The Spanish came out to do battle with the knights and landsknechts of Maximilian. Lots of pike, heavy knights, men with crossbows, arquebus and other inventive ways of killing each other.
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| My Spanish pikemen |
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| Maximilian on the left, my Spanish on the right. |
I've been lucky to get four or five games in over the last few months and this might be the last one for a while- so it was gonna be a good one.
Ross's early 16th Century collection is spectacular. He has a vast, beautifully painted collection of Swiss, French Gendarmes, Landsknechts, Argoulets, Pavisiers, Burgundian Knights, German Knights, Italians of the same, arquebus, crossbow etc etc...all the stuff that makes that period so fascinating!
Putting his French on the table to fight his Maximilian Imperials, we knew it was going to be a bloodbath- loads of pike and heavy knights....
Ross and I played a game from the late Middle Ages/ Early Renaissance a little while ago. I took all these photos at the start....then forgot to take more as the game progressed. It was Spanish vs Maximilian Imperialist. One of those games where I totally forgot to take the pics because it was such a close fought engrossing engagement.....so for posterity...I'll put them on the blog and in years to come kick myself for forgetting to take more pics!
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| The Spanish- left flank anchored on wood- lots of pike, some supporting shooters and a bit of cavalry. |
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| Maximilian's boys- not quite as much pike- less shooters...but a bit more heavy metal- The Knights! |