Monday 3 March 2014

Spanish Guerrillas

I managed to complete a battalion pack's worth of the Front Rank Spanish guerrillas over the past couple of weeks, comprising twenty-four figures in all. I am not quite sure when I will get to use them alongside my Spanish regulars, but they form such an iconic part of the Spanish resistance against the French that I felt the army would be incomplete without them.


















The majority have been based singly anyway, with the vague notion that I might want to use them for skirmish gaming at some stage as well. I have a copy of Sharp Practice from Too Fat Lardies, and will probably base some 95th Rifles and French Voltigeurs the same way, to round things out.




There is a fair bit of variety in the pack, including a few that probably wouldn't look out of place as pirates.

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I made a conscious effort to try not to go too overboard with colour, and stuck mainly to rustic-looking browns for the majority in an effort to make them look more like peasant clothing. I did allow myself a bit more license with some of the blankets they were carrying however, in order to lighten things up a little:


































All things considered, with the combination of poses and variety of clothing and equipment, these were fun to paint.

4 comments:

  1. Looking good, and I agree, it's hard to imagine a Spanish Napoleonic collection without at least a few Guerillos! Aside from skirmish actions, throwing them in for an occasional ambush, delay of reinforcements, etc., will get them on the table.

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    1. My thoughts exactly, Peter. The thing I have really enjoyed about Napoleonic Spanish is that the more I have looked into them, the more variety I keep finding.

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  2. The blankets are superb. I tried for that effect but it didn't quite work out how I wanted when I painted the same figures a while ago. Maybe I need more Spanish guerrillas to practice :)

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    1. Thanks Brian. I am still envious of the work you did with your Spanish monks, and know that I won't be able to rest until I have added a few of them for myself.

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