Time for a parade! My Anglo-Portuguese army is finished!

[olicana]

Okay, so here they are in their splendid finery and they can keep it. Frankly, I'm simply glad they are now done and dusted.

Still, they do look rather good now they are done and I hope you approve.

I've done an explanation of why things are as they are (the OOB) and other notes on my blog. And, of course, lots more pictures. Oh, and I confess a dreadful sin. Link below.

http://olicanalad.blogspot.com/2022/01/roll-call-my-anglo-portuguese-army-for.html

[MaleGriffin]

Congratulations! Masterful brushwork! A fantastic looking army!

[forrester]

Very impressive.. I am way behind you, currently aiming at a division, actually a mix of two real ones, just so I can have the lovely looking brigade comprising the 50th, 71st, and 92nd.
Doing some real brigades can leave you with wall to wall yellow facings and silver lace.
Wellington wasn't always very considerate in creating some variety for us.

Because there's more variety on the British side, it's always tempting to want some more, but the downside is having to balance them with even more Frech line.

[olicana]

Because there's more variety on the British side,

That's exactly what I found. The Anglo-Portuguese are a nightmare purchase to organise with 'variation'. 

I always thought that, for the wargamer, it would have been better if 1st division had been two divisions each with a Portuguese brigade. How much easier would that have been for choice! Also, 7th Division is so quirky that no matter how you do it, it has a lot of immediately spottable 'unique' units. Plus you have the Light Division.

When I started out, I think I planned on the Anglo-Portuguese having about 18 infantry and 4 cavalry units, plus some guns and what not. That grew to 28 and 8 respectively. I could go further but, my yardage is all used up.

In fact, at the beginning I planned on doing the army at 1x 24 man battalion per 700 men, with large units for Guards and such, and the brigade as the command group. It was the complexity of the British OOB that led me to ditch that idea early on and go for divisions as the basic command group with one unit per 1000 men and just pick the nicer units; then have the French army OOB fall into line after the same fashion.

Having played a few games it works, game wise, at least. Though it's not a scaling that would suit all. The benefit of doing both sides, I guess, is I can say "boo sucks" to those who differ in opinion.

[CapnJim]

Wow!  Now that's an army!  Splendid!

[fred]

Very impressive - a true army!

I’m very very slowly building up small scale skirmish forces for this theatre - and reading about the complexities of scaling down, I’m really glad I’m doing at a skirmish scale because frankly I can field pretty much anything I fancy!

[Unlucky General]

That's a magnificent array and fine testament to your vision, prowess and determination. I'm having not a lot of joy trying to leave comments at the moment on Blogger - so this is it.

What's next? Lots of games at the very least I imagine.

[Jemima Fawr]

Lovely stuff!  Who doesn't love a parade? 

[Battle Brush Sigur]

Very, very cool. Nothing better than the look of a proper army!

[OSHIROmodels]

Impressive 

[Axebreaker]

That's an epic looking army! 

Christopher

[Bloggard]

superb.

[Grumpy Gnome]

Stunningly impressive!