Hi guys,
I wanted to write a post about old and new colour plates from various books and illustrators of this part of history.
Spanish tercios in Mid-Late XVII century:
Starting with Patrice Courcelle works,
Spanish troops mid XVII c. ensign and arquebussier (too colorful for my personal taste)
Spanish troops 1680-90, Pikeman, dragoon and musketeer
Now some Spanish tercios of Catalan origin in the Pyrinees fronts from Franco-Dutch war to League of Augsburg War 1672-1697:
(comments on the plates)
all the previous Tercios are recruited in Catalonia and Valencia (Kingdom of Aragon, Spain)
Next batch are from Jose María Bueno, old plates but nice anyway!
Pikeman 1668 Ceuta.
Spanish General in typical purple
Spanish Cavalry: left to right: Royal Lancers, Royal guard mounted, Dragoon, Dragoon and Cuirassier, mid/late XVIIc.
Musketeer 1668
Royal guards: Up Royal guard and Guardia Chamberga/Tercio de la Reina.
Down: Spanish Guards, German Guards and Mounted Lancer.
Spanish troops 1670-80'
Spanish Officer 1668, Ceuta.
Now from the defunct magazine "Researching & Dragona", the Spanish army of Naples.
1680-1700
From the same magazine, some flags of Italian campaign of 1693
and Italian troops from 1650.
and last from this magazine:
League of Augsburg War, Army of Flanders
1700 Walloon tercios
British Tercios fighting for Spain
From Osprey titles:
Spanish officer in Porto Bello, Panama.
Spanish tercios during the League of Augsburg War
Spanish troops during the 30 years siege of Ceuta
Fixed companies of Ceuta
Tercio Morados Viejos and Tercio de la Armada.
Color plates from Count of Clonard "Uniforms of the Spanish Army" and other XIX century plates:
Royal Guard of Felipe IV
Guardia Chamberga of Charles II
Provincial Tercios
Cavalry
Provincial Tercios
Provincial Tercios
Dragoons
Finally, some painting I really like about mid/late XVII c. Spanish tercios...
Spanish Flag bearer 1660-70'
Don Juan Jose of Austria in 1652, during the successful siege of Barcelona
And from Ferrer Dalmau:
Pikeman of Tercio de Asturias 1690
Spanish victory in the battle of Valenciennes 1656
Rocroi, el último tercio.
I hope you find it useful!
Great collection of pictures. I'm painting up some 15mm 1690's Spanish this week. What colour would you paint their artillery and the artillerymen?
ReplyDeleteHi Ray! thank you, well there is no data on artillery uniforms prior to War of Spanish succession. I paint mine with no uniform and with blue uniforms with red cuffs and breeches (post 1700 uniform). I want to see your Spaniards!
DeleteRegards
Thanks for the info Jose.
DeleteFine!!! Just what you need!
ReplyDeleteGreat collection of plates, Jose. I've struggled to find decent images of standards for the Spanish army of the Nine Years War and early War of Succession. You wouldn't know of any good sources would you?
ReplyDeleteThank you! yes, you have them in "Spanish Armies of the League of Augsburg War" book, and also, for wargaming purposes, here:
Deletehttp://flags.adolforamos.com/index.php?id_category=74&controller=category&id_lang=3
and here :
https://spanishleadpainting.blogspot.com/2018/09/spanish-flags-late-xvii-c.html
Thanks Jose
DeleteGreat plates, thank you for posting!
ReplyDeleteIm glad you like it, John!
DeleteThis would be a great resource for the Pikemans Lament units . 😎
ReplyDeleteThanks ! Lots of uniforms yes ;)
DeleteOh wow! Wow! WOW! Hurry up North Star and reissue the 1672 Spanish. Amazing stuff.
ReplyDeletehahahaha I hope Northstar will hear our desires! Thanks Colin.
DeleteCan anyone advise which issue of Researching & Dragona the flags of the 1693 Italian campaign was taken from as well as the picture featuring the green & white flag with an officer and two soldiers? Thanks in advance.
ReplyDeleteHi mate, I don´t remember the exact issue of the magazine, but I took the pictures from this blog:
Deletehttp://miniaturasmilitaresalfonscanovas.blogspot.com/search?q=researching+dragona&updated-max=2016-09-11T03:33:00-07:00&max-results=20&start=15&by-date=false
tha author of that blog passed away last year but I think he had several complete issues of the magazine, so just check it.
Regarding the picture you asked, they are from the army of FLanders during the War of the League of Augsburg.
Cheers!