Soldats passe par les baguettes

The French army wasn't really known for its severity in punishment and this concept is one normally associated with the Protestant nations but obviously they did it, and I suppose there's something democratic about this sort of chastisement.

Trelawney's pikeman

Thought I'd show you one of my conversions from the Call to Arms 1/32 English Civil War pikemen set dragged out from my rummage box. It's not a great photo and I did rush the painting but you get the idea. Of course doing 16 or so of them isn't so easy.

Corps de Garde

Another fascinating image from N Guerard. Note the drum hanging up on the wall.

The coronation of George I

Interesting depiction of soldiers from 1714. Troops in the background are wearing presumably new hats as they aren't in the three-cornered cock one would expect at this time.

HE 54mm Charles XI cavalry

There are a few metal 54mm figs out there that could be used for a 1685 project....Holger Ericcson do cavalrymen for the Charles XI period which look nice and of course Irregular do a Restoration range in 54mm. Call to Arms ECW cavalry will make some interesting Horse and so on. As you now have an excuse to buy these I thought I'd post pictures of these HE figures - website here

Toy soldiers blog

If Eric1's comments about producing 1/32 figures for the Monmouth Rebellion has set your heart a-flutter and maybe consider there might actually be a god out there then check out his great toy soldiers blog while you wait patiently. Some great ECW figs up there. Also some really fine AWI and Napoleonic that capture the appeal of this scale perfectly. Helmet soldiers webpage

Monmouth Rebel by Richard Scollins

Fraxinus, whose blog I recommend, sent me this image from an old Military Modelling article. I like it a lot and it's one of the most convincing interpretations of a Rebel I've seen. Not mad about the hat, but otherwise this fits my image of what a Rebel infantryman might have looked like. Flintlock..yes they had them in reasonable numbers...bandoleer? Maybe. There is a strange device in the Blake Museum, Bridgwater that is supposed to be a powder-carrying device from Sedgemoor...it looks like a bicycle inner tube with a brass spout attached to it...made of black leather...very odd. My guess is most musketeers would have had a flask and that would be it. Here's one that is a relic of the battle.