Sea Peoples, Part 3

Here's a smaller unit composed of elements of Teresh and Sheklesh warriors.

These are Wargames Foundry figures once again. 

It has been theorized that the Sheklesh, who are also mentioned by the Hittites, originated from Sicily.

However, as usual for things related to the Sea Peoples, there is little proof of this. 

In any event, they spelled trouble for Egypt and Ramses II. 

Meanwhile, they are ready for their appearance at Historicon!

Libyans

 

In preparation for my Historicon game in July, I have added a few more Libyans to my forces. 

These are Foundry figures once again. 

They will be allied to the enigmatic Sea Peoples in their invasion of Egypt. 

In To the Strongest!, they most commonly fight as "Combined Light Infantry". 

They evidently had chariots as well, but I've never seen any manufacturer that made them, so that arm will likely be supplied by some Canaanite allies. 

Bronze swords and javelins were their characteristic armament, with a few bows thrown in. 

They have been described as wearing a "towel and jockstrap", for obvious reasons!

In any event, I have depicted them with deep tans!

They are certainly colorful enough!

Sea Peoples, Part 2

  

Another Sea Peoples warband; Teresh this time. 

Foundry figures; those wire spears/javelins are SHARP!

Described as "wearing tight cloth turbans".

Like all of the Sea Peoples. there origins are obscure. Current theories include origins on Crete, or the Tyrrhenian Sea, i.e., early Etruscans. 

Whatever the case, they were a threat to the Egyptians, and allied with the Libyans at times. 

Sea Peoples 1

In preparation for my Historicon games, here's the first of several new additions to my Sea Peoples army. 

These are Foundry figures.

I got them in late 2024, using their annual Christmas discounts. 

Between tariffs and a big shift in the exchange rate since then, that proved to be a judicious move!

They are mostly treated as Javelin armed Warbands in To the Strongest!

Portuguese Cavalry Regiment # 6

 

The 6th Cavalry Regiment was designated as "Braganza", after the ruling house of Portugal. 

The Portuguese cavalry had buff belts. This unit carries Carbines The Portuguese Cavalry was generally considered fairly poor. Portugal has very rugged and mountainous terrain, and was not good horse country. Most regiments were chronically understrength and had insufficient mounts even for the men who were on hand. 

My original, sole regiment of Portuguese Cavalry were Minifigs (with the correct uniform details for the Portuguese  cavalry, such as the red plumes on the helmets. They were absurdly overstrength at 12 figures (instead of my standard 8 figures). The officers from the Foundry command sets for the British Light Dragoons were wearing bicornes, which I didn't like at all, so they were dispatched to the "Command" ranks. Thus a couple of the Minifigs (who were also equipped with Carbines)lightly updated and added to the ranks, one serving as the standard bearer. 

This regiment had red collars and cuffs with yellow piping and turnbacks. 

It seems the natural leather horse furniture was also customary for the Portuguese cavalry. 

Portuguese Cavalry Regiment #2

The 2nd regiment carried the designation "Moura". 

The jacket had white collars and cuffs, with red piping and turnbacks. 

Trumpeters had yellow lace on the seams of their jackets, and it seems the trumpet cords were in mixed colors corresponding to the collar and piping colors, so red and white for the 2nd. 

The red crest for the trumpeter is shown in the book "Napoleon's War in Spain", by Lachouque, Tranie, and Carmigiani. I have not seen it elsewhere, so it may be an error, although it would be in keeping with the German fashion of the the time for trumpeters. Still, it was too tasty a bit of bling for me to resist!

The figures are Foundry early British Light Dragoons, so not entirely correct for the Portuguese Cavalry in all details, but close enough! 

Portuguese Cavalry Regiment #10

The first of three new regiments of horsemen added to my Napoleonic Portuguese army!

While sometimes referred to as "Dragoons", in most documents the Portuguese mounted arm were simply referred to as regiments of Cavalry. 

This is the 10th or "Santarem" regiment, with light blue collars and cuffs piped in white. 

As with the infantry, the color of the piping on the front of the jacket and of the collars and cuffs, as well as the turnbacks, reflected the organizational Division to which the regiment belonged - red for the Southern, white for the Central, and yellow for the Northern Division.

Unlike the infantry, each cavalry regiment had 4 flags, one for each squadron, with a white field for the 1st squadron, red for the 2nd, yellow for the 3rd, and blue for the 4th. I have used scaled down Infantry regimental colors by Adolfo Ramos (15mm); these are pretty close to correct, but evidently the regimental designation would have been on a light blue scroll below the Arms of Portugal. Cravats were in the color of the cuffs. 

Portuguese Napoleonic Artillery

The latest addition to my Napoleonic Portuguese is two batteries of Artillery.

These figures are sold by Brigade Games in the US.

The cannon are by Foundry, and were already painted as surplus from an order I made for my British Artillery 10+ years ago! 

Portugal had 4 regiments of artillery, differentiated by subtle differences in the colors of the collars and cuffs; this battery has dark blue collar and cuffs. That indicates it belongs to the 1st or Lisbon Regiment. 

Here are both batteries together. 

The other battery has black collars and cuffs, denoting the 2nd or Algarve Regiment. 

Pretty difficult to tell the difference, right?

I have two more painted spare British guns, so maybe I should add a third battery?!

New Austrian Commanders

 

Ready just in time for this weekend's Campaign in a Day event, there are some new command bases fro the Austrians

There's a mix of manufacturers in use here!

The foot figure is a spare Old Glory artillery officer painted as an officer of the supply train, and the others are Foundry figure from their  "Early Austrian Command" set, purchased at Historicon 2022.

Some black lining with an ink pen was used on the saddle trim and the sashes. 

Where there are Austrians, the HAS to be a long line of supply wagons behind them, right?

The second group are again drawn from a mix of manufacturers.

All but  the white coated General are by Piano Wargames from the last KS.

 

He is from the Foundry "Early Command" set.

;' I've swapped the Piano Wargames General and adjutant by their paint schemes.