Sunday, 31 May 2020

1808 Spanish and Portuguese units in 6mm

I've been busy adding more 6mm figures to my Peninsular forces these past weeks and managed to finish a decent amount of Spanish and Portuguese units for my upcoming Albuera refight. All figures are from Baccus as usual and I still have a few Portuguese units to go before I can stage the battle. I also put in a few Spanish command stands - a couple of Portuguese commands will be added later.  I plan to include a few British officers in these to reflect the British training and equipping of the Lusitanian troops.


Five Spanish line regiments plus some irregulars/militia (bottom right) and command stands in front
The 4th, 10th & 14th Portuguese line regiments 
The combined force, Portuguese on left and Spanish on right
I hope to add some cacadores this week or the next and wrap up the remaining 12 Portuguese stands that I need for the refight. I will put them up on the blog as soon as complete.

Until then keep healthy everyone.


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12 comments:

  1. Jonathan Freitag31 May 2020 at 19:12

    Very impressive sight, Mike! I am anxiously awaiting your Albuera battle. This is ground I have fought over several times.

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    1. Mike Vella31 May 2020 at 22:32

      Thank you very much Jonathan. I only played Albuera once before and I got a good hiding playing the French!

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  2. Phil31 May 2020 at 20:49

    Most beautiful and impressive army!!

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    1. Mike Vella31 May 2020 at 22:32

      Thanks Phil! Hope to give them their baptism soon.

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  3. Jon Bleasdale31 May 2020 at 21:29

    Looks great Mike and also looking forward to seeing your Albuera game.

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    1. Mike Vella31 May 2020 at 22:33

      In a few weeks Jon. Thanks for visiting and commenting!

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  4. DeanM31 May 2020 at 21:54

    Wow! That looks amazing, Mike. I wouldn't have thought so much detail could be painted in this scale. Very impressive.

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    1. Mike Vella31 May 2020 at 22:34

      Thank you Dean. In truth Baccus’ excellent sculpts make the detailing possible. It’s amazing what these tiny figures pack!

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  5. Norm31 May 2020 at 22:22

    Impressive, you move between scales effortlessly with your brush, everything always looks so cared about.

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    1. Mike Vella31 May 2020 at 22:36

      You are ever so kind Norm but I’m very shaky with anything larger than 28mm. I hope to try a couple of 54mm figures in the near future and see how that goes......

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  6. Stew1 June 2020 at 18:26

    These look great! Nice job. Your eventual game will be a visual treat. 😀

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