"Attn JOHN LEAHY, Victory without quarter for the TYW" Topic

I have an idea where-in perhaps a 1000 man "Imperial/Spanish" regiment of 1000 or so can be represented by using a single pike stand of 12 pikes, three ranks of four, on a stand 40mm front and 45 mm deep, with 4 stands of shot with 5 muskets on a standard 30mm square base.
When the conflict started just about everyone began in 10 rank formations, the Dutch in 8. By the end of the 1650s just about everyone was deploying in 6.
In melee, the deeper "Tercio/regimento" blocks would get 6D6 in melee rather than the usual 3.
The other powers using the Battalia deployment using the three base foot units….
Horse squadrons as same.
The only real heartburn I feel is the discouragement of coming to push of pike in the rules.
I sincerely think this is the final magic bullet for this conflict I have been searching for all these years.
~ still my favorite conflicts ~. ECW-TYW
THis would cause some real intimidation when facing the Tercios and the thick Tilly regiments on up to 1640s. By Rocroi tho, Spanish foot would deploy in Battalia as did the French and Germans.
Thoughts……?

Not sure how many "push of pikes" actually happened. A contemporary author said that whoever kills a pikemen, kills an innocent. They were not expected to actually kill, so they probably did no longer have the core of experienced veterans in their front ranks that are needed for a push – these would be (better paid) musketeers.

In the English wars the "push" was a very rare thing, I was thinking more on the continent.