10mm Baroque WIP

Thought I'd share some pictures of my WIP ECW units using the basing format discussed in this thread
http://impetus.ativiforum.com/t791p25-basing-tercios-considerations#6832


Pictures here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/zippee/albums/with/72157667670885881

not the best, just snapped on my workbench with my phone

They look awesome - now I can't wait to get mine...

Yeeeha !! They're going to look awesome. Love the number of pike ....sensational stuff.

How are you going to do the flags ? ....middle of the pike block ?

Very good!! 10mm is really a good scale for Baroque. Nice paintjob on these incredible tiny guys.
Are the Pendraken Pikes casted in the hand or is it possible to glue an alternative pike?

Tarty wrote:How are you going to do the flags ? ....middle of the pike block ?

The front rank of the pike unit is L-R:
Pike - Drum - Standard - Pike
with officer out front

So the flag will look front and centre.

Only in actual Pike Units will the flags and attendant halberds, etc be massed in the centre.

Tankred wrote:Very good!! 10mm is really a good scale for Baroque. Nice paintjob on these incredible tiny guys.
Are the Pendraken Pikes casted in the hand or is it possible to glue an alternative pike?

Thanks

Unfortunately not - cast or not pikes seems to be a very emotive subject, there was quite the discussion on it a few weeks back. One chap blithely informing me that him having to stick pikes to figures was far more difficult and arduous than me having to cut and clean cast pikes off (according to him this was the easy part of the process!)before sticking new ones in place.

The LOA and Macedonians have separate pikes which IMO is far preferable.

Unfortunately the ECW don't .

Current Pendraken thinking seems to be to offer both versions but obviously older ranges haven't achieved that status.

A bit of a busy week, so not much progress but the first couple of units finished and based up - still need flags and varnish but otherwise done.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/zippee/albums/72157667670885881

Dragoons, Forlorn Hopes and Commanded Shot on the workbench.

They really look awesome - still waiting for my Imperials

Yep I'm hooked. Sent an order in last week also ... Doing two armies Parliament and Royalists.

Another week, another update - some dragoons and skirmishers painted and based.

Still waiting on the main order, beginning to fear I'll run out of trial order figures before they arrive.

Note still waiting on flags and final varnish - so apologies for the slightly shiny photo finish

https://www.flickr.com/photos/zippee/albums/72157667670885881

those 10mm is really goodlooking stuff

Great zippee ....what size bases are you using for these pike & musket units ?

Nearly everything is on 120mm by 40mm

Late Tercios are on 120mm by 80mm as are massed reiter units.

Early Tercios and Pike Blocks are on whopping 120mm by 120mm squares.

but for the ECW everything is 40mm deep (unless you mass your reiters)

Ok ...yep that's what it looked like in the pics just checking. Great I can't wait to get mine now
Looks like it takes some time to process orders.

I there's been a run on renaissance period figures for some reason

It just takes time to keep spinning the same mould and whilst doing that other orders can't get fulfilled. So its a balancing act.

I know for a fact there have been at least 3 very large orders submitted in the last week or so for the same figures . . .

A 4th one from Europe...

Zippee wrote:I there's been a run on renaissance period figures for some reason

haha.....up and onwards !

Got Pendraken minis today - now I need only the rulebook to arrive and some time...

My HUGE parcel arrived on Friday - I then had to order another £50 worth on Sunday!

Sorry no update this week - it's not that I haven't done anything, completed several T units and added flags to the veteran P&M units but I've been on Grandpa duty babysitting all weekend so no photos.

Will we be getting some WIP photo's also Greymouse ? ......going to be awhile before I get mine I think

You will - I hope soon but I can't guarantee that

Finally got my Pendraken order in.....very nice. Now to decide what to do with the pike replace them or go as is ?

I've gone as is. They're not overlong so have stayed pretty straight. One pose would be easy enough to chop out. The other not so much.

At last my copy arrived this week - the wonders of postmanship. Well after reading through it I tend to make Spanish of the latter 30/ 80 YW.
ECW Parliamentarian is also an option.