We’re taking a look at the use of standards and flags to denote a regiment’s colours during the English Civil War in the era of Pike & Shotte. Military flags of the Civil Wars were essentially of three kinds. Ensigns were large square banners made of silk or taffeta, roughly 6′ across. These were…
For all of you Pike and Shotte fans out there (and those curious about this colourful period!) we have a marvellous mountain of Montrose madness! This week we received our initial shipment of ‘Famous by my Sword’. Written by Charles Singleton, and published as part of Helion & Company’s ‘Century of the Soldier’ series. ‘Famous…
Updated: 23rd July, 2010 You saw him in the ‘green’ – now see Alisdair ‘The Devastator’ Mac Colla in all his painted glory: Standing at 7-foot tall, Alisdair ‘The Devastator’ Mac Colla was a larger than life character in every way. Right hand man to the Marquis of Montrose, Mac Colla was a legendary figure….
With more and more of you snapping up our Montrose Irish boxed set and ol’ Montrose himself, we’ve created two releases that will allow you to reinforce your Irish regiments. First off we’ve got an assortment of footmen for those of you who like pointy things with our Irish Brigade Pike: If you prefer your…
The Irish Brigade were a Brigade of three veteran regiments brought over from Ireland by Charles 1. They were all largely Irish and Catholic and had been fighting for some time in the Thirty Years War in Continental Europe.They formed the hard core of the Marquis of Montrose’s forces in his titanic struggle for control…
Long-awaited and eagerly anticipated, the Montrose Irish are upon us! There are few armies in this period that conjure up such romance as the Earl of Montrose. This handsome, daredevil Cavalier raised a small, disparate but highly effective army that smashed their Covenant lowland Scots foes time and time again in a series of short…
One of the greatest heroes of the English Civil Wars, James Graham, Marquis of Montrose is now ready to lead your troops into battle! “Let me be judged by the laws of God,the laws of nations and nature, and the laws of this land.” So spoke James Graham, 1st Marquis of Montrose at his trial…
Our award-winning Pike & Shotte range grows apace and we have stacks more in the pipeline for you! To show that we’re not ‘all mouth and no trousers’ here’s a crafty look at a couple of forthcoming releases – King Charles I and the Earl of Montrose! Divisive but powerful, Charles I was the King…
One of the most eagerly-awaited ranges we’ve done is well underway and now we’ll titillate and tantalise you further by showing off the new Irish Brigade Command sculpts: First off we have the Irish Brigade Piper. This stalwart old chap is obviously playing an inspirational tune on his bagpipes to keep up the morale of…
Updated: 2 October 2009: We recently showed off the sculpts of our Pike & Shotte Irish Brigade musketeers and jugdging by the reaction you loved them! Now we’re very pleased to be able to show off more for this range – Irish Brigade Pikemen: As you can see we haven’t taken the character of these…
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