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Covenanter Horse

Posted by Ochoin on 26 Sep 2018, 10:13

I'm building a Covenanter army, mostly using Tumbling Dice figures. These are "large" 20mm figures, so compatible with the bigger plastic offerings (ie not Revell TYW figures).

One issue is Scottish cavalry. It’s reckoned to be fairly awful & I have 2 units of TD “pickers”. I really need a third unit: preferably pistol armed, almost Moss Trooper like.
I’ve been trolling PSR & found something. I'm generally not a big fan of Mars figures.

How awful do you think these are?
http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=2481


About half could wear the existing helmets & the others could get a ‘bunneted’ head from Tumbling Dice.

Am I fooling myself?

donald
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Posted by zirrian on 28 Sep 2018, 06:47

IMHO once painted, the Mars figs look fine.
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Posted by Ochoin on 04 Oct 2018, 11:18

The only set I have is the heavy artillery box. The figures are a little flat but really, they're OK.

Apart from Tumbling Dice, Covenanter Horse is rather hard to find so I think with some conversion work, they should do.

Thanks for the advice.

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Posted by ells10 on 15 Oct 2018, 17:47

Have you looked at the Irregular Miniatures Scots cavalry?
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Posted by Ochoin on 15 Oct 2018, 20:54

Thank you for your reply.

It would seem they'll be too small to easily fit in:
http://plasticpelisse.blogspot.com/2008 ... unted.html

A pity as they look quite nice.

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Posted by ells10 on 16 Oct 2018, 08:25

No honestly I have some, they fit in well with everything else. Their Scots infantry are also very good for both sides of the conflict, I'll try and take some photos of mine if you like.
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Posted by Ochoin on 16 Oct 2018, 11:39

I have a few of their Ancients & those are small. The bulk of my ECW armies are Revell (large) & Tumbling Dice (large). If you think they're OK, I'd love to see comparison shots.

I've already rejected SHQ figures because they're too small. I'm not that picky, I thought....

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