I'd recommend the Wars of Louis XIV by John Lynn. Obviously covers much more than the WSS but it really puts that war into perspective and the discussion of the WSS is good, and he does cover a bit about what was going on in all the theaters of the war.
I didn't paint any of the figures in the book. I will offer a suggestion about blue paint though. I have the Andrea blue set and it's the best paint I've ever used without exception. You can do a really dark blue or bring your blue up to a fairly nice medium blue that's still on the darker side. Gre...
Robert Hall is working on a uniform book for the Dutch in the WSS. I hear the first volume will be out around the end of this year. Has anyone heard anything more on this? Yes, cav volume will be first, delayed by about three months to incorporate comments from Olaf van Nimwegen, so end of Q1 2013 ...
I'm going to be in Amsterdam in October for work. I'll have a free afternoon or two. What things are to be seen for the military history buff especially having to do with the WSS?
great links Gunter, thanks for posting them. Maverick flags do a number of Spanish flags for unidentified regiments so my approach is to use them with the uniform info available. I'm really tempted to do one of the regiments with violet coats even though they didn't fight in Flanders which is where...