There was a lot more colour about in the Isabelino Army certainly when compared to the Carlists. That's before you got to the foreign troops.
Points to note.
I'm going to be using Field of Battle for my Carlist War games. It, and any other general rule set will require some slight adjustments to achieve proper period flavour. In other words you should adjust your set to reflect the reality. Expect a separate post on this.
Here is a rather fancy brigade. It is also a rather formidable one, consisting of Guard units with supporting light infantry and artillery.
First, the Royal Guards here. The fellows in grey are the Reina Gorbanedora light infantry armed with Baker rifles. Figures from QRF.
Above, Provincial Grenadiers in their bearskins with a Mountain Gun battery.
Very handy in pretty much any situation. All from Capitan.
Most Isabelinos were not quite up to that mark. Many of them were nowhere near it. A more typical formation might look like
this one. Light infantry out front. Let us be charitable and assume
all the soldiers are trained rather than raw. They could be either. Figures from QRF.
In either case they preferred to rely on fire power rather than close steel.
The Carlists, often short of ammo’ were the opposite. They loved a charge, the earlier the better. They could do it from skirmish order too.
These Isabelinos have a supporting battery too. Front rank from Capitan, rear and cannon QRF.
Above more Isabelinos from Capitan.
Isabelino cavalry was mostly good, some of it very good. There were some poor units too. Above, in green, a light cavalry unit. Could be rated regular and on a good day maybe veteran. In yellow, line cavalry, either trained or regular as suits the occasion. Now, only the first rank carried lances, the second sabres. I have some figures and will turn 1 unit of line lancers into 2. Like so.
Figures from Capitan.
Above National Militia from QRF. I have two such units and may aim for three.
That’s it for now. I do have more and we will see them. Next time we will take a look at the Isabelino foreign troops.
Great looking regiments
ReplyDeleteThanks Neil. I think I started this one over ten years ago. It's great to have finally finished it.
DeleteVery colourful!
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That was part of the attraction I think.
DeleteVery nice looking figures, they certainly are colourful. Our gaming mate Mark (1866 and all that) has this collection in Perry 28mm.....I contributed a small BAL Brigade to it. Like most of the periods we game in, it's ages since we played a game.....we have FAR TOO MANY era's to choose from! Not a bad problem to have, but it has some downside 😀
ReplyDeleteAha! 1866 was part of the inspiration for this project including your BAL figures Rros. All very nice indeed.
DeleteI have the same "problem" we will all have to live with it.
Fine looking army! Colorful too!
ReplyDeleteWhile I believe the general Game Engine may remain the same across select periods, each ruleset should have its own, peculiar period flavor.
Thanks Jonathan. Yeah, that's right. My adjustments are actually very minor but they will do the job.
DeleteA very colourful army for sure and some nice points of how the respective armies fought:).
ReplyDeleteCheers Steve, lets see how it works on the tabletop.
DeleteQuite a contrast to the Carlists, and interesting information about how the two forces differed in combat style!
ReplyDeleteThanks Gonsalvo. It makes for interesting games.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great looking army, well done. Love the yellow cavalry. Looking forward to reading about how you adapt your rules for the period.
ReplyDeleteThanks Richard. I like the yellow coat cavalry too. I've just finished a second unit of them.
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