Sunday, 31 March 2019

The Almeria Infantry Regiment

Over the weekend I have finished the second battalion of the Almeria Regiment in round hats from the 1809-1811 period.


This was a two battalion regiment. The first battalion made it’s appearance a week or two ago.

Also completed is the high command for the army. The general figure first made his appearance on these pages back in January. Now he has been joined by an officer, who was originally a standard bearer who was given a pointing right hand from the Perry plastic French infantry set and a map in this left hand, and a fusilier who was a free figure supplied by Eureka Ministures.


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18 comments:

  1. Phil31 March 2019 at 19:43

    Great job, on the command stand and regiment...

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  2. rross31 March 2019 at 19:49

    Very nice Mark - particularly the command group - is the General from Brigade?

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    1. Mark Strachan31 March 2019 at 20:43

      Yes he is. He is a Paul Hicks special. So on that one stand are three different manufacturers.

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  3. Carlo31 March 2019 at 22:17

    Beautiful job.

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  4. caveadsum14711 April 2019 at 08:02

    Lovely battalion and excellent command stand, the three manufacturers work well together I think!
    Best Iain

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    1. Mark Strachan1 April 2019 at 08:45

      Thanks Iain. I like the round hats and need to do more of them...this Spanish collection is most definitely suffering from scope creep. I agree all three figures meld nicely. I was fortunate in that the standard bearer dis not have a belt for the standard pole, so the conversion simply required his arm to be bent straight and a new hand glued into place.

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  5. Aly Morrison1 April 2019 at 11:52

    Very nice indeed Mark...

    I am starting to have trouble keeping up with you...

    All the best. Aly

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  6. Lawrence H1 April 2019 at 13:19

    How many battalions s that now? You really are amassing a sizeable force here. The command vignette looks superb.

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    1. Mark Strachan1 April 2019 at 14:12

      That is 15 done to date: 10 for the early period, 2 for the middle period and three that can go either way. There is another one that will be completed tonight and then another 4 in the wings. I think beyond this there will be a NEED for another 8...not bad for a small army of no more than 12 units, eh?

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    2. Lawrence H2 April 2019 at 18:06

      That’s very impressive. Any guards or Swiss planned amongst those left to do?

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    3. Mark Strachan3 April 2019 at 03:27

      No I decided to stick with the line troops, but it is tempting...

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  7. Jonathan Freitag1 April 2019 at 15:24

    Brown uniforms and black top hats make for a sharp dressed battalion. Nice! I like your Spanish officer in the last photo a lot. I have that figure but yours looks better...

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    1. Mark Strachan1 April 2019 at 18:36

      Thank you Jonathan. That Spanish officer is a lovely figure with lots of character.

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  8. Chasseur1 April 2019 at 18:29

    Excellent uniform, so well dressed! :)

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    1. Mark Strachan1 April 2019 at 21:30

      Thank Mark, but whenever I look at this unit I think of these lines from a ZZ Top song:

      “Top coat, top hat,
      ...
      ...
      They come runnin' just as fast as they can
      'Cause every girl crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man”

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