Colonel Barnards Flank Battalion

Colonel Barnards flank battalion at Barrosa is all finished. The astute amongst you will notice that the Portuguese are missing. They are boxed up elsewhere for now (Christmas drinks in Cadiz?!). They will reappear in the new year!
 

The Light and Grenadier Companies of the 47th Regiment of Foot

Light and Grenadier Company of 47th Regiment of Foot

  

Flank Battalion WIP

Highlighting and shading wash done on the battalion. All that is left to do now is the straps and pipeclay in white (black for the rifles) and maybe some different coloured hair..

The light is getting poor now so I'll finish them off tomorrow.

Flank Battalion WIP

As you can see, the bulk of the uniform colour is added. Will be adding a shade of "skeleton bone" for the drummers coat and the redcoats white facings, plus silver for gun barrels and blades, before giving them all a once over with some army painter "strong tone". Next stage will be to highlight the existing colours.

Colonel Barnards Flank Battalion WIP

I've finally made a start on Colonel Bernards Flank battalion for the Barrosa project,  this will be mainly made up of "spares" from my boxes of Perry infantry

 

 

The battalion consisted of

- 4 Companies of 95th Rifles
- 2 Companies 47th Regiment of Foot
- 2 Companies 20th Portuguese Infantry Regt

 

To utilise what I've got,  there'll be a bit of artistic licence, and there'll be two stands (8 figures) from each Battalion

 

The Portuguese are already painted (part of an existing battalion) and so are not pictured here.

The offending article

Well here they are,  the offending French infantry involved in Varnishgate.

5 companies in addition to the 2 painted previously. The intention is to use these to bulk out other battalions (24 to 28 man battalions etc) and also to operate independently (I have a lot of random command figures which I'll use to make command stands later)

Figures are from Warlord Games

As you can see they are suffering the effects of varnish but you'd probably not notice that much in the middle of a battle...

I hope..

Today's contribution

I finished these French Line infantry centre companies today, all from Warlord Games. I had intended to finish more, but unfortunately I appear to be suffering the on-set of the dreaded man-flu, and concentrating was a struggle. Also, after spraying Volspar Clear Plastic Sealant into my eye yesterday, I've been feeling a tad unmotivated. 

Barrosa Re-fight Orders of Battle

I will be following the orders of battle as listed here for my Barrosa re-fight in Autumn 2014

Peninsular Resource

French Combined Grenadier Battalion

Part of the French forces for Barrosa. A Combined Grenadier Battalion

The battalion is a mixture of figures, including Front Rank and Warlord Games.

87th Regiment of Foot

My first British Battalion for Barossa are finished.

These are Front Rank figures painted as the 87th Regiment of Foot. The flags have not been added yet, as I have been reliably informed that "Santa" has put some in my Christmas Cracker.

Map for Barrosa re-fight

I have spent the past few weeks researching the battle and deciding on how I am going to organise the re-fight.

This map shows the historical position of the opposing forces during the Battle of Barrosa in 1811.

 

I have taken to Paint to focus the map on a much smaller area of the battlefield, in order to help me design my layout for my table.

As you can see, I have put General La Pena's Spanish immediately behind the two British Brigades. This is a bit of artistic licence, as in reality they were located elsewhere. However, I want to give the Allied commander a fighting chance, and allow the possibility of La Pena's Spanish fighting in the battle.

I have also set victory points, in order to fool the less astute commander. In reality, as you can see - a total victory is only possible by controlling Barrosa Hill

Re-fight of the Battle of Barrosa 1811

For those of you unfamiliar with the Peninsular War, you can read more about the Battle of Barrosa here

Battle of Barrosa

I will be looking to re-fight the main part of the battle, focusing around the Barrosa hill. I am intending to have General Dilkes and General Wheatley's brigades represented on the allied side, along with a small group of Spanish and Cavalry under Colonel Whittingham. I will also have the option of General La Pena and his Spanish taking part in the battle, to be decided after a set number of turns by a random D6.

For the French, both General Ruffin and General Leval will have their Brigades represented.

There will be no set figure ratio, rather the size of the units will be decided as "bases".

For instance, the 87th Regiment of Foot had a whole battalion at the battle, and so they will be represented by a full "battalion" of 6 bases and 24 figures, whereas another regiment/battalion of perhaps 5 companies, will only have 3 bases, or 12 figures.