Saturday 26 March 2016

Thirty Years War Commanders.


Now I've decided on using 'Pike and Shotte' as my rule set, I needed to get some General figures done  . Here is the commander of the Catholic League Army Count von Tilly .


The standard bearer is a converted artilleryman and the drummer pinched from an infantry box of figures . The standard is a vaguely Habsburg one as there is not a lot about flags in the early period of the 30 Years War.


The opposing Bohemian commander Prince Christian of Anhalt . Once again the standard bearer is a converted artilleryman and the drummer was a French dragoon originally .


The flag is an odd one off the Internet - there's even less info about the Protestant flags than the Imperial ones . The wet weather this Easter is preventing any gardening projects so I'm maxing out painting and basing to get enough figures done for a small trial game next week with 'A' .




16 comments:

  1. Cracking stuff...they really look good. There are 4 new volumes out about TYW flags, available from Partizan Press. Downside is they are £35 each, but I may be tempted. Back in the early 90's there was a series of articles in WI by Mark Allen about the TYW with a few pages of nicely drawn flags if I remember correctly.

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    1. Yes I saw the Partizan books - ouch ! the price - if I win the lottery ! , there's a lot about the Swedish armies and the Imperials but the earlier war is badly served , Tony

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    1. Under pressure now getting ready for the game next week - if it continues to rain I can paint uninterrupted , Tony

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  3. Tony remind me how you prepare your plastic figures for painting and do you use acrylics? Do you yacht varnish afterwards?
    Thanks
    Alan

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    1. I do soak them in washing up liquid and water overnight , I give them a matt black spray coat then paint them with acrylics , I give them 2 coats of yacht varnish to finish to prevent paint chipping , Tony

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  4. Excellent cameo Command stands Tony - well done! Your efforts make me want to go and buy some Plastics...I'm fighting the temptation. KEV.

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    1. Perhaps not as easy to paint as metal figures,but a lot cheaper, Tony

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  5. Excellent stuff, do you think I could get away with painting up "A Call to Arms" 54mm ECW figures as TYW? and do you add flock to the bases after you've varnished them?

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  6. I would think the ECW figure would pass as a TYW figure , I glue the figures to the base after painting - then give them a couple of coats of varnish and when dry go over the base with 'Basetex' when that is dry I dry-brush it with a lighter highlight and add patches of static grass, Tony

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  7. Fantastic stuff. Well done Tony.

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    1. They are painting up quicker and easier than I first thought , Tony

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    1. Think the two gloss coats help to seal the paint onto the figures , Tony

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