Following last week's Mediterranean BUA's I got the urge to continue with my Spanish 6mm army so I fished them out of the war chest and painted up a few units, more precisely six foot artillery batteries, the Maria Luisa hussars, Regimiento del Rey heavy cavalry, Lusitania dragoons and Zaragoza line infantry. All units are painted with 1808 uniforms and are based for Age of Eagles.
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| Six foot batteries and Maria Luisa hussars |
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| Red dolman and Sky Blue pelisse for the hussars - very colourful uniforms! |
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| The artillerymen are no less colourful in their blue uniforms with red facings and blue grey guns |
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| Rey heavy cavalry on left, Lusitania dragoons in the centre and Zaragoza line infantry on right |
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| Infantry flags from Baccus, cavalry standards are hand painted |
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| The Zaragoza regiment kept their 1802 blue uniforms, unlike the usual white for the line infantry |
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| And a final group picture of the whole lot |
Next week I will be pressing on with more Spanish units with a solo replay of Albuera in mind sometime in the future.
This post is being cross posted in The Analogue Hobbies Quarantine Challenge blog
Good health to all
First, your a Spaniards look terrific! So much detail painted into your tiny 6s. Second, handpainted 6mm flags are outstanding. Third, that’s a lot of artillery!
ReplyDeleteGreat job, Mike!
Thanks Jonathan - your comments are always appreciated. Actually I doubt the Spanish ever fielded six batteries at the same time but they were all the artillery I had and decided to paint them all in one go to get them over and done with. Artillery is the arm I like to paint the least tbh!
DeleteMike, lovely figures with lovely detail. I quite like doing artillery as I get a big hit for little input! Does that sound bad :-)
ReplyDeleteHave to admit that’s quite a solid argument Norm!
DeleteSuperb and very impressive!
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Phil!
DeleteWow! They look incredible, Mike. Very impressive work in such a small scale.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dean. The detail on the Baccus sculpts helps a lot!
DeleteExcellent looking Spaniards Mike!
ReplyDeleteCheers Ray!
DeleteThose are great looking figures Mike and the bases really sets the figures off nicely.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Jon! I try to use a vivid green for my bases which is the approximate equivalent of my Hexon tiles.
DeleteGreat looking units! One of the best things about 6mm troops is that they seem to amass so quickly. 😀
ReplyDeleteThey definitely do Stew. The strength of 6mm is speed of paint, much lower cost, and considerable numbers of minis on tables which need not be massive. To me they are the best of many worlds.
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