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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP10 Dec 2013 9:29 p.m. PST

Of possible interest for painting?

ADC.(1815)

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Militia 1808.

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Line Cavalry and Dragoon.(1814)

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Hussard (1814)

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Chasseurs and Hussars (1815

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Blandengues from Montevideo (1799)

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Royal Guard Cavalry from new Kingdom of Granada.(1790)

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Regular Infantry from New Granada Kingdom (1785-1815)

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Militia from Potosi. (1796)

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From main page
alabarda.net/blog

For translation you can used.
translate.google.com/#es/en

Hope you enjoy!.

Amicalement
Armand

Personal logo Woolshed Wargamer Supporting Member of TMP10 Dec 2013 10:02 p.m. PST

Actually, some of these are very useful. Thanks.

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP10 Dec 2013 10:19 p.m. PST

Happy for that my friend!. (smile).

Amicalement
Armand

FreemanL11 Dec 2013 5:24 a.m. PST

Now I want to paint Spanish Hussars! They seem to look more like the French Hussar than British, but I don't know enough about the period to be sure. Could you use the Perry French Hussar box set to create a unit of the Red and Blue Hussars?
thanks,
Larry

Florida Tory11 Dec 2013 6:48 a.m. PST

Larry,

Yes, with some caution. You will have to worry about the differences in some details like the shako plates and sabretache ornamentation.

As a general rule of thumb, the certain Spanish hussar uniforms did follow a French style. Certainly this is 100% true for King Joseph's Afrancesados. However some of the units raised during the war had uniforms supplied by the British, which gives you the happy possibility to raise some of those units with the Perry British box too.

Chartrand's 3 Osprey volumes on the Spanish forces are an accessible starting point for uniform details, but I am finding a lot of useful material from Spanish sources. I particularly recommend 2 books in the Guerreros y Batallas series:

Los Húsares Españoles en la Guerra de Independencia 1800-1814, Emilio Arredondo

Cazadores a Caballo Españoles en las Guerras Napoleónicas 1800-1814, Francisco Vela Santiago

I also recommend Lahoz & Gonzalez, Los Uniformes del Estado Militar de España del Ano 1815 – much of the Osprey information appears to have been taken from this book. The coverage is especially complete, since it includes the Spanish colonial forces in North & South America and the Philipines, which are totally ignored by the Osprey books, and other sources concentrated on European campaigns.

I also recommend any of Jose Maria Bueno's books on uniforms of this period.

Rick

Deadmen tell lies11 Dec 2013 7:32 a.m. PST

Excellent post Armand very useful…
keep up the good work.

Regards
James

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP11 Dec 2013 10:00 a.m. PST

Glad you enjoyed them my friends!.
Thanks for share my friend Rick!.
Wait to see Dr. Summerfield book about Spanish Armies.
It's great!.

Amicalement
Armand

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP11 Dec 2013 10:01 a.m. PST

Glad you enjoyed them my friends!.
Thanks for share my friend Rick!.
Wait Dr. Summerfield book about Spanish Armies.
It's great!.

Amicalement
Armand

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP11 Dec 2013 11:02 a.m. PST

Allow me to recomended this link for Spanish Uniforms in general.

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Hope you enjoy!.

Amicalement
Armand

FreemanL11 Dec 2013 1:40 p.m. PST

Thanks for the help everyone!
Larry

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