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Italian Foot artillery deploy near the villa on the outskirts of village - Elite Miniatures |
Well as the Peninsular project continues to potter along it was time to bring the Italian Foot artillery into the brigade. These are all from the wonderful Elite Miniatures range available from Pete Moreby in the UK or if you live in the Antipodes like me, the mighty Nathan Vinson up in Townsville.
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A view across the main road. |
The Italians fought well throughout the Napoleonic Wars, often in difficult circumstances, and often against opponents in less well known theatres of the war. These lads will give the Italian Brigade I am building at present some more firepower in an attempt to come to grips with those dastardly Brits and Portuguese formations undoubtedly skulking behind some ridge line in the future.
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Italian Guard horse Artillery battery |
To also add some colour, if a somewhat " non-historical" formation, I have added the Italian Guard Horse artillery only because I love the uniforms, had the figures and this is my Peninsular Campaign not Oman's or Napier's!!
I also very much like the guns that Elite Miniatures manufacture - they look very intimidating and bloody menacing. The grey painted/stained wood of the guns has been a point of discussion over many forums over many years and despite people disputing that grey was used (I think I saw it first written in Ospreys "Artillery Equipment of the Napoleonic Wars" having been to the Napoleonic Museum in Rome and seen some guns and carriages I can definitively claim that the grey is correct...however remember we are talking about Italians here and that colours can, and do, change according to the season!!