Many thanks guys for the kind comments, Yeah, this time I wanted to introduce at least 3 different versions or shades of the same colour in the uniforms in order to add some variety and realism
Hi guys, Hi guys, I have just updated my blog: https://spanishleadpainting.blogspot.com/2020/02/finished-another-late-tercio.html Some months ago I started to paint a unit for my Spanish army, suitable either for 1670 or League of Augsburg War, using mainly Front Rank miniatures, you can see the pre...
for info on battles in Franco Dutch War see Helion Books WARS AND SOLDIERS IN THE EARLY REIGN OF LOUIS XIV. VOLUME 1 - THE ARMY OF THE UNITED PROVINCES OF THE NETHERLANDS, 1660-1687 https://www.helion.co.uk/browse-title-series-more/century-of-the-soldier-c-1618-1721/books-in-series/war-and-soldiers...
Two Questions have occurred to me: The first one: While starting to paint a unit of Saxon I go to try Burnt Umbra as Primer which I noticed to work quite well with red - maybe with yellow too? Second: The length of your Pikes... are those the 10cm long ones provided by Northstar or did you cut them...
Very nice unit Gunfreak! Avanpost miniatures I see, great sculpts, maybe the horses are smaller than other manufacturers, but anyway, I hope they make more sculpts for cavalry soon.
Very nice. May I make a minor suggestion? I notice from the blog you linked to that many of the hats from before the 1700s are white/grey. So maybe make the hats that colour? I think it wasnt until around 1695 that some regiments had black hats in the Iberian regiments. Also you represented the cut...
Hello there! just updated my blog: https://spanishleadpainting.blogspot.com/2019/03/28mm-tercio-de-burgos-amarillos-viejos.html This month I have finished (finally) the last of the five provincial tercios based in the Iberian peninsula, for my late XVII c. Spanish army. Tercio de Burgos, known as th...
New blog entry: https://spanishleadpainting.blogspot.com/2019/03/the-defense-of-dendermonde-1667.html The battle I have chosen, is the siege of Dendermonde, and the cavalry skirmishes that followed the siege... Why? This is the first of the wars for "Gloire" of the Sun King, and, until this action, ...
I have 7 of these already!