Portu-geezers or...... the Fighting Cocks of the Army

Here's the Portuguese unit I promised. The 6th Infantry of the Line, which was with Hill on his raids to the south of Badajoz in 1812. I am also in the process of painting up the 18th, which will have sky-blue cuffs instead of the red. The figures are by Kennington






Below is the foot gun battery from Armies in Plastic. Despite the fact they are in Belgic shakos I quite like the poses in this group. I may have overdone the smoking linstock, though! This would represent a 6lb-er battery and the horse guns a 9lb-er, but the good thing is, the guns fit with either grouping, so I can swap them around. I plan to paint (eventually!) individual guns, so that I can have 2 x 6lb-er, or 2 x 9lb-er batteries.


These are my river sections. The flash has made them seem a lot bluer than they really are, so don't be alarmed by the fluoro colours. The wide section has been made with a mixture of the texture gel and Tamiya sky-blue. The last 2 pictures show the original 2D paper section mounted on cardboard that I originally had, and a comparison with the improved version. Basically, the water is the original colour print viewed though a strip of plastic ripple effect which is secured by 2 strips of thin corkboard glued to the banks, which have then been flocked. The sides facing the water have been crumbled roughly by hand, while the other sides and ends were cut so that they match all the other pieces. The corkboard and rippled plastic were bought at Hearn's Hobbies in the city, so I suppose any good hobby/railway shop would have something similar.