Peninsular War: Spanish Army
A few snaps of my Spanish army for the Peninsular War. I still haven't decided between the Albuera Project, Blake Project or San Martin Project but thought I'd better start painting regardless.
The figures were painted by me following my Spanish Infantry Painting guide and the examples on the War Modelling (UK) site. Flocking was Flat Earth and Dry Brushing and Basing for Shako. Most flags are from War Flag.
... I've painted more but haven't had a chance to take some photos ...
Infantry Battalion in Brown with Red facings
This unit is typical of early to mid war formations. It could be militia, a newly raised formation, or an established regular re-equipped when their white uniforms wore out.
Figures are from War Modelling (UK): EN-22b Command Top Hat; EN-18 Militia Top Hat & Sourtout. War Modelling (UK) provide the same figures as their Spanish colleagues but are cheaper for UK customers.
Front
Angle
Rear
Guerillas
Luis Santigosa from War Modelling (Spain) suggested:
For the guerrilla fighters and peasants, you should use brown and black
shades, in every nuance, for example: Base: burnt umber 148.
Light: flat earth 143 or flat brown 140, or either english uniform 141
or tan-earth 134, along red sashes, and some green and blue jackets and
trousers.
So I did.
The figures are a mix Essex Miniatures (NSS21 Portuguese/Spanish armed civilians/guerillas) and QRF Frei Korps (ACW51 Home Guard Militia). I must say after painting 18mm figures for a while it is a bit odd going back to 15mm. I'm using them largely because I already had the figures but also because the 18mm options are fairly limited. The pros are the figures are easy to clean up compared to War Modelling. The cons is that they now look like gnomes to me. I also had some Falcon Figures Guerilla figures but they were so horrible they went in the bin.
Vallejo Colour Guide
Luis Santigosa from War Modelling (Spain) was very helpful in suggesting colours from the Vallejo range.
| Colour | Vallejo Highlight Colour | Vallejo Base Colour |
| White (including white horses) | White 001 | Sky Grey 154 |
| Grey | Neutral grey 166 | Dark grey 166 |
| Sky Blue | Andrea Blue 065 | Dark Blue 053 |
| Blue | Dark Blue 053 | Prussian Blue 051 |
| Yellow | Golden yellow 016 | Clear Orange 025 |
| Light Green | Deep Green 072 | German Camouflage Dark Green 097 |
| Dark Green | German Camouflage Dark Green 097 mixed with White | German Camouflage Dark Green 097 |
| Brown | Flat earth 143
And for variety: |
Burnt umber 148 |
| Red | Vermillion 028 | Cavalry brown 137 |
| Buff | Yellow Ochre 121 + White 001 | Yellow Ochre 121 |
| Horse tones (dark) | Hull Red (146), Flat Earth (143), English Uniform (141), Flat Brown (140), |
Burnt umber 148 |
| Horse tones (pale) | Tank yellow (122) | Light Brown (129) |