| cae5ar | 05 Aug 2016 2:22 a.m. PST |
Can anyone suggest 28mm hard plastic figures (or conversions) for Sharp Practice in the South American Wars of Liberation, particularly in the period 1817-1824? Also, is Osprey's Spanish Army of the Napoleonic Wars vol.3 (1812-1815) a valid uniform reference for this period? I already own the Osprey title for Armies of Bolivar and San Martin. I just need to know how to paint the "bad guys." |
| Littlearmies | 05 Aug 2016 6:13 a.m. PST |
Wouldn't later French figures work? |
| fantail | 05 Aug 2016 7:34 a.m. PST |
Have a look at the blog below, he uses various victrix plastics for the Liberation wars. link |
| Dogged | 05 Aug 2016 7:39 a.m. PST |
Even though it's metal, it's cheap enough to recommend: orinoco-miniatures.com link Because you'll need so many figures and consume so much time converting them that the price and effort will be more expensive than the metals. Also you can select a few references from Perry Miniatures to complement the Liberation ranges from Orinoco. |
Frederick  | 05 Aug 2016 7:41 a.m. PST |
I think the Victrix and maybe Perry figs would work For Spanish uniforms check this out link |
| mashrewba | 05 Aug 2016 10:28 a.m. PST |
Do you know about Parkfield Miniatures -good figures, metal and cheap.
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| cae5ar | 05 Aug 2016 5:41 p.m. PST |
Thanks for the helpful responses. Conversion of Victrix figures would certainly cover a few options. I hadn't thought of the clever combination of Austrian torsos with French heads. Later French Perry figures perhaps – I'll have to explore uniform specifics to see if that works. Thanks for links to the Spanish colour plates but I need a bit more background information on the Spanish army of this time. The pictures are a nice start but without context they are difficult to use on their own. I'm impressed by the specific ranges for South America from Orinoco and Parkfield but I do like plastics. I may have to resort to metals for the cavalry of course, and these ranges would fit the bill nicely. Of more interest to me are the publications available at Parkfield – "Liberators!" and "Adventures of the British and Irish Legions" – which could hold the information I'm looking for. Again, can anyone comment on the veracity of the Osprey Spanish Napoleonic uniform guides for use in South America? Is volume 3 (1812-1815) or indeed are any of the earlier volumes suitable? Or did the Spanish army undergo major reforms after 1815, making earlier sources irrelevant? Or were Spanish colonial troops very differently attired to their continental counterparts? |
| 79thPA | 05 Aug 2016 7:24 p.m. PST |
You need Liberators for uniform info. There are a lot of Royalist uniforms that you won't find in an Osprey. If you want to game in South America, it is money well spent. |
| vtsaogames | 06 Aug 2016 6:45 a.m. PST |
The wars of liberation are very much civil wars. Spanish troops are often local royalist units and not peninsular troops. Liberators is the way to go. |
| jambo1 | 06 Aug 2016 8:57 a.m. PST |
I got the Osprey book and the Libertors book, my figures are in the main Parkfield but I have plastic French to pad out my armies, also some plastic dragoons and hussars from the Perrys. Interesting period and well worth getting into!! |
| cae5ar | 06 Aug 2016 10:12 p.m. PST |
Thanks all. Liberators is on my shopping list. |
| GNREP8 | 28 Sep 2016 7:51 p.m. PST |
Glad I scrolled back – interesting posts and esp like the Spanish uniform pics |
