Probably because winter is coming, I need to paint some figures that remind me of the sun of south Europe. The Spanish guerilla leader was a first step into the Peninsula war, so I searched in my old boxes for other figures related to that conflict. I could find old Qualitycast metal figures I bought together with my Spanish guerillero: other guerilleros (I have only 4, not a lot), enough British line to represent a battalion, and a few Portuguese soldiers, 8 line and a dozen Caçadores. The line soldiers had the stovepipe shako, so they were ok after 1811, and the Caçadores had the Barretina cap, so early soldiers. I wanted to paint late Caçadores, so I converted some British soldiers of the 95th just by removing the cords of the shako.
Here you are the result:
Three of them are plastic soldiers from the Revell 95th regiment set, whereas the 2nd trooper from the left is a metal figure by Kennington. These troopers belong to the 6th regiment of Caçadores. Not sure of the color of the plume, I have to keep on researching.
The same figures with two pre-1811 Caçadores by Qualitycast:
Close-up shot of the Qualitycast figures: troopers of the 5th regiment (Campomayor).
The three first line soldiers were also painted this week-end (Qualitycast figures). They belong to the 7th regiment (Setubal).
And a general view of the troops so far:
What do you think of my (very) little conversion, is it accurate ? And if you have the answer for the plume color, I would be glad to read it :)
Here you are the result:
The same figures with two pre-1811 Caçadores by Qualitycast:
Close-up shot of the Qualitycast figures: troopers of the 5th regiment (Campomayor).
The three first line soldiers were also painted this week-end (Qualitycast figures). They belong to the 7th regiment (Setubal).
And a general view of the troops so far:
What do you think of my (very) little conversion, is it accurate ? And if you have the answer for the plume color, I would be glad to read it :)
