I purchased a year ago three packs of Blue Moon
British and these remained un-touched during my immersion into the ancient
period. While awaiting an order for more figures I will have time to finish
these figures. I envision the collection of British and Portuguese to model the
British army based at Coimbra in May of 1809. This had an establishment
consisting of two brigades of mounted and seven brigades of foot with each British
brigade retaining a battalion of Portuguese infantry. The historical representation
under the rules variant have each element of figures representing a battalion
of foot or a regiment of mounted; troop
types who normally fought in open order, such as skirmishers, these have two
elements.
The
Portuguese
I am aware that the Portuguese uniform regulations pertaining
to the Barretina shako being replaced by the Stovepipe took place later, but
for time and economic reasons I opted for one style of uniform to serve for
both the Portuguese and British. I will admit to not being a purist about this
point, but my primary focus is the development of some interesting historical
scenarios and less the depiction of accurate representation of figures.
The
miniatures
The three packs of Blue Moon 15mm to be painted are British
Generals (10), Rifles (15) and Dragoon Guards. (15) A few British generals are
reserved for the Portuguese and will have a Portuguese uniform and likewise
some British rifles will be painted as Portuguese Cazadores. The cavalry posed
another problem as the 15 Dragoon Guards are too many as only two regiments will
be represented. I did not wish to purchase figures to fill out the compliment
of light dragoons so after some cutting, filing and Milliput, six Dragoon
Guards were converted light dragoons. Aside from the Tarleton helmet, all horse
tails were docked as was the custom and blanket rolls were added (Milliput) for
all the cavalry.
Hopefully by early next week I should have these
painted up and photos will be posted.
Illustration: By Soerfm - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27955583
Recommended reading.
The Peninsular
War by Sir Charles Oman, all
7 volumes are available online.
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