Dice or No Dice

On June 30th, the figures needed to complete four 'Spanish' style early Tercios were finished and the units were based up ready for action.  Three units had been partly completed last year, each of which needed an extra wing of arquebus men, a block of pikes and a command strip to bring the unit up to full size.  The final unit was begun from scratch.  Most of the figures are Pendraken but a handful of Irregular miniatures were used for variety, along with rather more Old Glory figures.  With the latter I cut out the pikes provided, which are over-long compared with my other figures, and replaced them with pikes made from wire.  The flags are all from Maverick Models. Deployed as early tercios these units have a substantial heft to them that helps distinguish them easily from standard tercios.  They are significantly deeper and the extra sleeve of arquebuses either side of the pike block gives them greater bulk.  This is both visually appealing and giv...