(dismounted) Soldados de Cuera figures - Re-Updated

[Conquistador]

Labels awaiting confirmation at this time.

And yes, I think escopeda is a misspelling of escopeta...

S10-027 Soldado de Cuera (SdC) Officers


S10-028? SdC priming Escopeda


S10-029? SdC without Leather Jacket?


S10-030? SdC with hat on back?


S10-031 SdC priming escopeda in serape


S10-032 SdC Full Leather Jacket priming escopeda


S10-033 SdC Stand and Fire


S10-035 SdC ramming Musket


S10-036 SdC pouring powder (set 1)

S10-036 SdC pouring powder (set 2)

S10-036 SdC pouring powder (set 3)


Hopefully more pictures as work progresses plus mounted figures.

Gracias,

Glenn

[gringo]

looking promising Glenn!!

regards
Ged
www.gringo40s.com
www.gringo40s.blogspot.com
and 28mm ranges

[workerBee]

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And yes, I think escopeda is a misspelling of escopeta...
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It never fails, having posted the above, later that night I find several sources that refer to carbine the soldados carry as an escopeda.  

I also found references as to the escopeda as being 1) A Blunderbuss 2) A shotgun.

my apologies to the sculptor for thinking/saying this might be a misspelling.

Gracias,

Glenn

[emosbur]

It is escopeta... an escopeta is a shotgun. Usually used for hunting.

Are those miniatures a new range? I am interested.

[gringo]

really a sawn off fowling piece greatly favoured by Santa Annas
irregular troops and some regulars..cheap to produce and load!!

regards
Ged
www.gringo40s.com
www.gringo40s.blogspot.com
and 28mm ranges

[Conquistador]

really a sawn off fowling piece greatly favoured by Santa Annas
irregular troops and some regulars..cheap to produce and load!!

regards
Ged
www.gringo40s.com
www.gringo40s.blogspot.com
and 28mm ranges

The soldados (in   theory) carried an espada - spelling alert - (the short looking sword,) two pistols, the "carbine," and a lance on mounted patrol.  I suspect, as I have read of the French napoleonic lancers did, most soldados did not carry a full "TO&E" into the field.  Interestingly each soldado had six horses authorized according to TO&E as opposed to two for cavalry.  After a raid by Indians they would pursue with all their mounts, changing horses (dropping off tired ones to be picked up later,) so as to have a fresh mount when they went into combat.  Probably worked very well when the indians were on foot or had not learned to ride but it apparently worked well for most pursuits after most indians were mounted too.

The lance seems to have been the weapon of choice for mounted actions - in fact the Comanche (superb horsemen, average dragoons - opposite of the Apache,) seemed to have developed/acquired saddles and lances like/from their with contact the Spanish.  Most mounted Indians had spears (long often) but not true lances used in lancer fashion but the Comanche did.

The carbine was used on dismounted duty/actions followed by the sword.  Given the crappy powder the Spanish sent to the frontier according to records that exist I would think that made sense.  Also maintenance was limited to non-existent (wow, many military forces still do that,) so when the firing mechanism broke it was "scratch build' time in many cases.  

The Spanish limited the weaponry the non-military could acquire for much of the 1600s and 1700s for policy reasons (the memory of Gonzalo Pizzaro and the revolt in Peru around 1542 perhaps?)  There were militia units of Mission Indians but i suspect those weapons were under control of the military unless/until issued.

Gracias,

Glenn

[Conquistador]

Here are updated photos - actually they are farther along now but have not taken new photos (busy trying to do stuff while on furlough.)










Gracias,

Glenn

[emosbur]

I can´t see the pics.

Who makes those figurines?

Emilio.

[Conquistador]

I can´t see the pics.

Who makes those figurines?

Emilio.

Okay, that was strange - operator error I expect.

I tried re-posting them in the message.

They are the previous London War Room figures IIRC now sold by Dayton Painting Consortium.

Gracias,

Glenn

[emosbur]

Thanks Glenn. But I can´t see the figs in the website.

Emilio

[Conquistador]

Thanks Glenn. But I can´t see the figs in the website.

Emilio

I can see them on this thread.  What web site are you speaking of?

Gracias,

Glenn

[emosbur]

Dayton Painting Consortium website.

 

Emilio

[Conquistador]

Dayton Painting Consortium website.

 

Emilio

AH!   

You won't.       At least not currently.

I have the spreadsheet of all their (at that time current) figures - you can get that by e-mailing them and requesting it I bet.     Not everything on the spreadsheet is on the web site to my knowledge.      

He is a really nice person to communicate with and he is very efficient in getting the figures I have ordered to me in a timely manner.

Gracias,

Glenn