Thursday, October 11, 2012

More Montrose Irish


Here is my second regiment of Montrose Irish this time advancing and loading. The figures are once again the fantastic Bicorne ECW range. The flag is from Flags of War where the generous Ian sent me free enlarged ones to replace the smaller ones I had. The old ones were very nice, but the new ones are even better both in quality and size. Thanks again Ian if your reading!!

The principle behind this regiment is the same as the other one I did in that I took quite a few liberties in my impression of the hard fighting Irish Brigade and thus is not an attempt on a direct reflection of what they looked like, but I still hope it comes off looking if not exact then somewhat believable.

I'm looking to shift into the Scottish portion of the army soon with Renegade and Redoubt figures making up the lion share of those regiments, but I probably will come back and do a third Irish regiment at some point. I'm not sure if I want to paint tartans on my Scots as that's horribly time consuming!
Thanks for viewing!:-)
Miniature Company- Bicorne



56 comments :

  1. Beautiful set of figures and a nice looking flag.

    Regards,
    Matt

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  2. Terrific unit. Love that green, and I agree, figures are top notch - loads of character there.

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  3. This is a fantastic unit! Love the green/brown colours, a great work!

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  4. Wow ! Beautiful and fantastic as always.

    I like the mixture of the pikes and muskets.

    Greets
    Mike

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    1. Thank you kindly Fran! If they had some cool lucky dice with a certain logo they may even win....>:-)(I had to make feeble begging attempt on you too now didn't I)

      Christopher

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  6. They are amazing mate. Do you mind if i use them in my gallery when i get it up and running?

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    1. Thank you very much Ian and of course you can! That's the least I can do to return your favour and not to mention I'd be proud to have my figures displayed in your gallery.:-)

      Christopher

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  7. Superb painting and basing. Great colours too. The Bicorne figures are rather nice arn't they! I posted a pic of my Bicorne stuff last night. For the ECW Bicorne figures
    just look the biz!

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    1. Thank you very much! Just checked yours out very nice.

      Christopher

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  8. Gorgeous work! Makes me want to dig up my Redoubt ECW stuff from the 'lead reserve' and get a couple units done...

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    1. Thanks Curt and I'd really like to see you do just that!

      Christopher

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  9. Wonderful Chris just wonderful, well done to you.

    Cheers,

    Helen

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  10. Beautiful unit Chris. The green is just great. And then to think these Montrose Irish are the only figures I ever sold :-(

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  11. ooooooh very nice, this is going to be a fine looking army. Well done Christopher.

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  12. Another wonderful looking unit Christopher. My knowledge of this period is fairly limited so whatever liberties you took with the uniforms/colors escapes me, but I know I really like what you've done.

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    1. Thank you. Well I left off tartans and changed the top from a grey to green and kept them with long pikes intend of shortened ones for example.

      Christopher

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  13. Irish, beautiful and green, what a lovely bunch! Here's hoping that on the tabletop, they prove that God loves the Irish! ;-)

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    1. Thanks Monty and I hope the divine is with them too!

      Christopher

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  14. Beautiful painting, basing and photos of your Montrose Irish, Christopher. I have quite a few ECW Bicorne - great figures.

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    1. Thank you they are excellent figures if a bit pricey, but worth it I think.

      Christopher

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  15. Fantastic looking unit Christopher. Lovely painting and basing.

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  16. Lovely stuff mate. Makes me want to fight alongside them with my Royalists!

    Cheers,
    Millsy

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    1. Thank you very much Millsy and I like yours too!

      Christopher

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  17. What a fantastic looking unit. The figures, flags, painting and pictures are all superb. Looking forward to seeing more.

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    1. Thank you very much Silver! Just got my Scots in the mail so they should be the next thing up for this army.

      Christopher

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  18. A fantastic unit, Christopher, many compliments for it. I'm temted to start yet another era and dip my toe into pike and shot...

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    1. Thanks Tobi and that would just give us another period option to do.:-)

      Christopher

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  19. Those look ridiculously good! I've been tempted by the ECW and the 1664 rules, but haven't made the leap yet!

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    1. Thank you very much Cory!

      I own 1664 rules they are decent, but I prefer Pike and Shotte. Check it out if you have not already.

      Christopher

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  20. Chris, those are absolutely superb - impossible to imagine an Irish ECW regiment done any better, to be honest. Looking forward to seeing the Scots (tartan ain't that bad, really!).

    Best wishes

    Giles

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    1. Thank you very much Giles! I hope your right on the tartan!

      Christopher

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  21. I am a bit late to the party but I Love them too, of course. Very impressive unit.
    Cheers
    Jan

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