Supply Waggons

Back on the English Civil War road with these supply wagons. It's nice to have a couple of horse drawn carts packed with supplies for the table. Some of these cart loads are obviously for ancient times, but they will do for civil war too.

I covered the beds of the carts with clumps of hay, I won't stick the loads in so they can be removed.

I set myself a challenge to paint these carts and supplies with just what I had with me on the table. So a lot of craft paints and washes were used. This hay cart was painted a while ago but now it has a load to go in it.

These carts and their loads are from war bases. The carts are MDF kits as many of you will know already. These are all from different ages.

 I will paint mud on these wheels too like the ones I did before.

ECW Cart from War Bases

Heres a nice little cart from War bases. It's a another nice little bit of scenery for the ECW period.

I thought I'd make a piece of removable baggage out of stones and waste MDF.

Once covered with a wet wipe, the baggage was then given a wash of watered down PVA. A nice little side project that is a change from painting.

 This cart will also be useful for fantasy and most eras I game.

I dug out some other carts that have been hanging around for years. It's good to do them all at once, I might even paint up some horses.

The canvas bundle was given a xenithol highlight.

The models were dry brushed with light grey and white, then given a brown wash. The washes were created using GW Contrast paints.

The finishing touches were a layer of mud on the wheels and some straw. I added a little light brown to the mud to create a highlight, this worked well.

These carts have been dragged around on campaign in the English countryside.

Update; So I ordered some barrels and crates to finish off these carts. I decided they looked a bit better than my covered version. I might stick these to small bases so they can be taken out too. Might create some more options.

Basing day for the Horse

Roundhead horse plough their way across the muddy field towards the enemy.

The Royalist officer orders a charge, hopefully there are no rabbit warrens around.

The storm clouds break...

Parliamentarian trotters advance in an orderly formation, knee to knee.

 Update: Here are the finished regiments of Horse.

Gallopers pursue a unit of trotters.

Above are the two new Royalist regiments, rebased and flocked, ready for action.

Together, the random placing of galloping troopers looks good and definitely gives the impression of a charging regiment.

I do like my Royalists in helmets and buff coats, I must say.