1632 BATTLE OF LUTZEN - WILDENSTEINS'S BLACK REGIMENT

The topic concerning the Swedish uniforms is a typical one. Making things short, it seems evident from sources that not just the colours but even the uniforms (above all after 1626) were "uniformed" and provided by the central governament.

At the Battle of Lutzen in 1632 partecipated different coloured regiments: the Yellow Regiment, the Old Blue Regiment, the Green (Life) regiment , the White Regiment and of the new levied coloured regiments: the New Blue Regiment, the Black Regiment of Wildenstein and the Black Regiment of Thurn.

As far as we know, the Thurn's black Regiment had blue uniforms, while it has to be considered dressed in black the Wildenstein's Black Regiment.

The fact that the regiments had black uniforms is confirmed by the fact that Wallhausen in 1621 discourged to issue black uniforms. This means - at the contrary - that the black uniforms DID exsist at the epoch; we also know that in 1630 the Royal Wardrobe issued expensive uniforms for black regiments all confirming that there were Regiments wearing black uniforms and colours.

So I prepared my templates for 1 out of the 2 Black Regiment at the Battle of Lutzen (the second was by sure dressed in blue as majority of Swedish troops) and this regiment is the Wildenstein's Black Regiment.

I kept for all the blue plumes. I also started to prepare the first Colour. 

1632 BATTLE OF LUTZEN - CONVERSION FROM A SPANISH TO A SWEDISH MISKETEER

 As said, I would like to show how I transformed a Spanish Musketeer very well drawn by Mr. Mugnai to a Swedish one. I have no skills, and surely not those of Mugnai but I do like to transform the drawings and make usable for my (paper)battles.

Here the passages:

Here above the differences.

1632 BATTLE OF LUTZEN - COLOURS OF THE YELLOW BRIGADE

 I fund very challenging to find out the colours of the Yellow Brigade at the Battle of Lutzen. In my previous post I published one template, but now I want to increase them and so I decided to dedicate one post just for colours.

The template is taken from Berliner Zinnfiguren that I modified. (I will make a post also for this)

The Yellow Regiment had 16 Companies, hence I have to do 16 flags (one already done).

My source is this drawing:  

                     

I prepared then the second example for the Pikemen

(last flag on the top right)

Here another from the second top left

I did notice that I did not draw for these standard bearers any sash (blue for Swesen); so I provided new templates

I also prepared other templates, with some more colours: some directly copied, some with variation on the theme.

In the following case, I prepared one colour as parallel to one of the Blue Brigade

1632 BATTLE OF LUTZEN - NEW POSES AND COLOURS

 Going on with my project (also because one done for the Yellow Brigade it will be easier to duplicate for all the other Swedish Brigades) I prepared a new pose for musqueters. I am thinking to make a 6 rows formation: the first 2 rows firing like in my previous post, the 3rd still to be done as well as the 5th while for the 6th it will be this one. The template was taken from Osprey figure and then reelaborated, as usual.

Finally, elaborating a template from Zinnfiguren, and changing it (maybe I will prepare a post for this changing) I prepared a standard bearer of the Yellow Brigade. This is the colonel flag, with the insigna and monogramm of Gustavus Adolfus Rex Sueciae (Gustavus Adolphus King of Sweden)

On the right, the example I used to prepare this banner.

1632 BATTLE OF LUTZEN - YELLOW BRIGADE MUSQUETIERS

 I know I should stay on my project, but it is stronger than me to move from one historical period to another. So while I am still trying to finish the 3rd Battle of Ramla, I had the temptation to drift towards the Battle of Lutzen in 1632. In my previous post I publishe the pikemen; this time I drew the musketiers of that Brigade, with some interesting variations with the headgear and the coulours in general.

After this publishing them on TMP, I was suggested to avoid red stockings, used only by Imperialist troops.

So I decided to remake and to fix also the coat (that for the Swedish was a little longer), I reduced the trousers, making again fitter and more modern, added some cartouches hanging down from a new designed belt (and erased the sword to make it easier to trim later on)

CRUSADES XII CENTURY - MUSLIM TOWN

 While I was thinking to reproduce the 3rd Battle of Ramla, I went on with the project and started to build up (with paper, as always) a fortified Fatimid Town: it coulm be Ramla or some bigger town on the coast.

What I am trying to show is how to use normal leftovers from home and transmorm them into something playable.

I have already prèparred wall, gates, siege-towers, catapults, but this will be showed later. Today I want to present the Central Tower of the suppoesed town (in Arabic, with my poor knoledge of that language) should be al-qal al'azraq, due ot its top colour.

I started from the plastic box of mozzarella di bufala and primo sale: both Italian cheeses.

I started to cover the lower box with walls (picture 3)

Then because they were perfecly matching, I put one on the other, glued them and covered with walls

Then I started to prepare the ground around, adding windows and gates.

 I wanted to make also a sort of garden and so I wanted to prepare some palms. This is how I build up palms with paper, then added to the al-qal al'azraq, adding sand around and some bushes

Final result:

FRANCE 1706 - REGIMENT PIEDMONT

I prepared the templates for the Régiment Piédmont at the Battle of Turin in the year 1706; these are the new templates for the year 2025, giving to the entire battalion (or regiment) at 1:1 ratio an effect of movement and also of stating (I select more marching templates than the other).

I specifically did not draw any shooting soldier because in the line it gives a sort of interrupting line. For this purpose I use the second template from left.

What is (for me at least) fascinatig is that with the 1:1 ratio it is possible to reproduce all the soldiers, as the Aide de Camps that usually are not represented in wargame and that on the contrary for me represent the units that transit the orders.

This Regiment fought at the Battle of Turin defending the Castle of Lucento. I am going to prepare it and publish it in its full array.

EVOLUTION OF THE TEMPLATE - 1757 ANDLAU REGIMENT

With the time it is possible to increase our own skills. So I went back as a project to my Leuthen project, where I already did a lot of figures in paper and I would like to go on.

But this project started in 2015 and 10 years are passed (like a blink ... but meanwhile I got 2 kids!!).

So I went back yo a regiment that was just started, the Austrian Andlau Regiment that defended the village of Leuthen with 1 Battalion.

I was not satisfied as he looked like.

So firstly - to keep the same shape with the others I just restored the figure and then I decided to move on and to make it better

Result:

1105 THIRD BATTLE OF RAMLA AT 1:1 RATIO - PROJECT AND ITS NUMBERS

 As written in my previous post I am going to reproduce the third Battle of Ramla (1105) at 1:1 ratio. In the mentioned posts I gave the numbers I have to do.

Now I will update at which level of completeness I got until now. Every time I will upgrade this post here.

31/08/2025

FATIMID FORCES

1) 1.295 Turks horsemen with bows: 0

2) 1.845 Egyptian Fatimid horsemen 

 - 1.725 heavy: 541 

-     120 light: 120 (100%)

3) 3.160 Infantry: Sudanese (Ethiop) Infantry: 

2.040 front row; 1568

1.152 bowmen Armenians; 379

TOTAL FATIMIDS DONE: 2608

CRUSADERS' FORCES: 

1053 horses

- 500 Knights: 500  (100%)

- 530 sergeants (on horses): 530  (100%) 

3) 2.000 infantry

- 1330 infantrymen: 198 

- 670 bowmen: 48

TOTAL CRUSADERS DONE: 1276

GRAND TOTAL: 3890 papersoldiers

Just to give an idea, according to my calculations (see my post december 2022) at the third battle of Ramla partecipated 9330 men (both Crusaders, Fatimids, Armenians and Turks)

So, having prepared untill now 3890 papersoldiers I achieved the 41,69% of my task

1706 BATTLE OF TURIN - ADDING REGIMENTS OF DRAGOONS BELLISLE & HAUTEFORT

 To my previous diorama, I added around the Castle of Lucento 2 Regiments of Dragons on foot (they fought at that battle all on foot defending the Castle). So to support the Régiment Normandie arrived on the scene the Régiment des Dragons Hautefort (in green) and Régiment des Dragons Bellisle (in red)

Above: on the left the Régiment de Dragons Hautefort

Above (2 pictures): details of the command of the Regiment. Using the 1:1 ratio even  this detail of a unit becomes interesting, complete and with no comparation to any other way to reproduce a unit with figures

Above: the Colonel of the Regiment Hautefort moves towards the Castle of Lucento to meet up with the Colonel of the Regiment Normandie

Above: The meeting between the 2 commanders

Above: the Dragoon Regiment Bellisle deployed, with its red uniforms

Above: total view of 2 regiments and 1 battalion at 1:1 ratio