An intermittent blog of a few gamers and their adventures wargaming the English Civil War
Showing posts with label Ordnance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ordnance. Show all posts

Saturday, 2 January 2016

ECW Relics at the Tower of London

Some eye candies we found while visiting the Royal Armouries exhibit at the White Tower recently:
Harquebusier's Breastplate, buff coat and equipment (but not the colt .45 next to it though!)

Helmet detail

The inlaid armour of King Charles I

Cuirassier armour
Period pikeman's uniform

Long barrelled cavalry pistols
Period Falcon cannon

Saturday, 25 April 2015

Matchlock Rifle

This week I came across some ECW artefacts at the NRA museum in Virginia which was very interesting:

Matchlock Rifle:

 Ammunition bandoleer:
 Note that the projectile is embedded in the lid:
Rifle rest