The Fourth Regiment were named "Beira" and were part of the Southern Division in the Portuguese organisational structure. In the division I have based my collection on, they formed part of Packs Brigade in Silvieras division at the battle of Vittoria in June 1813.
Standard brown uniform faced in light blue with white turn backs and piping.
Lovely. The Cacadores are another of my favourite Napoleonic units.
ReplyDeleteCheers Nate....I am enjoying painting these, much better tha red and white of the Brits or blue and white of the French ...or indeed the Portuguese line......as for the all white Austrians
ReplyDeleteThe Front Rank Portuguese Cacadores figures are really nice sculpts. Your painting is superb! Did Cacadores carry flags in the field?
ReplyDeleteThanks Jonathan ....I suspect the answer is no, they didn't carry flags. I purchased a preset 24 pack from FR and it included two standard bearers. As I wanted 12 man battalions, I had to use them. I simply checked whether the regiment was assigned to the Northern, Southern or Central recruiting area, then used the regionally appropriate flag from the ones provided with the Warlord Portuguese infantry....good enough for me although perhaps not for the purists!
DeleteVery nice Keith...
ReplyDeleteIt shows that brown uniforms are not dull... ;-)
All the best. Aly
Thanks Aly..totally agree, the uniform is very attractive. It's a slight shame that a couple of the battalions I need to do to represent the division have similar facing..at least one of the previous ones also had light blue facings. Looking forward to the next battalion, who are all red facings and piping.
DeleteThose look great, nice touch on the battlefield litter.
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Stu
Thanks Stu appreciate the kind words...I like adding a bit of interest to the bases when possible.
ReplyDeleteNicely done Keith. I can remember reading somewhere that two Cacadore battalions did take their standards to the field, but can't remember which ones. I did all mine without as you have done.
ReplyDeleteCheers Lawrence ...yes, I think we must have read the same pages via Google...I remember reading that too...it was a mark that they had particularly distinguished themselves on a previous battlefield I think.....
DeleteThese look great, Keith! Base decoration also good. Very well done :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Dmitry...I think they have come out pretty well.
DeleteGreat looking Portuguese!
ReplyDeleteThanks Dean - I am happy with them, although dont think they are quite as nice as your recent Perry examples!
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