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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP22 Oct 2016 8:23 p.m. PST

Great!

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Amicalement
Armand

Extrabio1947 Supporting Member of TMP23 Oct 2016 4:17 a.m. PST

Lovely. One of the most colorful armies ever. Thank you for sharing.

Bill Slavin23 Oct 2016 6:00 a.m. PST

I'm impressed! Thanks, Tango, you beat me to it. I was thinking I might post a link to my newly forged Spanish army this morning and now I don't have to.

keithbarker23 Oct 2016 9:02 a.m. PST

Very very nice. I do love the Spanish!

A couple of comments on flags…

Generally speaking, the 1st battalion of a regiment carried the Coronela and other battalions a Sencilla.

It is uncertain whether the Light Infantry carried colours in the field, but if they did it would have been their Coronela (these regiments only had one battalion).

If Line infantry have grenadiers then it is the 1st battalion and would thus carry a Coronela not a Sencilla.

But I am being very picky here, and I have the wrong flags on some of my Spanish units, so I am throwing stones in a greenhouse!

Bill Slavin23 Oct 2016 10:04 a.m. PST

Thanks, Keith.
Yes, I'm certain I've got some of the flags mixed up. I knew about the Coronela and Sencilla and that the first battalion carried the Coronela. But because each of these units are really representing brigades, I wasn't worrying too much. With my line all the units I painted include (too many) grenadiers but I really didn't want to do them all with just the Coronela.
I hadn't thought about the light only having the Coronela (if anything) as they only had one regiment but that is a good point.
You can't see them in the photo but I was pleased to track down the Walloon flag and I gave the Swiss a Reding flag, albeit from 1749! But that is a Sencilla and I have grenadiers carrying it…

When I catch my breath I may revisit some of the flags.

Jeffsueu23 Oct 2016 10:14 a.m. PST

Which is which, may I ask?

Thank-you.

Jeff

Bill Slavin23 Oct 2016 1:40 p.m. PST

Not clear on the question, Jeff. Do you mean the flags? My understanding is that the the Coronela is the one with the coat of arms over the cross and the Sencilla is just the Burgundy cross.

Bill

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP23 Oct 2016 1:46 p.m. PST

A trully great work my friend… my pleasure to post it here… Congrats!. (smile)


Amicalement
Armand

davbenbak24 Oct 2016 3:39 a.m. PST

Great job!!! The Ehmar and Hat sets have been tugging at my heart strings for some time. You did a great job of mixing them along with a sprinkling of 1805 Prussians. Please consider posting on bennos forum since tango posted here for you.

Marc the plastics fan24 Oct 2016 10:22 p.m. PST

A fantastic army there – really colourful and well presented.

And your comment on the HaT cannons made me laugh. Yes, they are monsters aren't they. I tend to use the Italeri versions but have a load of Zvezda to look forward to.

The cavalry worked really well also.

Thanks for sharing

Marc the plastics fan25 Oct 2016 12:38 a.m. PST

And a cheeky question. Would you be willing to share your print file for the Spanish flames please?

Many thanks

Marc

Bill Slavin25 Oct 2016 4:57 a.m. PST

Not cheeky at all, Marc. Just send me an e-mail and I will send directly. [email protected]

John Miller26 Oct 2016 4:06 p.m. PST

Tango01 & Bill Slavin: A most fascinating army to study. Thanks very much for posting this. John Miller

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