Well this seems to have taken a lot longer than I originally intended, but at last the AWI Spanish are available and on the website! Here’s a couple of pictures of some that I painted a couple of weeks ago.
This was the first time in a very long time that I found myself painting white uniforms. It wasn’t easy and I am not totally happy with the results, so I may have another go in the not too distant future.
These guys I painted in acrylics, starting off by undercoating them with my airbrush using Vallejo Air Black Grey. Lighter than I would normally use for undercoating, but I think it made the next stages a bit easier. I followed this by using the airbrush and Vallejo Light Grey to paint all the uniformed parts of the figure. I followed this by using a light grey ink as a wash, followed by a heavy dry brush of Vallejo Grey White, a heavy dry brush of Ivory and then Grey White again to highlight. I’m pretty sure I used too many colours and could probably have just gone with the Ivory and a highlight of straight white. I might try that for the next ones.
There are eight figures in this range, the two above and the following six –
We have done this range slightly differently to previous ranges; instead of the heads being cast separately with a different hat, the heads are all cast on the figure with a bald dome top, with the hats cast separately. This allows the same figures to be used to represent most units from the Spanish army, either the Metropolitan regiments from Spain or the Colonial Regular regiments from the Americas. There are nine different hats that can be used on these figures and the Colonial Militia figures that will be added in the future.
These are the other hats that are available, in addition to that in the pictures above –
At the moment these are listed on the website as separate categories based on the type of hat, each with eight line items. I’m not sure if they will continue to be listed that way, I may change that in the future.
When a grenadier bearskin is purchased it comes with a Grenadier sword to be attached to the figure as well.
I’m currently investigating the Five Civilized Tribes to get an idea of the appearance of their warriors at the time of the Siege of Pensacola. If anyone has any guidelines or suggestions, I’d be glad to hear about them.
This is a fantastic addition to the existing range of French uniforms. Thank you for offering them! I will order them soon! They are 40mm, arent´they?
Peter
Thanks Peter.
Yes they are 40mm.
Hi Phil,
I hope you are well. Your Spaniards look great. The Austrians in the Seven Years’ War under Maria Theresa also had similar colored uniforms.
regards Peter
Thanks Peter.
The so-called “whites” of the eyes are never truly white.
Never use white paint to render them.
Instead, use a medium to light gray with maybe a touch of “flesh” color.
Look at your own eyes in a mirror and compare them with a piece of white paper or something. Or compare to a white uniform.
Thanks. I will use that advice going forward. I think I used Vallejo Grey-white, but they still seem to stand out a bit unnaturally.
Great idea with the interchangeable headgear! They really fit the heads in a realistic fashion, and no one would know they weren’t complete castings. This even allows for additional, realistic variations in a unit, as the headgear of the period can be tilted various ways.
Just ordered my first unit of Spanish. The figures look great! Cant wait to get them and put paint on them. Also, great Idea for the Tribes that were in Pensacola at the time. The colored Volunteer militia troops sounds good too. Looks to be a very comprehensive range of Spanish during the AWI. I’m sure that Cav. and Art. will round it off nicely. Keep up the good work!