Thursday 1 December 2016

Portuguese 5th Campo Mayor Cacadores

The second of the Portuguese early war Cacadore regiments with red facings, the 5th saw action at Albuera, Salamanca and Vittoria, and also the battle of the Nivelle where they do not appear to have been heavily engaged from the returns published in Oman:


















The only difference between the 2nd and 5th regiments was that the former had a brown collar while the latter had red, with both carrying red cuffs:




































I used the Front Rank skirmishing figures for these which consist of five different poses, not counting the command figures, so there is a little bit of variety in there to keep me entertained:


















That's four battalions completed, with the last two to be hopefully finished before Christmas:






8 comments:

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    1. Thanks Phil. These only took around a week, which is quick for me.

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  2. lovely work and Napoleonic miniatures collection you have Lawrence!

    cheers,

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    1. Cheers Phil. It's barely making a dent in the unpainted lead pile, but at least this year's output has exceeded purchases for the first time in a long time.

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  3. More lovely Cacadores, Lawrence. While they may wear brown, they are anything but "caca"! :-)

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    1. I just hope they live up to their reputation on the table-top Peter!

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    1. Thanks very much for the kind words. Greatly appreciated.

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