| smacdowall | 27 Jul 2015 4:26 a.m. PST |
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My Spanish Tercio Viejo is now ready to take on the French. I have attempted to give them the air of well equipped men full of belief in themselves and their abilities.
More pics on the blog link |
| Grelber | 27 Jul 2015 4:45 a.m. PST |
Not my period, but I'm impressed. I can imagine them storming the section of the line held by the Cadets of Carbon de Castell Jaloux at dawn (Cyrano de Bergerac). Grelber |
| kallman | 27 Jul 2015 5:23 a.m. PST |
Nicely done and love this period but will have to wait to collect and do it another day/year/decade/ if I live that long. What miniatures are those? Nothing like a scary block of pikemen who know what they are about. |
| davbenbak | 27 Jul 2015 5:46 a.m. PST |
Great job of mixing figures from the various Warlord sets. The many pictures that get posted of these units are starting to all look the same. |
 ochoin  | 27 Jul 2015 5:48 a.m. PST |
Veterans to a man. These won't be easy to beat. |
| smacdowall | 27 Jul 2015 7:59 a.m. PST |
What miniatures are those? They are a mix of Warlord, Perry and The Assault Group. More complete descriptions on who's who on my blog at link |
| jambo1 | 27 Jul 2015 10:11 a.m. PST |
Lovely looking figures, great job. |
| timurilank | 27 Jul 2015 11:11 a.m. PST |
Lovely painting. Any Spanish cavalry on the work bench? Cheers,
Robert |
| smacdowall | 27 Jul 2015 11:58 a.m. PST |
Thanks. Some cavalry already done: link link More Arquebusiers waiting their turn Simon |
| timurilank | 27 Jul 2015 12:23 p.m. PST |
Great looking cavalry. I noticed a number of cavalrymen lacking facial hair. These must be from Wallonia. : ) Question. As a matter of interest when would the Morion helmet have been replaced by the felt hat… by 1670? Robert |
| smacdowall | 27 Jul 2015 2:42 p.m. PST |
My understanding is that helmets continued to be worn by some pikemen beyond that time but armour had more or less been phased out by then. I have seen a number of references that say by the 1650s the French pikemen no longer wore armour other than in the Gardes Françaises and Gardes Suisse. I believe the Spanish continued to wear armour a bit longer and I have deliberately given my Spanish a more heavily armoured look. My French have a mix of morions and soft hats. Same for cavalry with hats gradually taking over from helmets as the troopers lightened their equipment. |
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