British RHA and Portuguese Telegraph.

After constantly coming up with scenarios that would benefit in having a half battery of horse artillery attached to a light dragoon brigade, I thought it was time to get my own rather than keep borrowing a model off another club member. So when another member was placing an order with Perry Miniatures earlier in the year, I took the opportunity of tagging my order for a Royal Horse Artillery 6lber and the newly released Portuguese telegraph station onto his.

First up the Royal Horse Artillery 6lber Firing.

Primed and gun carriage base coated.

Lace and more lace

Gun completed, troopers just brass to go.

Troopers awaiting wash.

Paints used, Vallejo unless stated otherwise:

• Grey Surface Primer (601), all except gun barrel.
• Black Surface Primer (602), gun barrel.

• Dark Prussian Blue (899), jackets.
• Vermillion (909), facings, trouser stripe.
• Basalt Grey (869), trousers.
• Leather Brown (871), trouser reinforcement.
• Off White (820), sword shoulder belt, helmet plume
• Black (950), boots, helmet, sword grips.
• Oily Steel (865), scabbards.
• Gunmetal Grey (863), buttons, sword hilts, buckles, end of rammer.
• Flat Flesh (955), flesh.
• Ivory (918), sponge.
• Brass (801), helmet trim, chin scales, gun barrel.
• Burnt Umber (941), ram rod, port fire.
• Deep Cadmium Yellow (Winsor & Newton Finity), lace and piping.

• Citadel Agrax Earthshade, overall wash.
• Citadel Nuln Oil, wash gun barrel.

Finished and based

From the rear.

Next the Portuguese Telegraph Station.

Blues, whites and blacks done plus Telegraph equipment.

Another view.

Paints used, Vallejo unless stated otherwise:

• Grey Surface Primer (601).

• Dark Prussian Blue (899), engineering officer jacket, cockade.
• Prussian Blue (965), telegraph troop jackets.
• Vermillion (909), officer's sash, telegraph signal board.
• Off White (820), trousers, officer's sword belt, plume tips.
• Red (926), cockade.
• White (951), jacket lace piping
• Black (950), boots, headgear, sword grips, scabbards, lower 1/2 plumes, collars.
• Basalt Grey (869), gaiters
• Gunmetal Grey (863), trooper sword hilts, telegraph metal parts.
• Medium Fleshtone (860), flesh.
• Buff (976), trooper sword belts, officer gloves.
• Brass (801), headgear trim, buttons, buckles, scabbard tips, officer sword hilt and telescope.
• Silver (997), officer sash ends.
• Light Brown (929), telegraph woodwork.
• Yellow Ochre (913), telegraph rope.

• Citadel Agrax Earthshade, overall wash.

Completed

So another two items completed for my Peninsular force, just need to invent a scenario to use them in.

Tony.