Marques de Valido Prince Bishop of Tiberia Bavarian grenadiers.

[Willz the Wargamer]

I wanted to use some of the Bavarian flags that David (Not by Appointment) produced, so I give you Marques de Valido Prince Bishop of Tiberia Bavarian grenadiers.
Bought these Spencer Smiths connoisseur figures last week already painted all I did was add shading, touch up the colours and rebase.




















Willz.

[Spanner]

Not bad at all, mate. Nicknamed "The Genuflecters", perhaps?

[Willz the Wargamer]

Not bad at all, mate. Nicknamed "The Genuflecters", perhaps?

Cheers for you kind comments, I was thinking the "holy light blues".

Willz.

[Spanner]

Or the "Holy Terrors"?

[BaronVonWreckedoften]

Of course, as good Catholic grenadiers, they would have worn bearskins*, because if God hadn't wanted men to be grenadiers, He wouldn't have created bears.

(*This is actually "a thing" - grenadiers in the armies of Catholic countries [France, Austria, Spain, Italy, Portugal - and Bavaria of course] all wore bearskin caps, those from Protestant nations wore mitres. Until Britain conquered Canada and made everyone see sense, of course..... )

[Spanner]

This is actually "a thing" - grenadiers in the armies of Catholic countries [France, Austria, Spain, Italy, Portugal - and Bavaria of course] all wore bearskin caps

There are (rare) exceptions, mate. For example, the Prince-Bishopric of Münster (ruled by Clemens of Bavaria, Archbishop of Köln), whose infantry wore the mitre. (Indeed, the uniforms were so Prussian I wonder if they were bought off the back of a Prussian Q wagon.) So there's a precedent for Willz' choice. Besides, mitres are cheaper than bearskins and bishops back then tended to mind their pennies (and whoever else's they could get their hands on).

[Willz the Wargamer]

You both forgot about jean Luc Pickard who sold the prince bishop the uniforms and mitres.
He would have made a large profit and if he could have sold bearskins at a profit they
would have been wearing bearskins instead of mitres .




Willz.