Historical Miniature Wargames
This is a list of the uniform colours of Spanish Militia and Provincial Grenadier battalions in May 1808. It is based on a scan of a primary document I found on the website of the Ciudad Real tourist board, and I have translated (imperfectly, I’m sure) the main table here. Most of the battalions are dressed (at least temporarily) in brown …
My Spanish 1808 army has many small one-off units. One of these intriguing formations is the lancers that fought at Bailen “Los Garrochistas de Utrera”. This unit is fascinating as it was raised from the mounted bull-fighters, and they wore their normal work-gear into battle. I ordered a bag of Battle Honors Spanish Lancers BSP9 for these troops, but unfortunately …
My latest project has been a 15 mm Spanish Army for the early years of the Peninsular War, and I hope you find these notes useful. You can read about my infantry here, this post is a brief note about the cavalry figures I’ve used. The paintwork is still lacking some details – especially the hussars would benefit from having …
15mm Essex figures with AB trumpeteers. Oxfordshire regiment was light infantry.
This 15 mm model was a ready painted freebie in a magazine. I applied a wash, highlights and varnish, and based the model. Perfect for my Spanish armies.
Galloping at everything – 15mm British hussars from AB with Essex on both flanks.
My latest project is the Spanish army for the beginning of the Peninsular war in 1808-09. These are the soldiers that rose against the French occupation, shattered the myth of French invincibility at Bailen, and defended their towns and cities in merciless house to house combat in countless sieges. Despite the ineptitude of the aristocratic officer corps, the savage infighting …
Battle Honours 15 mm Spanish infantry painted by Aksu. Brushing on Army painter dip seems to work extremely well with these figures.
This pdf document lists the forces we employed in our Albuera 1811 refight. We used Shako rules, so each unit is a battalion / cavalry regiment, and each player controlled a division. Albeura 1811 order of battle
The battle Anglo-Portuguese were initially deployed so that the Hamilton’s Portuguese guarded the ridge north of Albuera with Otway’s Portuguese cavalry securing their northern flank. Von Alten’s small KGL contingent was positioned in Albuera itself. Stewart’s 2nd division was in reserve roughly northwest of Albuera as were Cole’s 4th division with Lumley’s cavalry brigade but even further from the town. …