Thursday, 6 June 2019

The Spanish Completed!

Smart readers will be wondering about a phantom parade that I erroneously posted yesterday. That particular text was the previous content of this post that somehow managed to be restored...that will teach me to simply press publish and not check the results! Less haste more speed my mother would probably have said. Anyway, here is the real post.

With these two units the Spanish army is completed.

First out of the uniform store is a unit from Eastern Spain, wearing British made sky blue jacket and pantaloons. With their yellow facings and round hats I think they look rather smart. The mix of coats over the shoulder and draped over packs gives some variety.





Second up is a fourth, belltop shako unit from northern Spain. Again the uniforms were British made and again I have given them an assortment of trouser colours.





The total figure count for the collection amounts to 529 foot figures, 30, mounted figures and 7 guns.

Will there be any more? Well there is nothing planned, but if the Perrys were to release some line cavalry, or some hussars, or anything really, I might be tempted.
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8 comments:

  1. Jonathan Freitag6 June 2019 at 06:33

    Your Spanish Army is truly a thing of beauty. Super color contrast throughout. A handsome force to show its presence on the battlefield whether in victory or defeat.

    Great job, Mark!

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    1. Mark Strachan6 June 2019 at 07:03

      Thank you Jonathan. It has been an interesting collection albeit a little larger than the original plan of twelve battalions one regiment of cavalry and a couple of guns. Thank you also for pointing out my "parade" error.

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  2. caveadsum14716 June 2019 at 08:21

    The last lovely Spanish units? I can hope not! Great work, the yellow facings really pops!
    Best Iain

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    1. Mark Strachan6 June 2019 at 09:29

      I think at least the Spanish infantry will halt there - 27 battalions is more than enough I think, but the line cavalry and hussars would be very tempting.

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  3. Aly Morrison6 June 2019 at 18:51

    A nice end... or possibly momentary halt... to this project...
    Two lovely units... but the sky blue and yellow is definitely my favourite...

    Here’s to the parade...

    All the best. Aly

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    1. Mark Strachan7 June 2019 at 07:03

      Thanks Aly. That skyblue/yellow combination has always appealed to me (and was a key driver to my creation of two Bavarian armies of the WSS over the years). I think the Spanish can be well and truly put to bed - or at least in their plastic drawers - for now and I am have moved on to the completion of another couple of projects, the results of one will probably be seen after the weekend.

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  4. Lawrence H6 June 2019 at 23:03

    Sky blue and yellow really is the perfect combination. Great work, although I did wonder what had happened to the parade post.

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    1. Mark Strachan7 June 2019 at 07:10

      Thanks Lawrence. That parade post was wierd. I had it drafted up then realised I wouldn't get time to take pictures for a parade for a while, so I rewrote the post. When I pressed publish all the old text published and the new was gone! I guess that emphasises the importance of the save button.

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