Another poll: Spanish soldier -soldadito español

[Jay Bee]

So, which one?

1 is the blue/red/white (left)
2 is the white (right)

Any suggestion for ways to have BOTH in?

(PS. Prometeus-like thread)

[Prometeus]

El segundo...

[Fiera]

I've always read that white jackets were the most common until 1808, however I've got a book with all kind of colours for the Peninsular War Spanish troops.

Voted for the white soldier, though.

[kIndal]

Re: Another poll: Spanish soldier -soldadito español

I believe that blue one are the most common in Spanish troops along this years.

[Prometeus]

Nevermind...

PS got these two weird links from my web search session...

http://www.artifacts.org/Luisiana.htm and http://www.docuweb.ca/SpainInCanada/.../soldiers.html ...

[Jay Bee]

Fiera, I completely agree, that's why I drew the first one. But, like you I still like the white better (that's the one I drew for Spanish Pride). So, what Kindal said is most likely true.

Prom, those are colonial uniforms. Not necessarily used in the peninsula.


So, any suggestions to have both in?

[Fiera]

Yes, you should definitely have more than a regular infantry type for the Spanish troops. Spanish infantry units were very heterogenous (is that a word?), some of them were awfully weak, some of them could actually mean a threat to French troops, so variety of looks and attck/defense/etc values is the key.

[Prometeus]

!!! No spanish soldier, but... change the first one's uniform into black, add a shako and you'll have the 95 english regiment.

[Jay Bee]

Originally posted by Fiera
Yes, you should definitely have more than a regular infantry type for the Spanish troops. Spanish infantry units were very heterogenous (is that a word?), some of them were awfully weak, some of them could actually mean a threat to French troops, so variety of looks and attck/defense/etc values is the key.

The problem is, why build soldiers when the best unit you'll have is the guerrillas...

Elaborate more on this, I'm all ears

[kIndal]

Very interesting this pages Prom, specially the Canadian one

In this page appears some uniforms, some of them look white but in some books I have about uniforms appear almost all blue.

http://es.geocities.com/epipodio/europa/europa.htm

So JB you choose

[Prometeus]

A couple of italian sites...

http://uniformi.freeweb.supereva.it/

http://members.xoom.it/murat/index.htm

and a good english one.

http://www.btinternet.com/~a.jackson/penwar_e.htm

[jasev]

At the beginning of the war, the blue uniforms were the most common in the Spanish Regular Army; remember the pictures of Daóiz and Velarde, or Bailén; white uniforms were very common, too. But during the war, spanish troops adopted mostly the green or the red uniform (remember "El húsar", by A.P.Reverte: the spanish line infantry wore in green). For example, the liberal volunteers from my "carlist war" would be appropiate .

By the way, Jay Bee: I hope you won't forget about andalusian lancers, the mounted nightmare of the french troops.

[Jay Bee]

Pues... hablame de ellos che o ponme un linkecito para que pueda informarme on my own.

[kIndal]

no sabes quienes eran los garrochistas!!!!

Fueron los heroes de Bailen, y tu has hecho un escenairo del tema????


Pa que te hagas una idea parecian mas o menos unos picadores de una corrida de toros...igual encuentro por ahi alguna foto...si la quieres...claro.

[Jay Bee]

[QUOTE] Originally posted by kIndal

Fueron los heroes de Bailen, y tu has hecho un escenairo del tema????

Aun no...