Sardinian and Spanish infantry update

I've completed the 8 units of infantry that I started at the weekend. In the pipeline next are the Spanish and Sardinian grenadiers and Sardinian cavalry, and artillery for both. By my reckoning I'm about 2/3 of the way through the models I bought recently.

In my rush to get an order off, I didn't think about general staff figures. Whoops! But I was able to quickly rectify this oversight by raiding my supplies of Austrian and Prussian generals, which I had in abundance.

Below, I present the infantry of the armies of the kings of Spain and Sardinia.

Spanish infantry

The following table shows the units I based them on. Uniform information came courtesy of Kronoskaf SYW pages, so they might be wrong for the War of the Austrian Succession. They were picked because of their service in Italy during the WAS, but also the uniform regimentals.

Regiment	Coat	Breeches	Waistcoat	Turnbacks	Cuffs	Hat lace
Reina	Dark blue	Dark blue	Dark Red	Dark Red	Dark Red	Silver
Asturias	White	White	Light blue	White	Light blue	Gold
Granada	White	White	White	White	Black	Gold
Toledo	White	White	Blue	White	Blue with white stripe	Gold
Africa	White	White	Blue	White	Blue	Silver
Galicia	White	White	Red	White	Red	Gold
Burgos	White	White	White	White	Red	Gold
Lombardia	White	White	White	White	Red	Silver

Below are the following Sardinian regiments (front to back):

• Guardie & Roi (Swiss)
• Savoia & Piemonte  (both Ordinanza nazionale)
• Marina (Ord.naz.) & Reydt (Swiss)
• Aosta & Torino (Reggimenti provinciali)

During the war, the Sardinian army grew to 54 battalions, including the provincials, but excluding the militia. Battalion paper strength grew from a peacetime establishment of 600, to 800 by 1747. This lot below is meant to represent 16 battalions, which can be matched with 'proxies' to double up to 32. In addition there were 9 cavalry and dragoon regiments, but I don't know how many squadrons/men there were per regiment. With respect to the militia, when I get round to it, I'm thinking of basing them up in open order. In their home country they seem to have been used in a light infantry role, conducting petit guerre and denying resources to the enemy, though I believe some participated in the line at Madonna dell Olmo.

Unlike the Spanish (for whom I had no unit colour guides) I attempted to paint the Sardinian flags based on the unit colours. A bit messy! 

I'll aim to complete the horse, guns and grenadiers at the weekend.