Now in Full Glory - the Completed Spanish Artillery Battery - 1812-1813

Life got in the way again, but the last few elements of the Spanish artillery battery are finally done.

The new elements include gunners servicing the canon as well as in march order, and a supply cart being drawn by oxen.

As with the theme of this project, the gunners wear a variety of uniforms, all painted to a semblance of what may have been worn in 1812-1813.  The uniforms were largely patterned on the French style, so in this case the pre-1812 French uniform included the lace and flounders on the shako which the Spanish may have worn.

These have the more simplified 1812 French style uniform with some painted on modifications, but the key difference is the lack of shako lace.

I am unsure of the make of the oxen, adding yet another manufacturer to this mish mash of makers.

Dick Tennant started the madness of including the artillerymen in march order in all of his batteries, so here I go carrying on the tradition.

The officer illustration I had for reference had only a carrot shaped pompom, but I opted to leave this officer's glorious plume.  I figure there was likely some variation, especially among the officers.

For the soldier's sake I hope these are some well trained oxen!

I added a little bit of custom impedimenta to the standard Hinton Hunt cart load.

There always seem to be more detail on the rear of Napoleonic uniforms than the front!

Lastly, a little tweak to the French 1st Hussar's command stand.  I had originally mounted the Franznap officer in the middle of the command stand, but the style is just too different from the Hinton Hunt sculpting to look quite right.  I hated to hide the jaguar skin saddle cover of the officer in the middle of the command stand, but he just looks too good with his Hinton Hunt compatriots to not put him back amongst them.

Till next time - be good out there and kind to others.