AHPC9 BLB - NYW Spanish brigade 1692

Back down to 15mm for my next Painting Challenge entry.

I've been promising myself that I'd paint a Spanish brigade for my Beneath the

 Lily Banners rules for a few years now. well 5 years to be exact, where'd that time go??

I bought a copy of The Spanish Armies of the League of Augsberg, here, after winning a competition which got the juices flowing.....

So here we are!

There are 4 units of infantry, 4 artillery pieces, a stand of Grenadiers

and 3 commanders. All the figures are from Donnington, which are not my usual 

goto company for my NYW figures. I bought 98% of this on ebay for  a bargain price.

Then had to top up a few bits and bobs. They are a little larger than Essex, but hey ho

beggars can't be choosers!

A pic from the back

Tercio Sevilla or old Violet’s (Morados viejos)

Maestros de Campo : (1685) D. Thomas de los Cobos y Luna, (1695) D. Francisco Antonio Diaz Pimienta 

Tercio Cordova or old Green’s (Verdes viejos)

Maestros de Campo : (1682) D. Carlos de Eguia, (1691) D. Juan Vasquez de Acuña, (october 1694) D. Esteban de Olalla

Tercio Valladolid or old Yellow’s (Amarillos viejos)

Maestros de campo : (1677) D. Antonio Serrano, (1689) D. Pedro Tolesano y Velasco, 

(1695) D. Fernando Davila Bravo de Laguna.

Tercio de Aragon

Maestros de Campo : (1678-1691) Artal de Azlor, conde de Guara,

 (1692) Guillén Ramon de Moncada, marqués de Aytona, (1693) D. Geronimo Pérez de Nueros y Pueyo

1 Heavy, 2 Medium & 1 Light artillery piece

1 Base of Grenadiers

Governor General and Captain General of Flanders

03/01/1686-December 1691 D. Francisco Antonio de Agurto, Marqués de Gastañaga.

D. Juan Vasquez de Acuña

D. Pedro Tolesano y Velasco

Spanish flags are a right pain, there were a quite a number captured at various battles

But we don't know which flag belongs to which regiment, with the exception of 

Tercio Aragon on the left. So I picked the ones I liked and added them to the regts.

All flags are taken from the book previously mentioned,

The Spanish Armies in the War of the League of Augsberg 1688-97

by Giancarlo Boeri, Josè Luis Mirecki and Josè Palau with Artwork by Robert Hall

available from The Pike & Shot Society

So by my calculations we have
4 x 21 figure units =  168
6 x Grenadiers = 12
12 x Artillerymen = 24
4 x Artillery pieces = 16
6 x Commanders = 24
For a total of 244 points!!
But Minion Lee awarded me a few bonus points taking me up to 250 points
and cementing me in 8th place in the Challenge.

RP No 88 NYW/Jacobite - King James, Tyrconnell & Lauzan

King James II

I've been busy painting up some Jacobite and Williamite command stands for the War in Ireland. I've mainly concentrated on the leaders present in the Old Bridge area of the Battle of the Boyne. Most of the figures are from Essex with a few from Donnington. They're all based up for Beneath the Lilly Banners, using the excellent circular bases from Warbases.

King James II

James II landed in Ireland in March 1689.The Irish Parliament did not follow the example of the English Parliament; it declared that James remained King and passed a massive bill of attainder against those who had rebelled against him. At James's urging, the Irish Parliament passed an Act for Liberty of Conscience that granted religious freedom to all Roman Catholics and Protestants in Ireland. James worked to build an army in Ireland, but was ultimately defeated at the Battle of the Boyne on 1 July 1690 when William arrived, personally leading an army to defeat James and reassert English control. James fled to France once more, departing from Kinsale, never to return to any of his former kingdoms. James died in exile in Saint-Germain in France in September 1701.

Earl of Tyrconnell

After the accession of James II in 1685, he was created Baron of Talbotstown, Viscount Baltinglass and Earl of Tyrconnell (2nd creation), and sent as commander in chief of the forces in Ireland. In this capacity and as Lord Deputy of Ireland (1687–88) he placed Catholics in positions of control in the state and the militia, which the Duke of Ormonde had previously organised. Consequently the entire Roman Catholic population sided with James II in the Glorious Revolution. Thus, in 1689, when James landed at Dublin with his French officers, Tyrconnell had an Irish army ready to assist him. His role in the Revolution was satirised in the contemporary folk song,Lillibullero. After James came to Ireland, he created him Duke of Tyrconnell and Marquess of Tyrconnell, titles recognised only by the Jacobites. After defeat in the Battle of the Boyne in 1690, Tyrconnell went to France for aid. He returned to Ireland in 1691, but died of apoplexy just before the fall of Limerick.

duc de Lauzan

Antoine Nompar de Caumont, Marquis de Puyguilhem, duc de Lauzun (1632 – November 19, 1723)

In the late autumn of 1689 Lauzen was put in command of the expedition fitted out at Brest for service in Ireland, and he sailed in the following year. Lauzun was honest, a quality not too common in James II's officials in Ireland, but had no experience of the field, and he blindly followed Richard Talbot, Earl of Tyrconnel. After the battle of the Boyne they fled to Limerick, and thence to the west, leaving Patrick Sarsfield to show a brave front. In September they sailed for France, and on their arrival at Versailles Lauzun found that his failure had destroyed any prospect of a return of Louis XIV's favour.

NYW 15mm French Commander

As some of you may know I'm painting up an Allied army for The Nine Years War/War of the Grand Alliance/League of Augsberg, my pal and fellow Reject, Richard is painting up the French army.
Now Richard has come up with every excuse under the sun as to why he's not painted as many units as I have. I believe its just laziness on his part, he he! Not really Rich!!!!
He sent me this photo of his French Command stand, Rich hasn't chosen who this stand represents yet, but  it looks like the Duc de Luxembourg to me!!! I think he's made a grand job of this mini diorama, the figures are a mix, the artillery and artillerymen are from Essex and so are the horses, the riders are the Donnington figures. He's painted up several units both infantry and cavalry already, hopefully I'll post some morw pics of his work at a later date.
Cheers
Ray