28mm Spanish Cavalry: Vaudèmont regiment

Hello guys,


This time I bring you a new cavalry unit for my late XVIIc. Spanish army: Regiment of Vaudémont.

In 1672 it appears as a regiment of German soldiers, led by Duke Charles IV of Lorraine, serving the King of Spain. It had 6 companies and 400 men.   This unit was also led by the Duke's son, Charles Henry , Prince of Vaudemont, so until 1698 there was in Flanders at least one cavalry regiment of Lorraine serving the Spanish Army of Flanders, fighting in all wars of the period, Franco Dutch War, War of the Reunions, and League of Augsburg War.


The miniatures are Front Rank  28mm miniatures, more suitable for League of Augsburg War than  1670' but I will use them for all conflicts between 1672-1697 anyway.

I painted them and use the flag  following this book, mentioned several times in this blog:
 BOERI, G. Carlo; MIRECKL, J. Luis; PALAU, José y HALL, Robert: The Spanish Armies on the war of the league of Augsburg, 1688-1697. Ed. Pike&Shot Society, 2011.

They were painted using Vallejo and Foundry paints, with some washes by Army Painter and Citadel. I stopped buying Citadel paints because the dry MUCH faster than any other manufacturer I have ever used... I am talking about the "new" pots of Games Workshop paints (I now, I am a nostalgic from the good old times of Games Workshop in the nineties).

After painting the riders and horses I applied matt varnish of AMMO Mig, by airbrush, I hope you like them!

and now some close ups, these Front Rank miniatures almost paint themselves, the sculpted details are very easy to paint,

Cheers