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Gonzalo de Cordoba's Spanish Arquebusiers
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Gonzalo de Cordoba's Spanish Arquebusiers
The first unit of what will be the army of Gonzalo de Cordoba for my Italian Wars project. I aim to do both sides for the Battle of Cerignola 1503, in my opinion one of the most pivotal battles during the series of conflicts we call The Italian Wars. After his defeat at the hands of the French and Swiss at the Battle of Seminara 1503 Gonzalo put into place plans to employ his smaller force more efficiently in a defensive manner. He significantly lengthened the pike, equipped his men with more arquebus' and enlarged his artillery train and set his army firmly on the defensive. The addition of mercenary Landsknechts to further bolster his forces. It was in this way that Gonzalo was to send the forces of Louis de Armagnac, Duc de Nemour's overwhelming numbers of a mix of French and Swiss reeling and into eventual retreat. If not annihilation in the case of the Swiss.
More pictures from a lower angle on my blog here:
https://justaddwater-bedford.blogspot.com/2021/07/spanish-arquebusiers.html
The miniatures are being based up for as many rules systems as I can possibly fit in as I am done with rebasing. I'm in my early 50's now and the days spent plying miniatures off one base then going through the process again are over!
As an aside, I have been watching on Twitter excitement tantalising glimpses of an Italian Wars playtest set of rules but the Too Fat Lardies. A medium sized game, along the lines of Infamy, Infamy! and Sharpe Practice. This will be a great set of rules to slowly bring together both sides for Cerignola without painting up thousands of miniatures and will allow me to actually get some games in!
Re: Gonzalo de Cordoba's Spanish Arquebusiers
Love the bases! Thanks for sharing .....
Cheers Jez
Cheers Jez
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Re: Gonzalo de Cordoba's Spanish Arquebusiers
jeztodd wrote:Love the bases! Thanks for sharing .....
Cheers Jez
Cheers, they're based so they fit a number of different rule systems- my days of rebasing miniatures are far behind me
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