KenR : 28mm Bolognesi Garibaldi (121 points)

 

The remaining Infantry for the Garibaldi Project are random units I picked from the army to add a bit of colour to the force and something a bit different to paint after a sea of red.

I've used the Perrys Plastic ACW boxes to make up this unit, the uniforms aren't a million miles away and you're not exactly falling over yourself for choice in this period ! Same as my previous units 24 x 28mm figures at 5 points each plus a flag to give me another 121 points.

The Battalion was made up of about 300 Bolognese who arrived from the North of Italy with the Medici Brigade to support Garibaldi. At the end of September 1860 occupied the town of Caiazzo on the Volturno by ejecting the Bourbon forces that garrisoned it. The Vacchieri regiment arrived as reinforcement, but the following day the Bourbons counterattacked with superior forces and defeated the Garibaldini, recapturing the town.

So it's a busy week, I'm posting this on Monday and there's likely to be a third entry this week, when the painting cow is producing, milk it!

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Ah, the elusive "painting cow"...Ken you are, as ever, a veritable dairy's worth of painting from said cow, as the Garibaldi project continues to move forward. Your rate of painting implies quick work, but you nonetheless continue to impress with your level of consistent quality on the figures. I also love the deep bases, and regret not doing something similar for my 28mm Franco-Prussian War project...

Another 121 points for you, and we stay tuned for the next latte's worth of production from the magical painting cow...

GregB