I had pretty well made up my mind to draw my Hinton Hunt collecting days to a close when I was overcome by ebay temptation recently (you all know the feeling!).
Until now my Spanish and Portuguese contingent has been represented by a single battalion of each (Kennington figures) a battery of Spanish artillery (Kennington) some Spanish Hussars (Kennington) and a recently completed Newline Portuguese battery.
I now have enough Portuguese and Spanish infantry figures to represent a couple of Brigades and they will keep me occupied for the rest of the year. First up will be Portuguese 18th Infantry (2nd Oporto) together with a mounted General. I chose the 18th for no other reason than they are illustrated in Philip Haythornwaite's "Uniforms of the Peninsula War" and I like their red with yellow piping facing colour.
The figures appear to be Clayton castings (PTN4) except the officer (PTN1) which looks to be vintage. The General Officer is actually French (FN224) and a reasonably copy but will paint up well as an Iberian counterpart. Incidentally I noticed that the pose of this figure is slightly different compared to others in my collection in that his head is looking distinctly to the right.
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| A 24 figure battalion plus Officer and General ready for their undercoat. |
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