From MikeV: 6mm Portuguese Line Infantry and Cacadores

As a continuation of my current Peninsular project I have this week completed a further two regiments of Portuguese infantry - the 5th Line (First Elvas) and the 2nd Cacadores regiments. Both regiments belonged to the Second or Centre Division and carry the distinctive white standard.

I am now close to my 24 stand target for the Portuguese, with only four stands to go. At 20 stands strong, they are now the equivalent of a 7,200 force on table in Age of Eagles terms. I cannot say that I am pleased with my progress - it is quite possible to be much more productive when painting 6mm figures but I have other life stuff going on which obviously take away precious painting time. This week I hope to wrap up painting figures and concentrate on a few terrain items.

All figures from Baccus as usual.

Cheers all!

The two regiments completed this week

2nd Cacadores

5th Line Infantry

The full Portuguese complement

From MikeV: 1808 Portuguese in 6mm

Two more Portuguese regiments this week to bring up the total to three. These are the 10th Lisbon Line Regiment with white cuffs and the 14th Tavira Regiment with sky blue cuffs. The 10th carry the red Southern Region standard while the 14th bear the white Central Region one. My Portuguese force now totals twelve stands and 96 figures, giving a tabletop equivalent of 4,320 men. Another twelve stands to go before I reach my 24 stand target. As always, figures are from Baccus 6mm. This week I hope to add some Cacadores in their distinctive brown uniforms.  Until then, keep healthy.

14th Tavira (L) and 10th Lisbon (R) regiments

The 10th leading the 14th into battle

The two regiments joined by their comrades of the 4th (R)

The three regiments finished up to now

From MikeV : Portuguese 4th Line infantry regiment and other assorted stuff

This week was not a very productive one.  Having maintenance works done in one's home is a very tough distraction to beat so the painting desk lay pretty quiet. I only managed to put out the 4th Portuguese line Fieira regiment, a total of just thirty two figures.  As usual, they are in 6mm and from Baccus. The regiment carries a regimental colour and a red regional colour to indicate it is from the south of Portugal. The northern regiments carried yellow colours and the central ones carried white. More of these in future hopefully.  The flags are home printed from the excellent warflag.com website. In Age of Eagles the Portuguese are classed as two-rank impulse infantry (being British-trained), hence the mounting of the unit in two ranks as opposed to the Spanish and most other armies of the period which are in three.

 In the meantime, however, I managed to keep the post office busy. Over the last couple of weeks I got a handful of splendid books on heraldry and medieval times from Book Depository and ebay.  I also got roads and rivers plus an Italian farmhouse from Timecast Miniatures.  Most of this terrain should make it to my painting desk soon so that I can complete my Albuera battlefield.  Again, more of this in future.

 

Keep healthy everyone and keep up the great work!

From MikeV: And yet more 6mm Spanish!

Not a very productive week this one but at least I got the Spanish side ready for my planned Albuera refight. I put in seven infantry stands totalling 84 figures and four command stands with nine mounted senior officers, all Baccus 6mm as usual.

Command stands - three brigade and one divisional commander

 

 

16th Line Regiment Toledo in sky blue facings

And finally my favourite - a rag tag unit of militia and guerilleros

Must apologies for the picture quality.  Taken hurriedly in the blazing afternoon sun (already in the low thirties here today!) so didn't really have time to refine much.


Cheers all!

From MikeV: More 6mm Peninsular War Spanish

At the very real risk of boring you all to death, here is my output for this week; three 1808 Spanish Regiments in 6mm from Baccus.  The regiments are the 9th Cordoba (red facings), the 24th Navarra (dark blue) and the 18th Burgos (green). These units have beefed up the Spanish forces considerably and I am now only seven infantry stands short of the required 35 to refight Albuera. After reaching the Spanish quota I will then start working on the Portuguese forces. I need 25 Portuguese  infantry stands which I reckon should be done in a couple of weeks' time at the current rate. Following that, only some terrain finishing touches will remain. Anyway here are the units completed this week.

The three regiments : Cordoba (L), Navarra (C), and Burgos (R). 144 figures in all.

The three regiments in the foreground with the rest of their Spanish comrades. In Age of Eagles terms that is a force of around ten thousand infantry, two thousand cavalry, and thirty six guns.

In the meantime take care and good health to all.

From MikeV: Baccus 6mm 1808 Spanish units

Following last week's Mediterranean BUA's I got the urge to continue with my Spanish 6mm army so I fished them out of the war chest and painted up a few units, more precisely six foot artillery batteries, the Maria Luisa hussars, Regimiento del Rey heavy cavalry, Lusitania dragoons and Zaragoza line infantry.  All units are painted with 1808 uniforms and are based for Age of Eagles.

Six foot batteries and Maria Luisa hussars

Red dolman and Sky Blue pelisse for the hussars - very colourful uniforms!

The artillerymen are no less colourful in their blue uniforms with red facings and blue grey guns

Rey heavy cavalry on left, Lusitania dragoons in the centre and Zaragoza line infantry on right

Infantry flags from Baccus, cavalry standards are hand painted

The Zaragoza regiment kept their 1802 blue uniforms, unlike the usual white for the line infantry

And a final group picture of the whole lot

Next week I will be pressing on with more Spanish units with a solo replay of Albuera in mind sometime in the future.


Good health to all

From MikeV: Mediterranean BUA's in 6mm

I decided to give my poor eyes a rest this week and opted for two North Italy / Peninsular built up areas for my 6mm Napoleonics. Buildings are from Total Battle Miniatures and Timecast, both excellent but my preference goes to TBM. Trees are from some Chinese manufacturer on ebay, walls have been in my storage dump for ages and the piazza cross monument is scratch built from a couple of washers and stuff. I use Hexon terrain so the BUA's are mounted on hex bases for use with Age of Eagles.  No troop models are actually placed inside the BUA's, only counters to indicate the number of stands occupying them.  I pack the buildings close together to give the impression of those winding narrow streets and huddled buildings so common in the med.

Cheers and take care!

Village A

Town square closeup. Note bougainvillea creeping up church facade.

Village B

Joining both BUA's gives a small town

Both villages in the foreground with the rest of my Italian/Peninsular BUA's

Your typical alpine terrain. Hear the boys yodel?

From MikeV: Another week, another knight

I've taken a liking to these mounted Men at Arms. Admittedly, I'm not churning them out at anything more than a snail's pace but I guess the reason is there for all to see. As usual, the figure is from Front Rank's excellent Hundred Years War 28mm range.  The pictures have been taken with a low exposure setting on purpose as the caparison detailing seemed to come out better this way, so I apologise if certain other parts of the figure are a bit darker than would normally be expected.

I have to say I really enjoyed painting this figure but painting the rampant lions on the right (dexter) side of the figure was a pain in the beginning as they are essentially mirror images of the ones on the left which were the first ones to be painted.  Once I got the hang of it, it was fine though.

I am cross posting this one on the The Analogue Hobbies Quarantine Challenge.

Hope you like it and take care y'all.

From MikeV: HYW mounted MAA in 28mm

Hi all. Apologies for being super late in my first post. I had a project going from before the challenge opened - a 1:32 scale Curtiss P40E - which I ended up placing to one side as it was taking too much of my time and was not really coming up to scratch. Anyway, I took up a 28mm Front Rank Hundred Years War mounted Man at Arms and decided to present him as my first project. This MAA is from the early HYW period as he is carrying a shield which I added from my spare odds and ends.

Stay healthy and safe.