Saturday, November 26, 2011

15mm Spanish Troops Finished

A while back I had purchased off of eBay a bag of Battle Honors 15mm Spanish infantry advancing. Being one of the older bags, it gave me 100 line figures. From the same seller I also obtained a bag of Spanish Catalonian Light Infantry. Both bags didn't have command, so that had to be purchased from my typical source, AB Miniatures. In these lines, the figures are almost interchangeable.

Here is my Swiss unit. I decided to go with a Swiss unit because they were reliable, in relatively adequate numbers and could be expected in an early war game and were different. The dark blue coat almost makes them appear early war French with the bicornes.





Here is the Regiment Irlanda. Another foreign unit that made its appearance in a few accounts and in adequate numbers to justify painting up. The sky blue coats contrast well with the generic white uniforms of the royal army. I also like the semi ragged look with some having shoes and gaiter, some just trousers and without shoes. The parade-like appearance in some Osprey books fails to convey that equipment, no matter how well supplied, broke down on campaign.





And finally, the Catlonian Light Infantry. Here the single pose is a bit disappointing, but the color I believe makes up for it. The well dressed officer would be complete with a cigarette in hand, but alas, he must have run low on tobacco. Another unique unit to the army that is a good asset.



4 comments:

  1. Beautiful figurines! I also have a Spanish army, but I did not know the latest figures photographed.
    Very nice army.

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  2. Thank you. I really like the 15mm Spanish Battle Honors figures, well priced and equal to AB.

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  3. excellent work on the figures, great painting skill
    Cheers
    Kent

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  4. Any chance you have any of those Catalonian Light Infantry left over to sell? I could really use a few, but not a bag of 50!

    Thanks, Jeff
    jeffreythancock @ gmail dot com

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