/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>8177236
Just don't be a shitlord and make friends with the people who look like the people who know what they're doing.

>>8177240
leave and don't do anything involving them afterwards. If you're not bitter then you have no further reason to interact with them.

>>8177134
>specific name for the gunners that came out of the Dutch empire

Aside from just translating the related German terms for gunner/pikeman/halberdier/sword-and-buckler man, I can't really help you. I can tell you that pike-and-shot forces around the time of William of orange were pretty damn similar to German soldiers of the same period, just poorer and with a lot more orange on their uniforms. Due to their lengthy conflict with Spain, they also nabbed some stylistic trappings from the Iberian peninsula, notably La Verdadera Destreza. If you want specifics, I would recommend looking into anything you can get your hands on about Flemish troops or non-Lansknecht German mercs. Expect a lot of orange and tan.
On the more ancient side of things, the Batavian tribes were employed pretty heavily as auxila by the romans and had a reputation for swimming across rivers in formation (and in full armor, nontheless).

Pic related, it's the only thing aside from the Pappenheimer hilt that we Dutchmen have as a national weapon. It's a spike on top of a pruned tree limb that may be used as a club, spear and peasant staff. Evidently it did nasty things to armored Spaniards.