Thursday 3 November 2011

Recently Painted No 37 15mm Spanish Napoleonic Pioneers


More recently painted figures from Posties collection painted by moi!!

Today's outing of Napoleonic loveliness are a small detachment of  Pioneers from the Spanish Princesa regiment. Who wear what may be the 1802 blue uniform, officially replaced in 1805 but they continued to wear the old uniform after this date until it wore out!! The grey uniformed figures are the Princesa regt in their fatigue uniform, just incase you were wondering!!
The figures in the first picture are based so they can attach and combine with their infantry regiment, or be kept separate as a small but  Elite attacking unit, while the random shaped bases are for construction purposes such as digging trenches, building bridges and fortifications.

Ray







27 comments:

  1. They've recruited Wee-Willy-Winkie to dig for potatoes!

    Nice work, Ray.

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  2. Very nice. I always love pioneers. I particularly like the guys in their night-shirts!!!

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  3. Very nice painting Ray.Nice basing too.

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  4. Looking lovely again Ray. Like the irregular based ones best.

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  5. Nice work Ray, morale grade 3 according to Postie?

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  6. Yep , if you look close Fran you may be able to see some glasses!!

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  7. Those are great looking figures to the table

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  8. Those look very good. I love your attention to detail and historical accuracy.

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  9. Nice job, Ray. Yep...nothing like digging a latrine or two for the officers (I know, I did my share of digging in the early '60s).

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  10. I like the colour on these uniforms the best. Ray, are they digging latrines or are they digging trenches? I see some of the officers with shovels, so I thought trench warfare.

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  11. Hi Ray,

    useful troops to have around - but few players field them

    Cheers

    Ken

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  12. Wonderful Ray! Well done that man.

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  13. Very nice, I really like the "digging" scenes you did with the peasants.

    Cheers

    Eric

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  14. Cheers for the comments guys'n'gals!!
    @Anne- Not trench warfare like WWI, the Pioneers were the manual labour boys of the army, digging latrines, building bridges, making defence works, cutting through wooded areas and all that kind of stuff. Sometimes they were used to batter in doors with axes, and were quite a well respected bunch.

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  15. Very interesting, yes. My last post on my blog is about Maria Luisa hussars in peninsular war. I painted a group of those hussars, based for lasalle. May be is interesting for you.

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  16. Nice work. They'll come in handy, no doubt. Which manufacturer cast them?

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  17. Good question????? We can't remember what make they are!!

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  18. How many of those minis can I fit in my new zombie brew mug?

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  19. Not many!!!! I don't think Postie would be too happy!!!

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  20. Surely not, since the little zombie inside the cup would gobble them up. Num num num.

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