"The Army of Montrose - what colours to use" Topic
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| KeepYourPowderDry | 11 Oct 2020 11:00 p.m. PST |
Now that my Army of Montrose is very definitely happening my thoughts turned to what colour palette I would need, and in the process I had a look at some of the wargamer facts™ that haunt anyone setting out to paint a Royalist Scots army link |
 ochoin  | 11 Oct 2020 11:42 p.m. PST |
So, the truth is, "nobody knows". My good friend Dave's Montrose army (who've beaten my poor Covenanters several times) look like this:
They're a dour lot but I imagine they, look Dave himself, look quite cheerful as they give Argyll's boys another pasting. |
| takeda333 | 12 Oct 2020 2:29 a.m. PST |
Great looking army. I use Project Auldearn site for inspiration, even though I can't do that in 15mm. |
| KeepYourPowderDry | 12 Oct 2020 2:45 a.m. PST |
Very nice eye candy Ochoin, thanks for spurring me on. takeda – neither can I! |
 Yellow Admiral | 12 Oct 2020 8:56 a.m. PST |
There isn't a single period of Scottish history I think is fun to game, but every time I see a nicely painted Scottish army I want one. Probably the same mysterious force that gives me a taste for scotch whiskey. My compliments to your friend Dave, ochoin. That's a nice looking army. I've seen (and painted!) more complicated tartans, but a single color of basic stripes looks just fine. I'll keep that in mind next time I attempt Scots (if ever…). Are those 20mm or 1/72 figures? - Ix |
| sixlasers | 12 Oct 2020 9:57 a.m. PST |
They look like Tumbling Dice 20mm. Very nice. |
| ochoin | 12 Oct 2020 12:23 p.m. PST |
TD they are. The interesting thing is my Covenanter army are TD, often use exactly the same figures but thanks to different paint jobs, they look quite different. |
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