FOR SALE - English Civil War collection

Elvis has left the building - SOLD

This is a fully painted and based English Civil War collection. It is, except for 1 gun, 100% Wargames Foundry miniatures. All figures were painted by myself, in enamels I think. Before you look further, I'll be up front about the price - I want £1675.00 for the lot. I am not open, to offers for less than that, or offers for only parts of it.

My reason for sale is simple enough: I never play with it.

The collection comprises:

Foot:

5 Regiments of foot - Parliament.

5 Regiments of foot - Royalist.

1 Regiment of foot - Either, the officers do not have sashes.

1 Regiment of dismounted dragoons.

Horse:
13 flags (7 Royalist, 6 Parliamentary)

111 cavalry figures

Command:

15 foot and 10 mounted officer types.

Artillery:

5 artillery stands with 7 interchangeable guns, and 23 crew. (There are also two unbased limbers and an 'unbased' petard stand of 5 figures - not pictured or counted).

Totals:

Foot figures - 284

Cavalry figures - 121

Guns - 7

At £3.50 for foot and £5.50 for cavalry and guns this would come to £1697.00. Considering my average charge for painting (commissions) a foot figure is £5.50 (not including the miniature) this is a real bargain.

Here are some closer shots of the painting quality.

If you are genuinely interested in buying this collection I can take payment by cheque (made out for Pounds Stirling only) but would not dispatch until after the cheque cleared. I can take Pay Pal (including credit card payments, from memory) but you would pay any banking charges. I can take cash of course, but only if you will collect.

Any package and postage charges will be at cost - Royal Mail Special Delivery inside the UK. Other destinations by arrangement. You can pick up the collection in person from my address in West Yorkshire if you prefer.

The Battle of Trimini - part 2

Here are some photos of the second night's play. There is very little blurb. The day after the game I took three days out of my comfort zone to help a friend with his art / trade show (doing donkey work, mainly) and the battle, as well as the feeling in my arms and legs, has drifted into distant memory.

The Allies kept up their inexorable advance. Here and there their progress was slowed by counter attacks by the Swiss and the constant pecking of French skirmishers, but eventually all organised resistance was crushed.

The French C-in-C and his gendarmerie did not make it out of camp (locked), and only just managed to fight off raiding Venetian stradiots who caught them in their PJs. This was probably a good thing - one of the striking factors in this battle was the way in which French command stands had a nasty habit of getting themselves killed at the first opportunity. They started the battle with 7 commanders, including the C-in-C, and ended it with just 2 - never have so many 1s been rolled on d20 (to fire) and d12 (for melee) - whilst the Allies didn't lose any.

The battle ended, possibly with another hour of play still in it, with all hope of French victory snuffed out. A decisive victory for the allies.

The Battle of Trimini (part 1)

"...and gentlemen in Trimini, now abed, will think themselves accursed they were not here." muttered a French pikeman to his comrade - who just gave a customary Gallic shrug.

Before dawn broke the reports of enemy activity were becoming more alarming by the minute. So many reports were coming in that both the Swiss and French pike squares, which had been stood-to, began a shambolic approach towards the picket lines. Minutes later the boom of French cannon in the forward lines signalled to all that something was afoot.

The plan of the Imperialists and their Venetian allies was plain to see: A massed infantry attack in the centre would be supported by a double envelopment by cavalry. The Allied army came on with great speed and within the hour the French pickets were falling back before the onrush of Landsknecht and Romagnol pikemen as the outer earthworks were overrun. Only a charge by the French pike square checked the Landsknechts who advancing on open ground. The fighting was fierce and the French put up a most gallant resistance, even under the devastating fire of supporting organ guns, before finally giving way and taking to their heals. Elsewhere the allied pike were pressing forward against light resistance, but were slowed whilst extricating themselves out of the earthworks. The Swiss plugged the gap.

The Venetians meanwhile were advancing around Trimini and an assault was looking imminent. In the main French camp all was chaos. Before the first hour was out only the Swiss managed to show some discipline, form up, and move out of camp (removed 2 locks) towards the sounds of the fighting. On the allied left the Venetian stradiots and mounted arqubusier met with no resistance and, as the Landsknechts crossed the earthworks, were at the outskirts of the French camp even as the Swiss were leaving it.

On the right, the presence of the French stradiots (who had quickly taken position there) and mounted crossbowmen slowed down the advancing allied cavalry wing with desultory skirmishing, advances and evades.

Next week we shall continue the action.