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.

Third Battalion, Guadalajara Regiment...and a Gun

This week has seen two new items added to the Spanish Napoleonic project.

First is the third battalion, Guadalajara Regiment, again in mixed dress.

Combined with the other two battalions the regiment had a satisfying muddled look.

Second is a gun set with the gunners loading the gun.

As I wait for 2 April to see what effect the demise of Google+ is going to have on this blog, I am working on two battalions for the 1809-1811 collection.

Second Battalion, Guadalajara Regiment

This evening I put the finishing touches to the second battalion, Guadalajara Regiment. This is the first of two regiments that is dressed in a mix of uniforms and civilian dress so that they can be used to bridge the early (1805-1808) and the middle (1809-1811) periods.

There were great to work with and it was a lot of fun getting the uniform/civilian dress mix just right. It involved mixing four sets from the Perry range.

The third battalion is painted but not based yet.

To finish off, here are a few shots from our  Cruel Seas game from last Sunday.

1st Aragón Light Infantry

This week’s unit is the only light infantry unit intended for this army.

This is the last of the fully uniformed battalion from the 1805-1808 part of this army.

Next up is the second battalion with a mix of uniforms and civilian dress.

The Almansa Dragoon Regiment

Riding out of the uniform store and onto the parade ground is the Almansa Dragoon regiment.

Resplendent in their yellow uniform coats, this regiment is the second dragoon regiment in this Spanish army.

I am not certain if the dragoons will be the last of the cavalry for this force, or whether they will be joined by a regiment of line cavalry at some point.

Awaiting their final uniform details are a battalion of light infantry that should be on parade by the end of the week.

Almeria Infantry Regiment

Fresh off the painting table is the first battalion of the Almeria Regiment.

Wearing round hats this unit is intended for the 1810-1811 period.

I was somewhat concerned about a unit all in brown, but the red facings, white cross belts and the mix of greatcoats on some of the figures makes them interesting.

There will be one more battalion in this regiment, but next off the table is a regiment of dragoons.

Back to Spain...

Last week the lead pile was renewed with the arrival of a parcel containing ten Spanish infantry battalions and a cavalry regiment.

The first unit to pass through the uniform store is the first battalion Guadalajara Regiment. As with the other regiments in this collection the first battalion of the regiment contains all of the grenadiers for the regiment.

It is my intention for this regiment, and another one that follows, that the troops are in mixed civilian and uniform dress. This allows me to use these units in the latter part of the early period (1805-1808) when the area was particularly poorly supplied with uniforms and through into the middle period (1809-1811). However, while there are two codes for the fusiliers in mixed uniform there is only the full uniform for the grenadiers. My solution here was to add some trousers over the gaiters of about half the figures with some green stuff and to paint some of the gaitered figures with trousers of varying colours and with some patches painted on them.

Next up will be a light infantry unit for 1805-1808 and a line unit in round hats for 1808-1809.