The Eighty Years War
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About the Project
For the past two years I wanted to get into historical wargaming and I finally did! I bought my first historical miniatures for the Eighty Years War. Never heard of this war? The extremely short description: a war between the Netherlands and Spain from 1568 till 1648. I want to paint two forces, one for each side. While this is more a painting and collecting project than a gaming project, I will follow the rules Pikeman’s Lament (Osprey Games) for unit size, shape and size of the bases,… The goal is to paint them as historically accurate as possible. I’ve been reading a lot about this war and other wars in this period over the past two years. My miniatures will represent soldiers from around 1600. This will be reflected in their look and armament as well as the composition of both forces.
Related Game: Pikeman's Lament
Related Company: Warlord Games
Related Genre: Historical
Related Contest: Spring Clean Hobby Challenge (Old)
This Project is Completed
Dutch armoured pikemen
These miniatures are from the new range of “Maurician Dutch” from The Assault Group, which they released last year. Named after Maurice of Nassau who was in command of the Dutch army during this period.
Dutch command
Miniatures: The Assault GroupAnd here is the flag with the lion of the Dutch republic I made a few entries ago! 🙂
Spanish armoured pikemen
Miniatures: The Assault GroupDutch arquebusiers
Miniatures from The Assault GroupSpanish command
Miniatures from The Assault GroupAnd all my miniatures from the Eighty Years War have been painted! I will now close this project. At some point I may return to it. But that won’t be for quite some time.
Overview
No new miniatures this time. I just bought a new gaming mat. The perfect opportunity to make some photos of the entire project.
81 Dutchmen and 92 Spanjards. 173 miniatures in total.
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