15mm Minifigs/Essex - Napoleonic - Peninsula Baggage Train

I suppose I did get a fair amount of Napoleonics done at around the same time I was doing the ACW stuff. My first interest is always the 1812 Russian campaign (some of that is seen here), but second, I love the Peninsula campaigns - possibly because of Sharpe. I just cannot get around to this stuff, though I intend to. I never thought T would get into 25/28mm either.

Again, in about the 1990's somewhere, I started up what was gonna be a pair of armies for Empire. British v. French. And, as is typical, I do everything but the hard stuff, the rank and file first. (I have some British finished (60th Royal Americans), but not a single Frenchman in this scale.) 

So I started with a baggage train to give purpose to whatever fight was to occur later. There was one last element of crate-laden mules, which I finished up over this weekend. They join the rest of it that was painted decades ago: 

The drovers I did not bother to touch up, apart from a flesh wash. Otherwise, they were painted at the same time as the other elements seen below: 

I see these were photographed in 2018, but they were painted well before that. 

Tempting to touch this up a bit, but I won't. Forgive the medieval era wheels. 

The burros at right are surely from Essex? Correct me if you recognize them.

Together, this is a tempting prize for a competent French commander. Though apart from the drovers, these could be used in any number of theaters, not just Iberia. 

Ah - this older stuff appeared back when I photographed it. You can see that posting along with some insurrectionists and a pair of British light infantry regiments here: One of My Men Became Restless: 15mm Napoleonic, Peninsula War, Pot Pouri

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15mm Napoleonic, Peninsula War, Pot Pouri

Another post featuring old figures from the vault. First are Battle Honours with a pair of shots featuring what they call "Insurrection Guerrillas". Based and spaced for Empire, these are among my early serious work, completed in the early 90s.

Next are parts of a supply convoy - a drover and some cows - I believe these are all Minifigs.

Normally I would balk at the wooden wheels. but it is Spain in the early 19th century after all. To get the oxen I don't think I had a choice here.

Powder or rum depending on who is defending this one.

To navigate the steep and treacherous trails of the Pyrenees, these mules and donkeys go single file. Donkeys at left are Minifigs, at right are Essex. Handlers are Minifigs.

Minifigs? Mule train from a different range - not sure which.

The ubiquitous 95th rifles - as for the Russian campaign stuff I had decided to double up everything, so by Empire standards, this is far more Rifles that ever served in one spot.

I also did up a units worth with skirmish order spacing, whereupon I would replace stands rather than spread out the close order stands.

These definitely could use another highlight as well as some Dullcoat.

Finally, the other regiment in the light brigade: the 71st. I didn't know then that the officers didn't have the tartan bands I meticulously painted around the base of their shakos.

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