Project: Vintage 30 Years’ War

This project, thought one year ago, is now starting up. I have collected a number of Minifigs and Hinchliffe figures, which need quite some restoration. I also have gathered a good number of unpainted figures.

Figure spotting photos here.

Minifigs catalogue with TYW and ECW pages and photos:

My plan is to build one Protestant and one Catholic Army, roughly based on what Charles Grant described in the Wargamers’ Annual of 2009.

A good set of rules that my friend Maurizio made me try is Warre.

First stage would be to prepare two small armies which may be already used for a small game, in Bold red (clickable link) what I have done so far:

• Protestant Army
  • One General (one figure on 50mm round base)
  • 4 infantry regiments (total of 8 pike bases, 16 shot bases, four command bases)
    • 1 regiment
    • 2 regiments
    • 1 regiment
  • 2 cavalry (harquebusiers or demi-curassiers) regiments (total of 6-8 Horse bases)
  • 1 dragoons unit (total of 4 horse bases, 1 dismounted dragoon base, hopefully 1 Horse Holder Dragoon base)
  • 1 battalion gun (1 50×50 base, two figures)
• Imperial Army
  • One General (one figure on 50mm round base)
  • 4 Imperial Regiments (total of 4 pike bases, 8 normal size shot bases, 4 small size shot or swordsmen bases, 4 command bases).
  • 2 Cuirassier regiments (total of 8 Horse bases)
  • 1 light cavalry unit (Croats?) (total of 4 Light Horse figures on 25mm pill-shape single figure bases)

Basing will be as described here.

Le aste delle bandiere: 6 cm per la fanteria e 4 cm per la cavalleria.

Cavalry lance flagpoles may be found here.

Second stage, as foreseen by Charles Grant is the following:

• Protestant Army
  • 1 CinC
  • 4 commanders
  • 8 infantry regiments
    • 1 regiment;
    • 2 regiments.
    • 3 regiments (need to find photos).
    • 2 regiments.
  • 4 battalion guns
    • 1 battalion gun
  • 9 cavalry regiments
    • 1 Cuirassier
    • 2 demi-cuirassiers
    • 3 demi-cuirassiers
    • 2 arquibusiers
    • 1 Scottish lancers unit
  • 4 commanded shots
    • 2 commanded shots
    • 2 commander shots
  • 1 dragoon unit
  • 2 gun batteries
    • 1 gun battery
• Imperial Army
  • 1 CinC
  • 4 commanders
    • 1 Commander
    • 1 Commander
    • 1 Commander
  • 8 Imperial regiments.
    • 4 Imperial regiments
    • 4 Imperial Regiments
  • 3 Cuirassier regiments
    • 2 regiments
    • 1 regiment
  • 8 other cavalry units
    • 5 demi-cuirassiers
    • 2 Lancers units
    • 1 Arquebusiers
  • 1 light cavalry unit (Croats)
  • 4 commanded shots
  • 2 gun batteries
    • One battery
    • One battery

This is a good project for 2024!

On the right a colour choice for painting 30 Years War figures by AK.