The wonderful thing about our North Star 1672 range is that the
figures will do for many different nations armies in the period 1665-
1680. This is because it is a time just before uniforms, and the
figures are all dressed in the fashions common amongst soldiers
throughout Western Europe. This of course includes Britain.
The years covered by our range is called the Restoration Period in
Britain as it was the time the monarchy, represented by Charles II,
was restored after the English Civil War.
It was also the genesis of the British Army. Britain, tired of soldiers
and war, had disbanded much of it’s forces after the Civil War and
Oliver Cromwell’s reign. With the return of Charles II to England in
1660, the units still under arms swore allegiance to the King and
became the senior units of the British Army.
Some of the infantry regiments:
Coldstream Guards
Grenadier Guards
Scots Guards
1st Regiment (Royal Scots)
2nd Regiment (The Queen’s)
3rd Regiment (The Buffs)
Army
Lists
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figures will do for many different nations armies in the period 1665-
1680. This is because it is a time just before uniforms, and the
figures are all dressed in the fashions common amongst soldiers
throughout Western Europe. This of course includes Britain.
The years covered by our range is called the Restoration Period in
Britain as it was the time the monarchy, represented by Charles II,
was restored after the English Civil War.
It was also the genesis of the British Army. Britain, tired of soldiers
and war, had disbanded much of it’s forces after the Civil War and
Oliver Cromwell’s reign. With the return of Charles II to England in
1660, the units still under arms swore allegiance to the King and
became the senior units of the British Army.
Some of the infantry regiments:
Coldstream Guards
Grenadier Guards
Scots Guards
1st Regiment (Royal Scots)
2nd Regiment (The Queen’s)
3rd Regiment (The Buffs)
Army
Lists
st
Once the paint is dry remove the bundles from the card, by
carefully easing them off the surface, the hot glue is very tuff
stuff once it is set, so they should come off the card without
too much trouble, leaving you with free standing grass
bundles with a flat base at the bottom ready to be glued in
place.
I then tested out where the elephant grass could go on the
bases. Always have a dry run before committing your hard
work to final position. This can be a little frustrating as the
blooming things won’t stand up! Try to imagine how the base
carefully easing them off the surface, the hot glue is very tuff
stuff once it is set, so they should come off the card without
too much trouble, leaving you with free standing grass
bundles with a flat base at the bottom ready to be glued in
place.
I then tested out where the elephant grass could go on the
bases. Always have a dry run before committing your hard
work to final position. This can be a little frustrating as the
blooming things won’t stand up! Try to imagine how the base
Below. Firstly I stuck on the models more or less in the places I had determined earlier, then I stuck on the elephant grass, just
a tiny blob of superglue on the underside of the hot glue base and then stick it on.
Below. I tested out where the elephant grass could go on the bases. Always have a dry run before committing your hard work to
final position. This can be frustrating as the blooming things won’t stand up!
Right. Once the
paint is dry
remove the
bundles from the
card, by
carefully easing
them off the
surface.
