Spanish Light Infantry

The test figures which arrived in the post are crying out to be painted, but before they can be I had to do a little research into uniform colours and patterns.

The picture below comes from Napoleon Series and is by the Spanish artist Dionisio Álvarez Cueto.

The best site that is available (IMHO!) is Steve's Balagan from which I lifted the following text and table.

I also have a link in the sidebar under Spanish War of Independence (1808-1814) which leads you to his website as well.

1806 Light Infantry

(Funcken, 1973; Haythornthwaite, 1995; Sapherson, 1991). The key differences were:

Type of Regiment	Coat	Turnbacks	Waistcoat	Breeches *	Piping	Gaiters	Plume
Light	Dk. Blue **	Regimental	Dk. Blue	White	Regimental	Black	Green

* Breeches were often replaced by long brown or checked trousers.

The Light Infantry regiments also had regimental colours for Turnbacks and Piping (Funcken, 1973; Haythornthwaite, 1995; Sapherson, 1991). The light infantry often wore their brown greatcoat in the field. Similarly they often only buttoned up the front of the bicorn and left the back to drop down over their neck. Note: Sapherson uses the term "Carmine" where Haythornthwaite and Fucken use "Crimson" instead.

#	Light Infantry Regiment	Collar	Turnbacks, Cuffs & Cuff flaps	Lapels	Buttons	Piping	Remarks
1	Aragon	Red	Red	Red	Silver	Red	Haythornthwaite (1995) says red piping but Funcken (1973) says white.
2	Aragon	Dk. Blue	Red	Red	Silver	Dk. Blue	Haythornthwaite (1995) says silver/white buttons, but Sapherson (1991) says gold/yellow.
1	Cataluña	Yellow	Yellow	Yellow	Gold	Yellow
2	Catalua	Dk. Blue	Yellow	Yellow	Gold	Yellow
1	Barcelona	Yellow	Yellow	Dk. Blue	Silver	Yellow
2	Barcelona	Dk. Blue	Yellow	Yellow	Silver	Yellow
	Taragonna	Yellow	Yellow	Dk. Blue	Gold	Yellow
	Gerona	Yellow	Yellow	Yellow	Silver	Yellow
	Vol. de Navarra	Crimson	Crimson	Dk. Blue	Silver	Dk. Blue	Haythornthwaite (1995) says Dk. Blue collar, but Sapherson (1991) says Carmine/Crimson.
	Vol. de Valencia	Crimson	Crimson	Crimson	Silver	Dk. Blue
	Campo Mayor	Dk. Blue	Crimson	Crimson	Silver	Dk. Blue
	Barbastro	Red	Red	Dk. Blue	Silver	Dk. Blue

Now I have to decide which regiment I want to paint up!