Thursday, 30 July 2020

Argentine Infantry

Today sees the completion of two more units for the Great Paraguayan War. This time it is a pair of Argentine Infantry battalions. These, like the earlier Paraguayan units, were partly completed a couple of weeks ago and were just waiting their command groups.

The first unit is the 1st Battalion, identified by its red kepi (only the 1st Battalion and the Legion Militaire wore red kepis) and is in campaign dress.





The second unit is a line infantry unit wearing the French  surplus “Algerian-style” uniform. Again they are in campaign order, that is with blanket roll and without epaulettes and pack.






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  1. Jonathan Freitag30 July 2020 at 16:23

    Great looking uniforms and excellent painting, Mark!

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    1. Mark Strachan30 July 2020 at 17:02

      Thank you Jonathan. It may sound odd but the figures are actually quite hard to paint because the uniform is so simple.

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  2. Steve J.30 July 2020 at 17:31

    Love the campaign look, especially the second unit, which just appeals to me for some reason.

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    1. Mark Strachan30 July 2020 at 20:30

      There is yet another option in an all white, locally made tropical kit that may appear here soon.

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  3. rross30 July 2020 at 18:37

    Nice looking figures Mark - these Argies look a bit different from the ones my mates in 45 Commando encountered in the Malvinas in May/June 1982!

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    1. Mark Strachan30 July 2020 at 20:28

      And different again to those who faced the future heroes of the Peninsular and Waterloo at Buenos Aires in 1806.

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    2. rross30 July 2020 at 22:17

      Lets not mention that debacle!

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  4. Lawrence H30 July 2020 at 19:34

    they look great Mark, and the flag is particularly striking. is it made out of fabric?

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    1. Mark Strachan30 July 2020 at 20:15

      Thanks Lawrence. The flags are off the Perry website. I just resized them and printed to a high resolution colour laser printer

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  5. Nick The Greek31 July 2020 at 06:51

    Coming along nicely Mark and colours are popping. These are quite small battalions, is this characteristic of the Argentinians?

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  6. Mark Strachan31 July 2020 at 08:13

    Yes the Argentine infantry battalion establishment was quite small at 400 men, whereas Paraguayan and Uruguayan were 600 and Brazilian 800. So that provides me with wargames organisations of 24 figures for Brazilians, 18 for Paraguayan and Uruguayan and 12 for Argentine.

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  7. Aly Morrison31 July 2020 at 09:40

    Nice looking units Mark...
    I particularly like the ‘Algerian’ uniforms... I think the light troops may have had them as well but with green facings...

    All the best. Aly

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    1. Mark Strachan31 July 2020 at 13:10

      Yes you are correct Aly, green facings indeed. They are next on the list...although I am rotating Argentine, Paraguayan and Brazilian units to get some variety s.o they may take a while to come through.

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  8. caveadsum14711 August 2020 at 00:17

    Lovely looking Argentinians! They look great, I do like a rolled blanket look for some reason!
    Best Iain

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    1. Mark Strachan1 August 2020 at 13:17

      Thanks Iain. The blanket roll chaps DO look good.

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