I should be bringing you my first game of Gonzalo but events have intervened. The Gonzalo game will appear when things return to a gentler post Christmas pace. In the meantime I thought I should post something and this one has the virtue of being about Italy too.
A while ago (3 years) I thought I'd do something (else) different for Rebels and Patriots and spurred on by a QRF sale bought some lads for the Pope and Garibaldi.
Here we see the Papal Chasseurs, lively and jolly figures. Light cavalry.
Here are the Irish perhaps a tad more dapper than the reality. They could fight though.
These little fellows are also from QRF, nice and lively with good
detail. They were all
volunteers from Ireland and included some men with military experience. Myles Keogh, who died at the Little Big Horn
with Custer was one of them. They fought
aggressively through out the war and with great distinction despite being equipped with inferior
rifles. I’m rating them Shock Infantry @ 6 points.
These Papal Zouaves are from Peter Pig's ACW range as the QRF ones don't look like the images I've seen of the unit. To me the QRF'ers look like Ridgeway period Canadians, a good thing if further research confirms it.
The Zouaves had a fearsome reputation.
That's as far as I got. This project is currently way down the painting list but I think it has potential.
