"Spanish Horse Artillery" Topic

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Am I missing something here?

Like what?

It could be me but they seem to be missing the flesh from their their faces .

I see (no pun intended). Hopefully the look is from an over pooling of the wash.

How can you deny the evidence of your own eyes, man?
Undead. Aim for the head.

Intrigued by what is missing though.

Did the Spanish have significant (any) numbers of HA?

They look like cavalry with artillery bits in their hands, so that makes them HA. OK, the massive cannonball with no cartridge seems unlikely..

Yes, the HA from the Walking Dead is suggested I agree. But once painted up, with a facial wash, watch those expressions come to life…. I think…maybe

Rene Chartrand covered the Spanish horse artillery arm in his Ospreys on the Spanish army of the period.

The Gothic horror Napoleonic skirmish rules, The Silver Bayonet, due out this fall!

A particularly bad harvest that year evidently.

Notwithstanding, I'd say any alternative figures as these could be for the french, would be welcome, to the 'traditional' full dress menage of various garde and line hussar dress etc.
There were a lot of regiments and bound to be a lot of variation.
~d

the massive cannonball with no cartridge seems unlikely..

You can always paint it like a pumpkin. Or pretend they got hold of a 68pdr carronade.

Did the Spanish have significant (any) numbers of HA?

From Rene Chartrand's Spanish Army of the Napoleonic Wars (2): 1808-1812; and Spanish Army of the Napoleonic Wars (3): 1812-1815.

In October 1808, despite the confusion engendered by the French invasion and occupation, three horse artillery batteries were raised in Seville. Some of the artillery corps batteries organized themselves into horse artillery that served with the regional forces and others were raised as volunteer units. These last two were not part of the artillery corps.

In 1811 the Spanish organized their horse artillery into four squadrons.

Between 1812 and 1815 the horse artillery arm was increased to six squadrons. The Spanish artillery continued to rely on civilian drivers until April 1813 when an artillery train of five (later six) battalions was formed.

The Spanish artillery arm, originally armed with the Gribeauval System pieces which Spain had adopted before the war, used both British pieces as well as the older Gribeauval pieces. Apparently, the Gribeauval guns and vehicles were preferred.

…the massive cannonball with no cartridge seems unlikely.

Unless they are serving heavy artillery (siege and fortress) which usually used separate loading ammunition.

Even so, that ball appears to be at least 64-pdr size. Just possibly a 8" shell, without fuse.