Monday 24 August 2020

King's Lifeguard of Foot, pt 2

 After a long delay, I have finally completed the King's Lifeguard of Foot:


I started the regiment by putting together the pike block back in January of last year; it has seen duty in a variety of other regiments, and will continue to do so while we carry on with our campaign in the south-west.

Subsequently distracted by other projects and building other regiments the wings of shot have now been completed. 




The majority of the shot are Warlord Games plastic but one wing contains 4 musketeers marching from the 1st Corps. range.

Although taller and with distinctively larger features, they do not look out of place with the Warlord figures on the table top. Also in the back row is a figure that I picked up second hand- no idea the make (third figure from the right in the picture below).

Although described as being outfitted in red jackets and monteros I added a little variety in the head wear. With this regiment completed I will be putting together a grey coated regiment from figures I acquired through an eBay purchase...


13 comments:

  1. Fab work! Love the color of red used for caps and coats. The 1st Corps figures look good.

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  2. Great job, and the mix of figures works really well here.

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  3. Your mix and match doesn't matter when the painting is all done by the same artist of your caliber!

    BRAVO!

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  4. A very handsome unit; curiously, my version of this unit ("new" Minifigs painted circa 1975) has the pikemen at "push of pike" as well!

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  5. Great painting mate, the plastic figures turned out nicely. Always had a soft spot for the ECW. Cheers Greg

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  6. Good looking unit. There appears to be some thinner bases and thicker ones.....was there a change or is it a sabot type arrangement?

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    1. Sharp eye daveb. The figures are based on a combo of 40mm by 40mm and 20mm by 40mm bases most of which are Renedra but a couple are Warlord's and they are a little thicker.

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  7. Very nice. Worth the wait.

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  8. Thank you very much for the compliments everyone.

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  9. Very nice regiment! Those Warlord plastics and metals do their job.

    Cheers

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  10. Blooming lovely looking regiment! The Oxford army look, with Monteros etc., make great units, and you’ve really made them shine here.

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  11. Sorry for the late visit but most impressive looking ECW troops!

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