The uniform and facings are almost identical to the 1st Cacadores, except that the 4th had a sky-blue collar as opposed to brown:
As with all Cacadore regiments around this time, the elite atirador companies were distinguished by black shako plumes, and green fringes on the end of the shoulder straps, and were armed with the legendary Baker rifle:
I have four more of the early Cacador regiments to complete, which will leave me with a seventh. I'm probably going to have a go at painting them as a battalion of the Loyal Lusitanian Legion to provide a bit of variety, but that is probably a month or two away.
Great addition sir, your Caçadores look superb!
ReplyDeleteThanks Phil, just a few more to go now.
Deleteonce again,Lawrence your painted(work) Portuguese 4th Viseu Cacadores look awesome!
ReplyDeleteI would love to see Loyal Lusitania Legion/battalion painted up! :o)
cheers,
Cheers Phil. Yes, I am thinking a bit of green might break up all the blue and brown of the rest of the army.
DeleteSuperb as usual, Lawrence. I like the little detail;s of the Atiradores. I also concur with painting one unit as the LLL!
ReplyDeleteI love a few rifle-armed troops Peter. There is always something deeply satisfying about being able to sit back out of musket range and pop away with a few free shots.
DeleteMarvellously painted Caçadores, thanks for sharing! Greetings from Portugal :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind words. Much appreciated.
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