Friday, 21 January 2011

Recently painted No11 Napoleonic Portuguese Vila Do Conde Milita

The Portuguese Militia were raised by conscription on a local basis, the kingdom being divided into 48 regions , each of which were to supply a regiment. These regions were combined into three divisions called the 1st South, 2nd Centre and 3rd North, each of which contained 16 regiments.

The 18th Vila Do Conde were in the 3rd Division North along with the other following Militia regiments, Oporto, Braga, Viana, Barcellos, Giumaraens, Penafiel, Arcos, Feira, Barca, Balta, Mayo, Chaves, Villa Real, Miranda and Braganza.

On 29th March 1809 the French captured Oporto. The French 15th Line took the colours of the 18th Vila De Conde Milita, along with the 6th Line, (2 Battalions), 18th Line, (2 Battalions), 21st Line, 9th Line, Lusitanian Legion, (2 Battalions) and the Militas from Oporto, Feira, Baltar and the 12th Cavalry Regiment.

Once again these are from the collection of Postie the Megalomaniac, I painted these last year at the same time as the Tomar Milita that I posted earlier on. The figures are by Essex and are based up for Posties version of GdB.



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14 comments:

  1. Poetry of the Day21 January 2011 at 19:48

    AIM! FIRE!

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  2. Come At Me Bro21 January 2011 at 20:35

    Nice army!

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  3. Your most humble but esteemed and previously illustrious servant21 January 2011 at 20:56

    nice!

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  4. Bartender21 January 2011 at 22:19

    Very nice!

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  5. SuciƓ Sanchez22 January 2011 at 00:21

    I like the grouping. Nice units.

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  6. Doo22 January 2011 at 00:46

    Looking good! Nice painting on the units!

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  7. Beccas22 January 2011 at 03:12

    Great stuff. Keep them coming

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  8. DrQmn122 January 2011 at 10:50

    prepare my cannons and machine guns.. oh wait, they're not real soldiers.. phew.. nice work

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  9. poelanotex23 January 2011 at 05:11

    fucking awesome bro.

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  10. Anonymous3 February 2011 at 13:04

    For the correct Portuguese speeling check at:
    http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropas_Auxiliares_e_Mil%C3%ADcias_de_Portugal

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  11. Ray Rousell3 February 2011 at 13:20

    Thanks Mr anonymous!! Great Link

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  12. Anonymous5 March 2011 at 21:56

    Where did you get the colour scheme from? Member of Essex Warriors and painting my own militia units at the moment. Drew

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  13. Ray Rousell5 March 2011 at 23:15

    There's a picture of them in this uniform in Uniforms of the Peninsular War, 1807 - 1814 (Blandford Colour Series). Here's a link it's to an ebook. Hope this helps!!

    http://www.ebooksx.com/Uniforms-of-the-Peninsular-War-in-colour-1807-1814_166886.html

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  14. Phil7 January 2016 at 07:47

    They look great, nice job!

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