If at first you don't succeed

 

 My Carlist War collection has always been sort of a step child, too large to ignore, too small (and one sided ) to game unless special care in planning was taken. 

 "Base force of 3 units each of 18 castings"  There is also a battery, a cavalry unit, some mounted officers and priests as well as another 18 foot .

 

 What to do, what to do, what to do? I simply do not want to raise the Isabellino forces to oppose the Carlists.  No one around is very keen to play the period.  

 I do have the imaginations enclave of psuedo Basque types between two players. If I utilize the figures as forces for Rebels and Patriot scenarios, I can turn the listed units into more like 8 units of foot, horse and artillery.  Okay, that is enough for a decent solo or co op game. 

I am leaving a good number singly based, for Silver Bayonet games where the irregular troops can be used as brigands, armed villagers, etc.

 A day to unbase ( not a word ) from the rectangular stands, another to use one and two inch diameter circular bases. Quick coat of brown art store pigment ....another fine W.I.P. project. 

 

The W.I.P. rebased core force, priests and some of the less regularly uniformed Carlist infantry.  They are all basking on the new stand conceit. 

The rework will also allow me to tie in the disparate basing I had previously inflicted on the units. 

Something to do on a cold winters day (it was -2 F yesterday ). When they have the basing completed, I will show them off.