Peter, you have delivered another fine pocket history of the 15th LD! The scarlet shakos are handsome but a hussar in busby for me! Nice brushwork on these chaps. How large is your British contingent planned to grow?
Great article once again Peter, thanks!
Nice work and great background. I quite like the scarlet shakoes myself - according to CE Franklin they were issued in 1813, so I suppose the Busby would pretty much be the order of the day for most of the Peninsular War.
Thanks, Lawrence! It seems that the re-enactors share your preference for the scarlet shakos as well!
Lovely hussars, busby all the way for me, very nice horses and men of this dashing unit.
Great post, and lovely minis, as usual. Cheers!
Thanks; glad you enjoyed both!
Sorry I missed this one, Peter. I ride with the XVLD and we're off to Spain tomorrow - fur caps and pelisses, just the ticket for Spain in the summer :-) The fur on our caps is beaver, so whilst nearly black it can look brown in bright sunlight. Also, we prefer the fur caps to the shakos, but have to use the later for 1813-4. At least we're back in fur caps for waterloo.
Thanks for the visit, Stephen. As you can see, I found the website of your group most helpful. Fur caps and pelisse in Spain in the Summer - hopefully no new cases of Emsdorf like heat stroke!