4Ground Regular Wooden Outhouse

I have added one of the 4Ground Regular Wooden Outhouses to my collection.  The construction is very similar to the Wooden WC I built previously only somewhat larger.  Again the construction was quite simple and the building can be made in either a complete or damaged state.

With a Wargames Foundry figure for scale

Marston Moor Battlefield

Taking only a slight detour on our way from York to Harrogate I managed to get to see Marston Moor, site of the battle of the same name in 1644 during the English Civil War.  Although given that a large part of the Parliamentarian force was the Scots army ECW seems a somewhat inaccurate term.

As with Towton, which I visited earlier, Marston Moor has a monument and a board with an overview of the battle; however, it's clearly a poor relative when compared to its Wars of the Roses cousin with no battlefield trail or further educational material.

The monument

One of the plaques on the monument

An overview of the battle

Looking toward the Royalist lines

Looking toward the Parliamentarian lines

Whilst there is less material at the site it is fields and so you can get something of a feel for the terrain and it is worth a visit if you are interested in the period.

Hang 'Em High Gallows

I bought a gallows from Battle Flag to add to my collection (not long before 4Ground produced theirs - although this one can only handle a single hanging at a time!).  Here are some photos of the almost finished item (I need to sort out the noose - the "rope" is included:

The kit was easy to assemble - I only needed to texture and paint the base (as this comes in plain MDF) - it's a little more fiddly than some of the 4Ground kits but not significantly so.  The kit is not pre-painted but I think the natural MDF works fine.

Towton Battlefield

We went on a trip up to York for a couple of days so I made sure that our route passed through at least a couple of the area's battlefields.  On the way there it was the site of the Battle of Towton in 1461 one of the bloodiest battles in England during the Wars of the Roses.

It was a very different day to the day of the battle, we had bright sunshine and high temperatures whilst on Palm Sunday in 1461 it was snowy and somewhat colder!

The battlefield and the surrounding area are given over to farm land and given the often poor recognition of the history of some battlefields I was impressed that Towton has display boards and a battlefield trail that you can walk.

The introductory display board

The old monument

A view across the field of battle

If you would like more information have a look at the Towton Battlefield Society website.

Montrose Himself!

And to lead the Royalist forces, none other than the Marquis of Montrose:

The figures are once again from Redoubt but the flag is a modified version of one from The Inevitable Spark blog.

Covenanter CinC

And to lead my Covenanter forces here is their commander:

The figures are both from Redoubt and the flag is from Wargames Designs.

More Scots Horse

And another unit of Scots horse (perhaps a little more Scots this time!):

28mm figures from Redoubt again.

ECW Officer No. 3

Here's the third mounted commander for my Scots forces:

As before its a 28mm figure from Redoubt.

Scots Horse

Here's a unit of Scots horse:

As you will probably have guessed by now - the figures are 28mm from Redoubt.

ECW Officer No. 2

Here's another officer for my Royalists or Covenanters:

The figure is 28mm and from Redoubt.

Scots Lancers

The next unit I finished basing this weekend consists of some Scots Lancers:

Once again the figures are 28mm from Redoubt.

ECW Officer No. 1

Clearly my growing force needed some leadership - here's my first commander figure:

Another 28mm figure from Redoubt.

Scots Dragoons

Apologies for the lack of posts recently - I have been up to my neck in work.  Here are a couple of photos of two Scots Dragoons that I finished basing recently:

The figures are 28mm from Redoubt.

I am hoping that I will get some more basing done this weekend - so watch this space!