How do I start an English civil war army?

Alright guys. I've been asked by a couple of people how to go about starting an force force for English civil war or for the pike and shotte era.

I thought I would take this opportunity to make a video showing how a force of the time would have have even organised and also some great rules and figures to use or check out if your interested


Intro 0:05
The army components 0:45
A Regiment of Foot 2:17
A Horse Regiment 8:29
Dragoon regiment 9:54
A Foot Battalia 11:09
Army Structure 13:57
Rules 18:46
Sorce material and references 20:16
Manufacturers 22:44
Final Conclusion 24:35

Source material check out these sites

Keep your powder dry

https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/?m=1

British Civil war

http://bcw-project.org/


Check you these great ranges of miniatures

Warlord games

https://store.warlordgames.com/collec...

Perry miniatures

https://www.perry-miniatures.com/prod...

1st corp

https://1stcorps.co.uk/product-catego...

Bicorne Miniatures

https://www.bicorne.net/

Bloody miniatures

https://www.bloodyminiatures.co.uk/

Wargames foundry

https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/colle...

Channels to check out with pike and shotte content

Battle matt

   / themoveonsoulclub  

NicGamez

   / nicgamz  

Holydiver

   / @holydiver539  

7th son

   / @7thson726  


Also a special thank you to the Combined military service museum in Heybridge for letting me use there facilities for filming and for the allowing me to use some of their peices in my video.

https://cmsm.co.uk/

hopefully you can all find some help with all this information. if you have any questions don't forget to put something in the comments or you can get in touch via email at

[email protected]