tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202191777127653648.post4615152771510129711..comments2024-03-27T06:39:54.735+13:00Comments on 1866 and all that: Spanish CavalryMark Strachanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05988775093525037168noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202191777127653648.post-32509766555633630722018-10-14T13:07:52.824+13:002018-10-14T13:07:52.824+13:00They do look rather dashing, don't they? But I...They do look rather dashing, don't they? But I have this feeling I will see the front of this unit a lot...racing back towards me...and away from the enemy!Mark Strachanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05988775093525037168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202191777127653648.post-88337253258647347192018-10-14T09:58:12.608+13:002018-10-14T09:58:12.608+13:00Very nice Mark...
What’s not to like about Cuirass...Very nice Mark...<br />What’s not to like about Cuirassiers in red uniforms.<br /><br />All the best. AlyAly Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178180028439005095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202191777127653648.post-75490677325781504152018-10-12T22:56:14.979+13:002018-10-12T22:56:14.979+13:00I have decided that yes I will do both the early a...I have decided that yes I will do both the early and later periods, but just a small contingent of each (I can hear the laughter already from that statement) and I will be starting with the boys in bicornes.Mark Strachanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05988775093525037168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202191777127653648.post-16341021831314929632018-10-12T19:40:23.766+13:002018-10-12T19:40:23.766+13:00Nice use of odds and sods,I have to say bicorne we...Nice use of odds and sods,I have to say bicorne wearing Spanish are what I would go for although it's the variety that is most appealing about a Spanish army I think.<br />Best Iaincaveadsum1471https://www.blogger.com/profile/02174163740406928172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202191777127653648.post-76849037478911086162018-10-12T08:57:18.559+13:002018-10-12T08:57:18.559+13:00They just look cool don't they? I suspect that...They just look cool don't they? I suspect that they won't be as cool in battle though. Mark Strachanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05988775093525037168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202191777127653648.post-7111512082957692002018-10-12T08:54:44.410+13:002018-10-12T08:54:44.410+13:00I don't know how effective these will be on th...I don't know how effective these will be on the table, but they seemed like a good use of leftovers.Mark Strachanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05988775093525037168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202191777127653648.post-20219726096111641972018-10-12T01:52:36.636+13:002018-10-12T01:52:36.636+13:00Mark, your Spanish cuirassiers look sweet! Love t...Mark, your Spanish cuirassiers look sweet! Love the red tunic.Jonathan Freitaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07862373894196924886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202191777127653648.post-77077238751244762552018-10-11T22:38:24.828+13:002018-10-11T22:38:24.828+13:00I have the same "regiment"...and I heard...I have the same "regiment"...and I heard the same thing! Excellent job, they look wonderful!Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08913029478686087197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202191777127653648.post-79439058079263839502018-10-11T22:30:53.781+13:002018-10-11T22:30:53.781+13:00I do like the thought of the bicorne types. It mak...I do like the thought of the bicorne types. It makes me think of some of those coastal operations in the late 1700s - early 1800s...Hornblower and all that. Of course that might mean some of those flat boats.Mark Strachanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05988775093525037168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202191777127653648.post-9406043124567631602018-10-11T22:25:38.305+13:002018-10-11T22:25:38.305+13:00No there won't be more than two. That later pe...No there won't be more than two. That later period doesn't appeal at all. I agree that the middle period is most interesting, but those top hat uniforms are a bit odd.Mark Strachanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05988775093525037168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202191777127653648.post-12554622169907388252018-10-11T19:44:19.924+13:002018-10-11T19:44:19.924+13:00Oh dear Mark - maybe it will end up being THREE Sp...Oh dear Mark - maybe it will end up being THREE Spanish armies....personally, I think the period stated is the most "useful" - 1808-1812 are when most of the classic actions in the Peninsular War took place....then your Spaniards can combine with the Brits and Portuguese ...mind you, we may need a specifically "Spanish" French army to fight them....!rrosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07316317334203888350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202191777127653648.post-56449119744850690272018-10-11T18:43:46.803+13:002018-10-11T18:43:46.803+13:00Very nice, and I wanted to include them in my Span...Very nice, and I wanted to include them in my Spanish army as well, but never got around to it. It's not often one gets a chance to field a unit of raw cuirassiers. <br /><br />I like to think there would have still been a few bicornes floating about around 1808/09, although they would have been well-worn. Lawrence Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11626386564817082992noreply@blogger.com