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Wider Wargaming => Genre/Period Discussion => Firelocks to Maxims (1680 - 1900) => Topic started by: ciaphas on 27 February 2012, 03:49:19 PM

Title: Napoleonic Spanish pre-1810
Post by: ciaphas on 27 February 2012, 03:49:19 PM
hi, looking for what codes would be best used to represent these chaps?

jon
Title: Re: Napoleonic Spanish pre-1810
Post by: Bernie on 27 February 2012, 09:31:35 PM
Do not think there is anything suitable for bicorne troops of the period or their perculiar Grenadier caps

At the moment there is only the very expensive range from Magister Militum

Bernie
Title: Re: Napoleonic Spanish pre-1810
Post by: ciaphas on 28 February 2012, 12:17:59 PM
looks like they will need to be post 1810 when they went to british supplied uniforms,  does anyone know if the flank companies had the sholder tufts, like there british counterparts?

cheers
jon
Title: Re: Napoleonic Spanish pre-1810
Post by: Jagger on 28 February 2012, 03:55:13 PM
What about the 1792-1800 French Revolutionary line?  They have a number of bicorne figures.  I have never seen a photo of them, so I don't know if they would be appropriate for Spanish or not.  But they might.  And if not Spanish, perhaps some other nationalities.
Title: Re: Napoleonic Spanish pre-1810
Post by: ciaphas on 28 February 2012, 06:51:24 PM
It was that range i was thinking about but i dont see any grenadiers that would be suitable.

does anyone know if spanish troops had light/grenadier company wings?

jon
Title: Re: Napoleonic Spanish pre-1810
Post by: Peritas on 28 February 2012, 07:42:37 PM
It was that range i was thinking about but i dont see any grenadiers that would be suitable.

Really there is not any range that fit them because the grenadiers wear a special cap ( morrion)

does anyone know if spanish troops had light/grenadier company wings?  

No, in a batallion there were fusiliers , light ( the different is the colour of the plume and the grenadiers.

Chreers
Title: Re: Napoleonic Spanish pre-1810
Post by: Hertsblue on 29 February 2012, 09:49:00 AM
Quote from: ciaphas on 28 February 2012, 06:51:24 PM

does anyone know if spanish troops had light/grenadier company wings?

jon

Von Pivka (Armies of the Napoleonic Era) states: "Fusiliers had blue shoulder straps edged red, grenadiers additional blue wings with red fringes, light companies blue wings and green fringes". That was 1812-15.

Hope this helps.

Ray

Title: Re: Napoleonic Spanish pre-1810
Post by: Jagger on 29 February 2012, 04:06:41 PM
Converting a bearskin cap into that Spanish bearskin type cap looks like it would be a fairly easy conversion using a little milliput. 
Title: Re: Napoleonic Spanish pre-1810
Post by: ciaphas on 02 March 2012, 08:20:13 AM
hi, looks like its later war british dressed Spainiards then.

thank to everyone again

jon