Author Topic: Chema1986 XVIIc.Gallery:04/03/2025 Spanish Tercio Franco Dutch War 1672 (Read 49280 times)

Jeff965 · « **Reply #15 on:** 09 May 2018, 11:30:47 AM »

Wow I love everything about this unit Chema, the painting, composition, basing and standard are all top notch

chema1986 · « **Reply #16 on:** 09 May 2018, 11:53:36 AM »

Thank you very much !

I will expand this project soon

delbruck · « **Reply #17 on:** 09 May 2018, 05:22:20 PM »

Really nice. They have the look of Irish regiments that might have fought for King James II.

Hu Rhu · « **Reply #18 on:** 10 May 2018, 06:27:26 PM »

Gorgeous painting on those minis.

AdamPHayes · « **Reply #19 on:** 18 May 2018, 10:14:42 PM »

Quote from: Antonio J Carrasco on 09 May 2018, 10:54:44 AM

They are terrific, Chema! I have been tempted by BLB for ages, but the sheer amount of miniatures needed to play a game always has put me off.

BLB works fine for smaller games, I started out with only half a dozen units a side. As the casualties are recorded on a roster you can even start playing with smaller units than the standard 3 element infantry formations, just to get some games under your belt.

chema1986 · « **Reply #20 on:** 11 September 2018, 09:06:00 AM »

Hello all!

I have just finished a new unit for my Spanish army, a squadron of horse of Cuirassiers, I have used the flag of (presumably) "Tercio of Mastaing", a Spanish/Walloon Cuirassier regiment of the Army of Flanders, Of course this unit is equally suitable for the Portuguese-Spanish war (the latter part of the conflict), War of Devolution, Franco-Dutch War etc. I guess this soldiers could stretch roughly from 1660-85.

Please note that these Cuirassiers are NOT from any manufacturer, and its quality is average...(although the leader is a converted NorthStar 1672 line cavalry trooper), they were sculpted by an amateur sculptor and casted just a few models for this little project. The horses are NorthStar 1672. I wanted to match the style of Northstar because I love that range and a big part of my collecion is Northstar's.

The uniform is buffcoat or yellowish coat, with red cuffs over the elbow, a Spanish morion and breast and back plate.

Their uniform also match the one used by Don Juan Jose of Austria Cuirassiers guards, in the ill fated invasion of Portugal in 1662-63.

More on my blog:
http://spanishleadpainting.blogspot.com/2018/09/28mm-spanish-cuirassiers-caballos.html

Thanks for watching and Cheers

Chema

DintheDin · « **Reply #21 on:** 11 September 2018, 09:08:14 AM »

Neat paintjob on the riders, beautiful horses and I like your metal!
Keep them coming!

Utgaard · « **Reply #22 on:** 11 September 2018, 10:48:22 AM »

Again wonderful painting from you - I like these cuirassiers!

Romark · « **Reply #23 on:** 11 September 2018, 08:48:55 PM »

Nice looking unit

Codsticker · « **Reply #24 on:** 12 September 2018, 05:26:16 AM »

Beautiful stuff!

chema1986 · « **Reply #25 on:** 12 September 2018, 07:40:39 AM »

Many thanks for the comments!

chema1986 · « **Reply #26 on:** 20 March 2019, 09:40:13 AM »

Hello there!

just updated my blog:
https://spanishleadpainting.blogspot.com/2019/03/28mm-tercio-de-burgos-amarillos-viejos.html

This month I have finished (finally) the last of the five provincial tercios based in the Iberian peninsula, for my late XVII c. Spanish army. Tercio de Burgos, known as the Old Yellows or "Amarillos Viejos".

We know the flags and the yellow uniform, BUT some sources say the cuffs and leggins were blue and others say they were red... I preferred painting them in red, but the blue option seems to have more historical weight.

Anyway, this Tercio was formed on 22 January 1657, and Don Geronimo de Benavente y Quiñones was appointed as Maestre de Campo of what would become the Amarillos Viejos. It first actions were in the war against Portugal until 1668 when it gained its independence.

In 1664 it became Tercio Provincial de Burgos, a veteran unit which fought against the French in the Franco Dutch War 1672-78 and in the League of Augsburg War 1689-97, fighting in every major battle in those conflicts in the Catalan front of the war, like battle of river Ter in 1694 and Barcelona in 1697 just to name a couple.

The miniatures are mostly Northstar 1672/ Phoenix Miniatures Spaniards, with some additions like the officer and a couple of pikemen which were sculpted for me by a freelance. There is also a Northstar 1672 Swiss musketeer, converted into Spanish with a plume and front lappels added, just to add some variety.

The flag is by Adolfo Ramos Flags, and the painting was with Vallejo and Foundry paints. As yellow is a tricky colour to paint over black (and over every colour!) I airbrushed a desert yellow or ochre colour to the whole unit to serve as a second primer or base colour, then washed over and painted in the Foundry style "triads" but with 4 and 5 highlights in most cases, trying to blend the different colours in thin layers, using the excellent GW "Lahmian medium" instead of water.

Enough talking, here are the minis: