Its back to the Haitian Revolution once again for my next entry into the Challenge. Here we have two Companies of Morenos Infantry, Volunteers of Santo Domingo.
"Entry into the
endowment companies was prohibited to those who were not of Spanish
descent and of white race, except for the Tambores who had to be people of
colour. Although this rule prevailed for these regular troops, the recruit was
very different in the militias, where it was allowed, rather forced, the entry
of men of other races different from the white, maintaining the
differentiation of the units separately according to the skin colour of the men
who would have to register in her, without mixing them with each other, or at
least between whites and those of other racial origins. Therefore, the same
division that so markedly characterized colonial society was maintained in fact
when raising and regulating the militias and classifying them into units of
Whites, Browns, and Dark Haired. Another different question will be the
participation of the Indians in the militias, an issue that is fairly regulated
and taken care of by the military authorities in areas with or with a large
population of said origin, an issue that was not the case in Santo Domingo."
That was a lot of figures to paint. Well done!
ReplyDeleteThanks Alex, It did take a while to get them all painted up.
DeleteThey look superb
ReplyDeleteCheers Neil.
DeleteThis project must be getting huge, Ray. Are these the last entries in the painting contest or more still to come?
ReplyDeleteThis was posted on the Challenge blog a month ago, so there's loads more to come, not too much from my Haiti project though.
DeleteYou're on a good roll getting this lot off the production line, great figures but the grumpylooking officer weilding a sowrd stands out.
ReplyDeleteI didn't notice that before, but he does look a grumpy sod doesn't he?
DeleteLovely work Ray!
ReplyDeleteThanks Michal.
DeleteThey are lovely, great work on a very interesting unit. Those Trent figures are super, the Offensive command work well with them.
ReplyDeleteTrent are damn fine figures, as are Offensive.
DeleteA lovely collection of militia Ray, and done in very quick time.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lawrence!
DeleteExcellent figures and more troops for us to push around the table. Have you sorted what rules you're going to use with this period?
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking of Sharpe Practice, or maybe the new version of Muskets & Tomahawks?
DeleteGreat work with the brush. Never saw much about the Caribbean Islands forces and this is fun to find out about.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, I just fancied something a bit different and this certainly fits the bill.
DeleteVery nice Ray. Does this help with the flag?
ReplyDeletehttps://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/9943630
It does and there's some great info I didn't know in there as well. Great find OB, thanks!
DeleteNot a bother Ray, happy to do it.
ReplyDeleteCheers!
DeleteGreat looking colonial/native troops, Ray!
ReplyDeleteThanks Dean!
DeleteAs always, great work on the latest additions to the Haiti collection Ray!
ReplyDeleteThanks Keith, I think its getting out of control now!!!
DeleteVery nice toys Ray…
ReplyDeleteAll the best. Aly
Thanks Aly.
DeleteVery nice figures beautifully presented - and unusual too. What's not to like? :-)
ReplyDeleteCheers,
David.
P.S. Sorry to be slow commenting - trying to catch up as usual!
Excellent painted militia!
ReplyDeleteGreetings
Peter