At last I've managed to put a picture of the Dragons de Peru on to our Maipo section of the Pictures thread. I know they weren't there but I'll use that thread...
Next Unit I fancy are the Husares de FerdinandVII. Having spent 18 months painting patriots I'm now looking at the gaudy Royalist Uniforms for Ica, mind you...
Hi Ian: I hear you: from a gaming standpoint the late era Royalists are my favorites b/c of the uniforms. The white/blue/gray color combinations and the...
El Último Virrey (The Last Viceroy) 2009 is a book in spanish about the effort of Royalist in the viceroyalty of Peru, from battle of Guaqui to Ayacucho. The...
Gracias John por incluir mi blog en los Links. Disculpeme por escribir en castellano, puedo leer inglés pero no escribirlo. Saludos desde la Argentina Carlos...
How much more personal can you get when the owner of the company hand writes a note on your purchase order? :-) I appreciate it, John! Denver is great, and I'm...
John, While my painting table is full, I am curious as to the timeline for the next releases. Also how is work going on the second edition of the rules? Nick...
Hi Terry: I have this book and I recommend it. It is exactly what it says: "Organization, warfare, dress and weapons". Pretty much a one stop source book for...
Un libro excelente (pero en castellano) sobre la Guerra del Paraguay es "Los 508 del Bn. San Nicolás en la Guerra del Paraguay", de Jorge Luís Costamagna,...
John, thanks for the review. I've added it to my to buy book list. Eureka's 300 Club had infantry figures almost ready for production. Just one more...
Reviving this quite old thread, I was reading in Robert Harvey's Liberators (p335) about San Martin's troops at Mendoza - "Young men from good local families"...
Hi Phil: I paint Spaniards/creoles as "white" troops using "flesh" color with a brown wash. I paint mestizo and indian troops as "hispanic"; sort of brown...
John, When painting the Royalists, what skin tones should we use. I saw that you said in Liberators I that the Royalists recruited from the Peruvian Indian...
Hi Steve: For a general rule I'd suggest always paint the officers white/European for all Royalist units. For the rank and file I'd paint a large majority as...
Hi, John I read about: -Troop of royalist Battalion of Arequipa was a black/Mulato/Pardo people. -over time the white spaniards meet in "company of preference"...
Was this true in 1817-18? ... From: Liberators1810-1830@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Liberators1810-1830@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of losmensajes Sent: 29 May 2009...
Yes this is true in 1817-18, after battle of Chacabuco viceroy Pezuela give orders to make a regiment of line infantry of Arequipa. Before send them to...
Just the infantry. The cavalry of Arequipa Dragoons was formed as normally did many hispanic american units: militias of mestizo and some prisioners of upper...
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