Yep! More Retreat from Moscow figures, and more French allies too. This time we're heading to south western Europe, to Portugal. In Ney's Third Army were two regiments of Portuguese, the 1st and 2nd regiments. This is my version of the 1st. who were in Brigadier Gengoult's brigade along with the 24th Light Infantry.
The Portuguese Legion were formed from Portuguese nationals in 1808, with a strength of 6 Infantry and 2 Cavalry regts. They were re-organized in 1811 into 3 Infantry and 1 Cavalry regt. The Legion lost so many me in Russia that they were disbanded in 1813.
Once again no company (that I've found anyway) sell the Portuguese Legion in greatcoats. Perry minis make 1 figure in pack FN171, so that's out. So I came up with the idea of buying some plastic Victrix Waterloo Brits wearing a Belgic shako and cutting and filing those down to kinda match what they wore. Its not a bad match if I say so myself. The next problem I came across was the heads were a little small to match the Foundry figures I was going to decapitate.......so Warlord French is was, but they still didn't fit because the heads had no collar. So once again, my trusty pack of Green Stuff came out, to make some scarves and collars.
The Warlord figures are a little smaller than the Perry's, so I squirted some No More Nails from a tube onto each base, then gently pressed the figure onto the base, its hardly noticeable.
So onto the points, its a nice and easy one.......8 figures at 5 pts each makes 40 points, maybe a few extra for the conversion work, if Teemu's feeling generous??
I love that you cut them to make it work. That's cool. Happy Weekend.
ReplyDeleteThanks Whisk!
DeleteLovely looking unit!
ReplyDeleteGreat work.
Thanks Michael.
DeleteYou are still cranking out the greatcoated troops, Ray, and you are in the home stretch. Great job on surpassing your 1,000 pt goal! Fine looking Portuguese.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jon. I'm really e joying painting these figures up.
DeleteSuper stuff.
ReplyDeleteCheers Rich!
DeleteSome nice conversion work again Ray, they fit right in with your previous cold climate creations!
ReplyDeleteI'm pleased how they came out, Keith.
DeletePoor chaps look suitably frozen. Great work Ray
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DeleteGreat work on them Ray, they have turned out really well, hard to imagine what those poor Portuguese troops though about the freezing cold in Russia, bit different from the homeland!
ReplyDeleteIt must have been terrible for them?
DeleteVery nice conversions and the unit certainly conveys the look of being cold.
ReplyDeleteCheers Peter.
DeleteAnother great group!
ReplyDeleteThanks Alex.
DeleteNicely done Ray I certainly wouldn’t have wanted to be a Portugese soldier in napoleons army you were bound to be considered cannon fodder I would have thought?
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely! Second class troops like most of the Allies, who really didn't want to be there.
DeleteFeel cold just looking at them, nicely done.
ReplyDeleteThanks George.
DeleteAn ingenious solution to create an interesting unit. I have some black and white* uniform cards of this unit from when i was a schoolboy, so pleased to see this post. [*coloured by me with felt tip pens!]
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Thanks Stephen. I've had a few felt tips in kg time too!
DeleteBit different from being in the Algarve ! really nice love the snow around bottom of great coats etc
ReplyDeleteCheers Sgt, the snow blends them in nicely, I think?
DeleteThey must have been miserable being so far from home in such a frozen alien environment.
ReplyDeleteNever knew the Portugese were involved so this is a really interesting post Ray.
Crazy eh? I'd love to do a few of the Cavalry too, you never know though?
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