ECW Scots Lancers

Another lot of figures rescued from the depths of the lead mountain: a unit of Scots Lancers for the English Civil War period.

What I usually find is that I get into a new period or army and fanatically paint enough figures to enable me to get it onto the tabletop as soon as possible.

As I’m doing that, however, I add more units to my core, initial purchase as I think about all the different variants I could play. These, new, purchases generally go to the back of the queue and, as my initial surge wears off, get relegated to the lead mountain as I switch from painting the army to playing with the army. Painting-the-same-uniform-a-million-times fatigue also sets in!

So here is a unit of Covenantor lancers that were initially bought a couple of years ago when I first started putting my ECW Scots together. It was actually a pleasure to paint them. The lancers are 15mm figures from Khurasan, with a Peter Pig command figure. Paints were from the Contrast range, with the horses actually painted in Fyreslayer Flesh!

Time for another game of For King and Parliament…