Royalist Commanders

Lastly are a couple of command bases modeled roughly on the generals from John Fletcher's Liberators! book...

Here I've used Fantassin British generals with staff from Lancashire Bavarians. You can see the difference in size, most noticeable in the horses.

Royalist Artillery

Finally, got round to doing the artillery. These are Fantassin Spanish Artillery 4 pounders with the bicorne replaced with Mirage militia tophats.

The guns look very bluish in the pic but, in reality, they are more  greyish blue.

Dragoons and the Arequipa Sqn

The next cavalry unit is the Dragoon Sqn, made from odd Fantassin hussars, chasseurs and officers, with cut down  militia top-hats. I tried painting Spanish Pintos, again with mixed results, also tried brindled greys, but they just look dirty :(. Never-mind it's all good practice.

Also,  I have finished the Arequipa cavalry squadron, again using Militia top-hats on Fantassin French Chasseurs.

Arequipa Cavalry - Battle of Huaqui

Here they are.. Fantassin's finished Cotobamba and Paucartambo Regts. I've darkened the blue considerable to try and make it more correct, using Dark Prussian Blue with black washes.

1st Btn. Venezuelan Rifles

First, for this force,  are the  British volunteers who were formed as the 1st Btn. Venezuelan Rifles.

Fantassin figures from their Spanish range.

Cazadores de Los Andes - Battle of Chacabuco 1817

Received a 'wrong' package of   Fantassin figures from a UK supplier - infantry in Shakos with oilskins. Decided to use them for  the 1817 Battle of Chacabuco as Cazadores de Los Andes. I bought a battalion pack with came with three different styles of infantry. looking at the pic it's quite obvious that the men are of different heights, which I quite like. I think I can also use these for the Battle of Maipo.

The uniforms are meant to be a lighter blue than the usual French / Prussian Blue. This was achieved, perversely, by using AV Dark Prusia Blue (their spelling ) and Prussian Blue.

Patriot Artillery

Here's the artillery at last, painted them as natural wood since no one seems to be able to agree what colour they were! Using British RHA crew from Fantassin

Patriot Command

Here is the Command element for the Patriot forces, based on a general  from Fletcher's Libertors! book...

Patriot Reserve Infantry Regt.

Next a bit of a hash up,  I needed uniformed troops without firearms so I cobbled together some Officers and standard bearers to make sword and spear armed infantry for the Patriot Reserve Infantry Regt...

I really like the Fantassin / Warmodelling drummer with the floppy hat ( Don't know it's real name) I need lots of heads like this for some future units but no idea where to find them. 

Cochabamba Cavalry

Another two units of Cochabamba Cavalry were converted from Warmodelling / Fantassin french Chasseurs and Hussars. French Shakos were removed and replaced with Spanish Artillery Bicornes ( any bicornes would do, but I had these left over) and the officer had his  arm replaced with one from a top-hatted militia officer.

Again two bases of Fantassin figures, converted as above, with a base of Lancashire Dragoons with the carbines cut away. All the  Fantassin figures were guidon bearers or  officers armed with spears or bugles taken from infantry ensigns or buglers.