"Navarre Infantry - 1st battalion" Topic
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Tango01  | 22 Oct 2024 4:54 p.m. PST |
"This is the third unit of Carlist infantry I painted towards the end of 2020 (I was determined to erase my Carlist War lead-pile). I assigned it to Navarre, for no particular reason. The troops are wearing the same greatcoat and trousers uniforms as my first Guipuzcoa battalion, although I used a deeper red for the trousers. It's quite a smart look, I think. Navarre, a northern province in Spain that bordered on the Basque region, was a natural recruiting ground for the Carlist cause. The province's rugged, mountainous terrain made it difficult to subdue, and consequently it managed to maintain a semblance of autonomy from the middle ages into the 19th century. In fact, it was only with the Carlist defeat in 1841 that the province was brought fully into the territory of the Spanish crown. Conrad Cairns tells us that twelve battalions were raised in Navarre for the Army of the North, together with the elite guides…"
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| IronDuke596 | 23 Oct 2024 8:56 a.m. PST |
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| Shagnasty | 23 Oct 2024 12:54 p.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 23 Oct 2024 3:35 p.m. PST |
Happy you like them boys…
Armand
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| TimePortal | 26 Oct 2024 2:31 p.m. PST |
Great looking castings. I really enjoyed researching the Carlist Ars for my magazine articles back in the 1990s. |
| Tango01 | 26 Oct 2024 3:55 p.m. PST |
Glad you like them too… Armand |
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