Friday 10 November 2017

More 'German/Imperial’ troops to bolster the Dutch

Four new regiments have been completed today. All represent units provided by Hanover, Celle (how do you pronounce that?) and Brunswick under their obligations to the Holy Roman Empire to the Dutch during the French War 1672-78.









  • Uniform details and flags were taken from the excellent Pike and Shot society book on the Armies if Hanover Celle and Brunswick in the latter quarter of the 17th century.

15 comments:

  1. Impressive flags on awesome units, I LOVE these ones, painting and basing...and the close up on the officer is just superb...Congrats!

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    1. thanks Phil. I am quite pleased with the way they look. But how will they fight?

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    2. Doesn't matter, they will illuminate the battlefield anyway ...

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  2. Wonderful looking units and I'm getting to love the late 17thC period, due to the great looking units on offer.

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    1. Thanks Steve. One good thing is that there is very little info on uniforms in the 1670s. That means that one can apply wargamers license when building armies.

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  3. Fine looking units, you are not helping my resolve not to jump into this period.

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  4. Great looking units Colin and the first Phil is correct, the basing is superb

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  5. wonderful wonderful work Colin, well done.

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  6. Those are wonderful Colin - beautifully done. Celle is pronounced Cellar as in where you would keep your finest reds and is a beautiful town with a wonderful museum with so many sensational Napoleonic uniforms celebrating the Kings German Legion and the Hannoverian troops that fought so well during the 1815 campaign. I spent a lovely weekend there many years ago.

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  7. Those are very nice looking units! And all knocked out in an afternoon no doubt, or do you have a Painting Elf under the stairs?

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  8. To pronounce Celle as an English speaker, take the verb „sell“, add a „t“ at the beginning and another „e“ that sounds just like the first one: tsell-e.

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