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a banner day...

Posted on June 17, 2008

Tags: 54mm, english-civil-war

One of the goals of this project is to create scalable standards that can be used for any size figure. I've been using SVG (scalable vector graphics) for a few projects at work and figured it would be a good format to use for flags. Size 'em to whate...

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the gentlemen assemble...

Posted on June 16, 2008

Tags: 54mm, english-civil-war

The first officers to answer the call. The figures in the Call to Arms command set are large. In fact, their size and styling makes me strongly suspect they were sculpted by someone other than the rest of the range. They are not my favorite figures t...

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a gunne arrives...

Posted on June 15, 2008

Tags: 54mm, english-civil-war

The bargain artillerists. While the Call to Arms figures are very decently priced, at over $10 for a single gun (with no crew) their artillery is not. Now, I lucked out by finding a box of artillerists at half price at my local hobby shop. But I have...

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a gathering of horse...

Posted on June 14, 2008

Tags: 54mm, english-civil-war

Seen here is the first of the painted cavalry. I'm not real happy with the buff coat. Too yellow, methinks. Finding cavalry figures may be the biggest challenge of this entire project. Call to Arms makes two types, an 'Ironside' and a Haslerigge 'lob...

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disciplined green troops...

Posted on June 14, 2008

Tags: 54mm, english-civil-war

The second regiment has been completed. While this is, ostensbily, a green regiment, it might be difficult to tell from their uniforms. The color that most catches the eye is the yellow of the buff coats on both the pikemen and the at-attention muske...

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the regiments form...

Posted on June 13, 2008

Tags: 54mm, english-civil-war

My original intention was to use 36 figures for a unit; 16 pikemen in block flanked by 8 musketeers on either side. But the more I read the more I disliked the pike component being deeper than the gunners. So I'll probably go with 8 pike in 2 rows fl...

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