Wednesday 23 May 2012

Lord Brooke's Purple Coats

Lord Brooke's ECW regiment of purple coats. This was my entry in the painting competition at Salute 2012.



Lord Brooke's regiment was the only purple coated regiment of the civil war. They fought at Edgehill in 1642, at Brentford in 1642 and at the siege of Lichfield in 1643 -  that was it for them. They fought valiently at Edgehill but suffered heavy losses. Lord Brooke died at the siege of Lichfield 1643 and the regiment did not survive long after that.

I've always been drawn to this regiment - perhaps it's their distinctive purple coats or their actions early on in the war!

From a painters point of view I like the way the purple, buff/ leather, armour and orange work together to give a pleasing overall effect.

Figures Bicorne/ Renegade. Flag hand painted.















9 comments:

  1. Ridiculously Beautiful!!!!!!

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  2. Very very nice, sir. They are superb.


    -- Jeff

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  3. Great to see Lord Brooke's crack 'Purplecoats' again - marvellous paintjob !!

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  4. What a great colour and fab paint jobs!

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  5. Never thought Brooke's regiment would look any good with purple coats, but these are excellent!

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  6. Quite a striking appearance, just the job

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  7. For somebody like me that is just now getting started in the ECW, these are truly inspirational. Thanks and keep up the fine work!

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  8. Outstanding looking unit! Nice.

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  9. Lovely figures can I ask which paints you have used for the purple.
    Cheers
    Steve

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