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Title: Thirty years war figure
Post by: Christoph on April 11, 2020, 04:08:03 AM

Hello,

here is a figure I painted last week.

I found the colour among the drawings of K. A. Wilke. It shows the scottish cross of St. Andrew together with french fleurs de lilies and a crowned "L". So I think this colour belonged to the french Garde Escossais, a regiment which exsists from 1635 to 1662.
It suffered heavy losses at the battle of Tuttlingen 1643 when a bavarian / imperialist army supported by lorraine and spanish troops surprised a french army at camp. The french army was made up by french troops and german mercants including the Garde Escossias.

The figure was edited by Thomas Beier of the Klio.


Christoph


(https://abload.de/img/20041001dckhi.jpg) (https://abload.de/image.php?img=20041001dckhi.jpg)

Title: Re: Thirty years war figure
Post by: Christian on April 11, 2020, 03:02:54 PM

Wonderful!!!!


Nice to see some more figures from the 30th war, painted by Yourself!!!!


Wonderful dynamic group from T. Beier


BG Christian

Title: Re: Thirty years war figure
Post by: snagy on April 12, 2020, 12:26:08 AM

Hi Christoph,
another artwork from you!!
The story behind the pattern is also valuable!!!
Wilke's drawings are beautiful and very good reasource for us.
I wonder whether the drawings are available collected in some books??
I have only the drawings of the mounted musketeers of Luis XIII.
Have a nice Easter!!!
(... and tak care with the hard drinks...  ;)  )
Sandor

Title: Re: Thirty years war figure
Post by: snagy on April 12, 2020, 12:45:03 AM

Sorry I mixed up: the drawings I have of Wilke are about the lifeguards of Wallenstein.
I also have very nice drawings (aquarelles) about the musketeers of Luis XIII - but I don't know the author.
(http://www.intflatfigures.org/BFFS/gallery/16/2574-120420004050.jpeg)


Anyway tha paintwork is excellent on the figures!
Sandor

Title: Re: Thirty years war figure
Post by: Christoph on April 12, 2020, 04:07:43 AM

Thank you.

K.A. Wilke did some drawings of soldiers of the thirty years war. I think these drawings are now stored in a museum in Lausanne. You may found some works on this homepage: http://www.tercios.fr/category/histoire-odb-uniformes/organisation/

I try to do my very best about hard drinks, Sandor. Cheers!

Christoph 

Title: Re: Thirty years war figure
Post by: errant49 on April 12, 2020, 04:48:28 AM

Very nice figure Christoph
Is it still available from mr Beier ? Do you have  a contact address ?


About Wilke,  his works are in the Morges Museum near lausanne; they were in the Raoul Gérard collection


The late Christian Terana issued some 30 years ago a reprint with all the drawings of Wilke's works in Black and White but with all texts and descriptions of the uniforms and colors
Unfortunately to big a work to numerise and download




Eric

Title: Re: Thirty years war figure
Post by: Christoph on April 12, 2020, 05:03:32 AM

Hello Eric,
the e-mail of Mr. Beier is  tbc-CUX@t-online.de (mailscripte/mail_variabel.php?adresse=tbc-CUX@t-online.de) (taken from the KLIO homepage)

Of course this figure is still available, as well as a new group with three footsoldiers fighting for a colour.
Christoph

Title: Re: Thirty years war figure
Post by: errant49 on April 12, 2020, 05:10:23 AM

Thank you Christoph
I will try to get in touch
Eric