Showing posts with label League of Augsburg war. Show all posts
Showing posts with label League of Augsburg war. Show all posts

Friday, 17 February 2023

ALL the units for the Siege of Girona 1684: so far and future!

 Hi guys!


While I am finishing a unit for my 30 Years War French army, I wanted to show to you the units I have made (and the ones I have thought) for my campaign in and around Gerona/Girona in 1684. 

Apart from generic armies for late XVII c. for both sides, I wanted to paint specifically produced units or leaders for the campaign

So here is the preliminary list :


Spanish:

-Hero: Alexander Bournonville, Viceroy of Catalonia and chief of all the Spanish forces.

no miniature selected... yet.


-Hero: Carlos de Sucre, Governor of Gerona



-Hero: General de Artilleria Juan Domingo Pignatelli, commander of the garrison of the city.



-Unit: Tercio de Gerona 


Work in progress...





-Unit: Militia and gun



-Unit: "Paisanos" or civilian mob

NOT PAINTED YET

-Unit: Migueletes



-Unit: night fighters:

NOT  PAINTED YET

-Unit: company of priests:

NOT  PAINTED YET

-Powder cart... if hit, Kaboom!





French:

-Hero: Field Marshall Bellefonds, commander of the army of Rousillon



-Hero: Captain Jacques Sauvage (fictional), leader of enfants perdús



-Hero: French commander of siege artillery



-Unit: Petard Assault team



-Unit: Enfants Perdús, armored and grenadiers



-Unit: Regiment Konigsmarck (ex Furstemberg, elite German infantry in French service)

NOT  PAINTED YET

-Unit: converged grenadiers



-Ammunition storage: 

Work in progress


-Several other foot and horse regiments I already have painted in the past.





Generic:


-Siege workers

NOT  PAINTED YET

-siege position







-Terrain (generic)









Wednesday, 18 January 2023

Visit to Musée de l'Armée, Paris. Lots of XVII c. stuff

 

Hello guys,

I spent the first week of January 2023, revisiting Paris, and  I miraculously convinced my girlfriend to go to the military museum with me! She patiently paid attention to all my tedious explanations for almost 3 hours.

The collection is HUGE, I was very interested on WWI and WWII stuff, but in this blog, I will show to you some items related to XVII c. warfare.

The first pics are the tombs of both Turenne and Vauban behind the big dome, next to Napoleon's tomb.







Spanish gun, 1638, labelled as artillery of the army of Cardinal Infante, Don Fernando de Austria, brother of King, Philip IV of Spain.


coat of arms of Cardinal Infante





Spanish royal arms







French guns


Very interesting gun from Marine Royale, the brand new navy of France, heavily reinforced by Cardinal Richelieu


Now some nice mid to late XVII c. siege armor










Cuirassier armor from early and mid XVII C.
 several nations:














Armor of Louis XIV


Armour and horse dress of Condé ?





Heavy Pikeman and Buffcoats







This pistol-axe is quite interesting because I have a 28mm  model of French dismounted cuirassier wielding one, so I could not resist to post here!




Late XVII c. French cavalry flag, I thought they were bigger!

Flag of an Irish regiment in French service !


late XVIIc. French drum



Duke D'Enghien in 1646 after taking Dunkirk




Battle of Senneffe 1674






Turenne