As I get closer to finishing my French and Anglo-Portuguese armies for the Peninsular, my mind is turning to the composition of a Spanish army. My problem is that my detailed knowledge of Spanish OOB and army uniforms is limited, so I'm unsure what figures I should look at buying.
Although my numbers are not set in stone, I want an army of similar size (perhaps a little smaller) to the other two. So, I'm thinking along the lines of 24 battalions of 'regular' infantry (each 24 figs), most in of which could be fielded as two battalion regiments. There will be cavalry and such but, at the moment I'm only thinking of the infantry.
I want my Spanish army to be very generic so that it can be used for the period 1808 - 1813, perhaps with most actually for 1809 - 1812, and not look too out of place fighting anywhere in Spain. I would like the army to be both colourful and flavoursome. The only fixed criteria is that the units must have fought in theatre and been at a good battalion strength, at some point. With that in mind, if you were making this jigsaw, what units would you pick to make the 'picture'?
Here are the 24 jigsaw pieces to make the whole picture.
8 x 2 battalion regiments.
8 x 1 battalion (including grenadiers).
If possible, uniform style (e.g. British supplied) and hat type, for easy reference, would be helpful. I have several uniform guides, so uniform colours are not required.
If a whole jigsaw is too much, throw some individual pieces at me.
I can see this will be very difficult because the Spanish went through several changes of uniform during that time frame, and that is why I can't decide which units would be most versatile, or which uniforms to do them in. I really need some suggestions to look at more closely, so looking at the jigsaws of others would be very helpful for me (as a Spanish army noob).
Thanks for looking.
James
26 June 2011, 04:31:04 PM