Composite Spanish Grenadiers

I love the look of the Spanish grenadiers. I have done these in the same facings of most of my line regiments, so I can attach them if necessary and form bigger units:

 

I didn't notice until after I had taken the photo that I had positioned them incorrectly.

I wasn't sure how to paint the seal-skin caps, but settled on a heavy dark brown dry-brush over black.

 

 

 

The bags are always quite involved. I went with a fairly simple design which could have been a little more intricate in retrospect, but I am not completely unhappy with them:

 





 

Irlanda Regiment

They are Front Rank 28mm figures with GMB flags, and are a joy to paint. The Irlanda is one of my favourite Spanish units as I really like the contrast between the sky blue coats and the buff facings.

Here is the 1st:

 

and the 2nd:

along with my kitchen window and the afternoon sun streaming through. I have ordered a few model railway backdrops which should hopefully improve the look, and have re-charged my old Sony camera, but having sat on this blog for six months I really just wanted to get things started.