Saturday 17 January 2015

Papal Army 1860 - Foreign Regiments.


I'm taking a break from my re-basing of the Indian Mutiny collection and have painted up a couple of 'Foreign' regiments for my 1860 Italian War of Independence project . The first is a battalion of the Austrian Bersaglieri/Jager regt. 


The next is a battalion of the Swiss Carbineers . The Papal Army was made up from 'Native' (Italian) and 'Foreign' (recruited from Austria , Switzerland, and various other Catholic countries ) regiments . Having got these exotic units done I've sent off an order to Irregular Miniatures for 3 battalions of Line Infantry to round off the army. 


I've also painted up a Papal  gun and crew , the colour of the gun carriage is conjectural as I've found no clue to the actual colour scheme.



8 comments:

  1. Oh dear. I was doing so well before I realised these were available in 20mm.

    Sigh.

    So many projects so little time.

    Wonderful work. I look forward to seeing the next game.

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    1. I must admit I didn't realise he also did them in 20mm - rather cute aren't they ! , Tony

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  2. You just have to love these uniforms. I have some in 15mm which I hope to get done in 2015. Excellent stuff, Sir!

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  3. Great looking foreign regiments for an interesting period. Are these Irregular 28s? My own Risorgimento project (and like you, I have far too many) focuses on the 1859 campaign.

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    1. Yes they are Irregular 28/25mm Italian Wars of unification range.

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  4. Lovely, even elegant units. I'll have to take a crack at the mid-19th century one day.

    Best Regards,

    Stokes

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  5. Great looking units, nice addition to you collection

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