Pike & Shotte - Swedish Black Regiment (Brigade). Thirty Years War. Showcase.

[@danharris8805]

Lovely work like always!

[@NicGamz]

Thank you. 😀

[@OW...]

Very nice Nic...great to see the display.

[@NicGamz]

Thank you. Have another Swedish regiment that I have not showcased yet. Its on my to do list. 😀

[@jvcpaints]

Stellar work, Nic! May the dice be with you! These guys look too good to lose on the table.

[@NicGamz]

Thank you. Maby that is the key to victory. Paint them up very fancy, dressed up for a night out at the ale house. 😀

[@maryhinge6334]

Another great looking unit. 👍

[@NicGamz]

Thank you. 😀

[@darrinstanaway8943]

very nice figures and painting just subscribed but enjoy your work

[@NicGamz]

Thank you & Welcome. 😀

[@oriaj593]

amazing miniatures as always. Congratolation

[@NicGamz]

Thank you for the very kind words. 😀

[@creolekolbytv]

Love the videos. You’re a on the Swedish regiments are helping me make my Swedes. Thanks again and looking forward to more BATTLE REPORTs!!

[@NicGamz]

Thank you. I have two more " painting " videos to edit with some Swedish Pikemen & Officers to do. See if I can do a " paint " cavalry to. The big game going to be this year yes. 😀

[@creolekolbytv]

@@NicGamz nice! You got any polish armies?

[@NicGamz]

@@creolekolbytv No, but I sure do need to add some to my army list. 😀

[@worldhistoryminiatureshous9757]

Pretty cool swedish brigade . Top noch paint job Nic !

[@NicGamz]

Thank you so much. 😀

[@kitswithkaren5003]

lovely pike and shotte as always a pleasure to see. Yes indeed time for a big game🐒🐻🤗👍

[@NicGamz]

Thank you. I got bigger table now, so this year should be a big game, yes.

[@regwirth3004]

Good looking figures, great job. Waiting on game report.

[@NicGamz]

Thank you. Im mustering my army for a big game with my friend that Im going to do a battle report video on. 😀

[@BrushQuill]

These chaps look brilliant, lovely work Nic

[@NicGamz]

Thank you for your very kind words. Looking forward to your Christmas Advent calendar this year. 😀👍

[@BrushQuill]

@@NicGamz steady on its only Sept!

[@NicGamz]

@@BrushQuill Im like a kid that just want it now and can´t wait. " Now now now noooow! "😁

[@robertfisher8359]

Looking good! Few ideas if you'd like... 1) Terms for videos - I know it's a pedantic point to make, but something I've found useful to go on is to 'standardize' the terms used. For example, if an infantry 'regiment' consists of 1 unit of pikemen and 2 of musketeers (as they're often sold), I will usually call each unit a company, the 3+ units become a regiment, then - if I field multiple regiments under a single commander in the game (what Pike and Shotte calls a battalia) - I will label them either a corps of brigade, depending on if it's a mix of infantry and cavalry regiments or (as I usually played them) a single unit type (ie infantry regiments or cavalry regiments). 1.1) If I only field a regiment of 3 companies under a battalia commander, I'll simply call it a regiment. This can still be pikes and musketeers, but I've recently been planning to expand this method to my cavalry, making cavalry regiments with 1 cuirassier company and 2 companies of reiters/pistoliers or harquebusiers. 2) Painting Germans in Swedish service - I like how the Black Regiment looks, but I'd probably try making them look more like the HRE troops except for the flags. The same principle applies for Gustavus' Scottish regiment. I'd expect those Scots to look like they were wearing normal civilian attire. You made a few references to using Swedish colors as the reminder/visual key that they're part of the Swedish Army, but I'd simply skip on that. 3) Captains, colors, musicians, and sergeants - since every company should be led by a captain (both historical and game purposes), I'd put an officer up front and center for the unit. Next to him would be the company's color sergeant/standard bearer (if you have any available). That much is pretty normal from what I've seen. However, I would recommend placing the musician and any sergeant models you have at the BACK of a company, especially pike blocks. Musicians acted in the role of communications, so it would often be at the back of the formation to relay orders from higher (the regimental, corps, or army level) to the company commanders up front. Similarly, it was a sergeant's job to ensure the unit didn't run without orders, so would be at the back with partisans and halberds. Regardless of whether these ideas fit with what you have or not, these models look truly great! Thanks for sharing them.

[@NicGamz]

Thank you. Many ideas there and will look into them. Will paint a new German regiment with neutral colors. 😀

[@geebards]

Really superb result.

[@NicGamz]

Thank you so much. 😀

[@BootsontheTable]

wonderful job Nic. Lovely. I just did a unit of Black Brigade in Epic scale funny enough

[@NicGamz]

Thank you Dom. Great, those I want to see. I need to gain strenght again to jump on the Epic big box. I have to paint up the entier Imperial army for Epic. That gives me nightmares. 😀

[@Panda-bg9mh]

Great job!!!👍💪

[@NicGamz]

Thank you. 😀

[@xAndre922]

Nice and good paint job! Love it

[@NicGamz]

Thank you. See if I can get another livestream up this weekend by the way. 😀

[@xAndre922]

@@NicGamz looking forward to it. i bought me now a pack of epic battles pike and shotte infantry by the way,.....lol😂

[@NicGamz]

@@xAndre922 Great. It is a very good way to start small with one little box and try it as you did. And see if you like it. So you dont end up with a pile of shame you never will paint. 👍

[@WarGamingNewbHistorical]

Beautifully done, Nic!

[@NicGamz]

Thank you. Cheers! 😀

[@XploreNorfolk]

Absolutely glorious as always, looking forward to doing some more 28mm after I get the epic stuff to a sizable force. Keep going 🍵

[@NicGamz]

Thank you. I had to take a small break from epic after I painted up the entier Swedish Epic army( Will do a showcase of it all). Im so used to paint 28mm. 😀

[@iainthepict55]

Those look really good,you did a great job there and totally agree about flags of war,just got a load of flags for my montrose/highland royalist army and they're really good.

[@NicGamz]

Thank you. Is it hard to paint up Montrose/highlanders? Think I need some Mercenaries for the Swedish army. There are many other range of flags out there that are also very good, going to order some GMB flags for my HYW project.

[@iainthepict55]

The highlanders are as your painting tartan and even me being scottish dosent make it easier,its not hard just very time consuming.I might be wrong but i think you could use the covenanters box set as i think there was scottish army regiments as mercenarys in gustav adolphus army.

[@NicGamz]

@@iainthepict55 Thank you for the info, good to know when the day come and I have to paint Scottish for Swedish army. 😀

[@malcolmrose3361]

They look great - have you seen that 1898 Miniatures have announced an extension of their TYW range? Their planning to add figures suitable for French, and others that can be mixed in with their present range of Spanish to extend their use.

[@NicGamz]

Thank you. Oh I did not know that, thank you. That i really need to check out. 1898 Miniatures I have always have been very close to buy. Maby now is the time. 😀

[@malcolmrose3361]

@@NicGamz They are gorgeous figures - similar in build to the Perry figures (but without the clean-up issues of the Perry figures). Well worth a buy.

[@NicGamz]

@@malcolmrose3361 Great , thank you. 😀👍

[@Chrisbo123]

awesome paintjob! reallz makes me want to start a 30yw army

[@NicGamz]

Thank you. Just do it! 😀💣

[@Chrisbo123]

@@NicGamz yeah, i ordered the push to pike set just afterwards 🙈

[@NicGamz]

@@Chrisbo123 Great you are in for a big project. What I did was to paint up the Swedish army first. The most importaint thing to get that done was to take MANY small breaks so you dont get " burned out ". I still need to paint up the entier Imperial epic scale army. Need to find a faster way to do it this time. Good luck with the push of pike box. 😀👍

[@Chrisbo123]

@@NicGamz hehe thanks! Yeah i painted my way through 1 1/2 Nap French Epic Starter armies so i know this is going to be a slog. But have enough side projects to mix it up

[@NicGamz]

@@Chrisbo123 That sounds great. Good luck with the project and keep on painting. 👍

[@williamscottshelton945]

I have 2 Swedish regiments box sets from warlord games very nice figures haven't started painting them yet will make royal yellow regiment and royal blue regiments (will expands later to brigades) when i get better research materials on their look

[@NicGamz]

Great, soon you have a big army. The Osprey books have very good historical material for thirty years war. 😀

[@basicminiaturepainting]

Very nice work nic

[@NicGamz]

Thank you. Im allready planing my first Napolionic army now. Going to start with the French. So many of you guys that bait me into Napolionics with your great videos. Cheers 😀

[@basicminiaturepainting]

@@NicGamz good luck the the French mate

[@NicGamz]

@@basicminiaturepainting Thank you, very much needed. Looks hard to paint. 😜

[@basicminiaturepainting]

@@NicGamz I'm sure that a man of you talent will do wonders on them just take your time,but you'll do a great job,have fun my friend

[@NicGamz]

@@basicminiaturepainting I can´t decide if Im going to do Battle of Borodino or Waterloo. One second I want the russians and another second the British. Feel like there is to much to choose from. Choice Overload. 🤪

[@norm977]

Lovely … and a nice break from Epic.

[@NicGamz]

Thank you. Yes I need to get some fresh 28mm air before I can jump back on painting up the entier Imperail Epic scale army. 😀

[@blecao]

You can always use the regimental artillery rules from clash of eagles and adapt them (if you play pike and shotte of course)

[@NicGamz]

Thank you. Great suggestion, thank you. I have to check out the clash of eagles rules. 😀

[@blecao]

@@NicGamz its a 1 1 1 artillery moving at the speed of ligth artillery that can be united with a unit in wich case the first loss pass the stamina of the unit would destroy the artillery unit It can be also deployed independent but having one stamina is well not a great idea

[@NicGamz]

@@blecao ah okay, I see. Thank you. 😀👍💣

[@NewSquallor]

Crush them Imperials!

[@NicGamz]

Yeah, big game coming up this year. 😀💣

[@JackSargePainting]

They look magnificent Nic! You have such a good sense of colour, light and dark in your unit compositions. Did you do some fine art training in the past?

[@NicGamz]

Thank you for the very kind words. Not really trained in art, I just go with my senses and feeling of that historical time period. 😀