cornish.



      I may have made that up....

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  4. Well done, a colorful and beautiful vignette!

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  5. Very nice. I like the look of the hexagonal base as well.

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  6. Very very nice. Particularly like the shade of blue of the horseholder's coat, what is it?

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    1. Thanks Radar. That is GW's Alaitoc Blue, blue wash, with a bit of a highlight.

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