From RayR - Haitian Revolution - Spanish Infantry and Commanders (125 points)

 

Finding any information about the Spanish army in Haiti has proved to be quite difficult.

I do know they fought in 2 major battles, The Battle of Gonnaives and the Battle of Saint-Raphael , both in 1794.

I did find a picture online of the Batallon Auxiliar de las Tropas Espanolas de la isla de Santo Domingo.

Which looked pretty fancy, with their light blue cuffs and facings.

So I decided to paint them up as that unit, with the longest name EVER!

The figures are from Trent Miniatures, now sold by Skytrex and Warlord.

The command are from Front Rank, as Trent don't sell Spanish command figures.

Also from Front Rank are these three mounted Colonels.

Two are painted in the same uniform as the infantry, while the last figure is painted up in the normal Spanish dress of a General.

I found the Spanish flag image online, its not specifically for this unit, I don't even know if they carried a flag or not, but I think it adds a little panache to the unit.

Brigadier General

Mounted Infantry Officer

Field Officer

There are 19 x 25mm Foot figures @ 5 pts each = 95pts

and 3 x Mounted 25mm figures @10 pts each = 30pts

Total 125 pts

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Great work on these fellows Ray - smashing uniforms all around. Projects like this are one of the things that makes the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge so much fun - interesting ones that I never would have considered myself. 

Have to say, much as the light blue facings are lovely, that Spanish general sure looks dashing - what a great uniform...although I expect wearing that outfit in the heat and humidity of Haiti may have been a bit of a challenge!

GregB