The Savoyan Army of Vittorio Amadeo II. 1689 - 1697

[El Cid]

First pictures of my latest project:

the Savoyan army of Vittorio Amadeo II. 1689 - 1697 (Nine Years War in Italy)

taken at the 2.Austrian Salute 2012 in Oberndorf (Austria)


the Savoyan Guards


the Dragoni di Piemonte (Dragoni Gialli)


Reggimento Monferrato


picture from the battle of Embrun

more to follow .....

[footslogger]

Nice looking! Whose figures?

[Churchill]

Ray.

[PaulMc]

Lovely El Cid! Can't wait to see more.

[flick40]

Lovely figs, love the dragoons.

I did a game awhile back in this period with this army, report with pics here viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2755 The battle of Staffarda, Savoy with Imperial and Spanish allies vs French.

Joe

[El Cid]

Thanks for your kind words.

The figures are all from my collection, painted by myself. The flags are copies from various sources, enhanced with paint by myself (a technique I'm doing for quite a while).

The next regiment will be Saluzzo, the old uniform with the striking lemon yellow facings on grey uniform coats.

And yes, I will add more informations on the Italian theatre.

@flick40

Great report, thanks for providing the link.

[j1mwallace]

Very nice!. Its good to see something a bit different.

[yar68]

Great looking troops, it's nice seeing something different from the period.

[18th Century Guy]

Woo Hoo! Those are awesome. Very nice work.

[El Cid]

Update:

some pics of the French enemies - painted by my dear friend MThomas = Thomas Mang (some of you met him at the Salute 2011):














Salzburg Regiment, complete with Archbishop





Have fun !

[obriendavid]

Very nice looking well painted units and some interesting vignettes mixed in with them.
Cheers
Dave

[toggy]

Superb work El Cid, great painting, basing & posing.

By the way who makes the mastiff type dog, very useful figure.

Bob

[Churchill]

Ray.

[Cheriton]

First pictures of my latest project:

the Savoyan army of Vittorio Amadeo II. 1689 - 1697 (Nine Years War in Italy)

Hello:

Very nice stuff. I have been "keeping a candle" for the Savoyan Army since the mid-late 70s when "Armies and Weapons" magazine's fold-out in a particular issue was a full-colour presentation of the the army of the 1690s (I believe). Probably before your time.

I still have it here somewhere and now with Barry's "Apostolics" coming out intend to finally do that army. If you, or anyone else, happen to be familiar with said poster do you have any comments on the accuracy of the depictions?

BTW, did you frequent the Crusader Minis Yahoo group many moons ago? Or was that another "El Cid"?

Cheers,

Michael

[yar68]

Wow! Some great painting! Love the artillery base and the General base!