Well back to my normal non Ebay stuff for a while, I've bored you all enough already!
So its back to the Nine Years War, Regt Nassau Saarbruken-Ottweiler, were raised on 22nd December 1664, they were maintained by the province of Zeeland and were under the command of Walrad, Cout of Nassau-Saarbruken from the 1st December 1680 until 6th Auigust 1701, when Reinier van der Beke became their Colonel.
The regt fought at the Battle of the Boyne in between the Dutch regt Brandenburg and the English regt Hanmar's.
A per usual with this period there's some conjecture on their uniform, some gamers have painted the unit up in grey coats cuffed red, but I've gone for grey, cuffed blue. In the London Gazette of 16th May 1689, a deserter from the regt was described as dressed in a grey coat lined in blue. So the London Gazette gets it!!
There is no available info on their flag, so I made one up, I kept the flag blue and added the coat of arms for Nassau-Saarbruken and also added the coat of arms for Zeeland in the top corner of the flag, which is a common feature in Dutch flags from the period.
And the Donkey's back too!
They look awesome!
ReplyDeleteCheers Alex!
DeleteGreat work Ironsides!
ReplyDeleteVery awesome indeed.
ReplyDeleteThanks Chef and welcome to blogland!
Deletegood work Ray! they do look good
ReplyDeleteGreat colors and unit, Ray. I especially like your work on the Grenadiers helmets.
ReplyDeleteCheers Monty!
DeleteSmart work, those banners are very regal! :-)
ReplyDeleteI am very pleased with them.
DeleteAnother nice looking unit!
ReplyDeleteLooks like their comrades didn't eat that horse, eh?
:-)
... or donkey ... or whatever...
DeleteAfter the battle.
DeleteNice looking unit indeed!
ReplyDeleteMore nice looking figs Ray :)
ReplyDeleteGreat work there Ray and it is good to see donkey back.
ReplyDeleteYeh, ol' Fran has seen better days, but they've not ate him yet!
DeleteThose flags are really lovely Ray. Long live the donkey!!
ReplyDeleteViva le Donkey!
DeleteAwesome looking unit Ray!
ReplyDeleteVery nice!
ReplyDeleteVery nice work Ray!
ReplyDeleteChristopher
Masterful Ray!
ReplyDeleteThanks Paul!
DeleteGreat work Ray! Good to see the donkey is still kickin'.
ReplyDeleteGreat work. Love the flag
ReplyDeleteTwo of the best flags you've ever painted in my opinion! Love the figures too, beautiful colours...
ReplyDeletePhil
NIcely painted unit. And nice to see the donkey has survived this long.
ReplyDeleteHe's still kicking about the poor little devil!
DeleteGreat work Ray. The grey and the blue look very smart.
ReplyDeleteThanks Curt!
DeleteNice as always, Ray.
ReplyDeleteThese guys are cool! I just like a sweet 'stache
ReplyDeleteMore wonderfully characterful creations Ray; lovely job Sir.
ReplyDeleteta very mooch!
DeleteYou certainly do your research Ray. The Grenadiers on the end finish the unit off very nicely.
ReplyDeleteCheers Pat!
DeleteSweet figures Ray!
ReplyDeleteBoobs-----Those look really great------boobs-------and really nice------boobs------flags too------boobs :-)
ReplyDeleteBoobs??? Where??
DeleteExcellent painted unit again Ray! And that are some awesome flags!
ReplyDeleteGreetings
Peter
http://peterscave.blogspot.be/
lovely..but those flags really are bloody lovely!!
ReplyDeleteCheers
paul
Why thank you Sir!
DeleteGreat painting and always good to see some livestock in the photo :-)
ReplyDeleteJason.
A great work, Ray; another fantastic unit.
ReplyDeleteLovely unit Ray, probably very late here but a nice clean new look & feel for the blog too!
ReplyDeleteYou made up the flag? Great job, Ray. Does the donkey have a name yet?
ReplyDeleteYep Francis!
DeleteGreat looking unit sir!
ReplyDeleteJason
Excellent Ray. This is one regt I have been long overdue taking on myself, the delay being the flags! I like your take on it.
ReplyDeleteG
Great looking models, as always. Handsome donkey in the background as well. :)
ReplyDeleteOne of the strange things I've never really understood. I used to live in Saarbruecken for quite a while, yet it's so not close wither to Nassau nor Holland!
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I like the unit very much, looking forward for more.
Great painting:-) I've also listed your Blog for a Liebster award as your Blog is in my Top five fav's. Good luck :-)
ReplyDeleteJason.