Supplies being taken into the Spanish held Villa "Matador"

Update - April 30th
Opposite are some pictures of the Salute game, which I have taken the liberty of blending in the figure bases with the terrain. I must thank Paul Davies for the pictures and Wargames Illustrated, as he is the photographer for that quality magazine.
I will be taking some more pictures of the buildings and a new large layout which I am building, along with my growing figure collection and post another update here shortly.

My Napoleonic's Project
The setting is Spain around the year of 1813 towards the end of the occupation of the country by the French.

Figures
I almost now have enough Spanish Guerrillas and just need to add a few more command types and dead & wounded, for which I am going to convert some Pirates and AWI figs.

As for the French, the light company of 25 figures is almost complete and I can now move onto the Grenadier company. Some Lancers are being painted, along with one cannon which will come in handy when attacking those stubbornly held positions.

I am making another larger layout which will see its launch at the Partizan show in May and will then be used for my games at home, well unless I sell it?

I have tweaked the below text which I posted back in January, so its worth a second read to get a full handle on my Napoleonic project.

The Layout
The home layout will eventually measure 20ft x 5.5ft and I am going to make additional sections to add and take away, which will change its overall appearance.
The basic layout will comprise a large hill side village with lots of walled orchards and vine yards around it. There will be a mountain pass where the French could find themselves harassed by Spanish Guerillas whilst they travel through it and a few small hamlets, a Villa and Monastery.

The background for the first games
The first game to be played at home will be "The Revenge of the French 45th Line". The revenge bit comes in the shape of the French having been told that the Spanish Guerrillas base is in the village and they then try to attack it so as to distribute some good old revenge at the point of a bayonet.
I choose the French 45th Regiment as it eventually lost its Eagle at Waterloo and I kind of felt sorry for it!

The Ongoing Project
The basis for games will be the Spanish/British forces attacking some smaller French force with the French bringing up re-enforcement's or the French being the aggressor and attacking a village or position held by the enemy.

I do like the site of those large seemingly unstoppable French attack columns relentlessly advancing forward and its those which I want to recreate for my games. It will be interesting to see how the Spanish handle these and whether they do a runner and leave the small British detachments behind?

Figures
The idea is to eventually create the 45th's Regiments 1st & 2nd Battalions which comprised 6 companies, with each company being 25 figures strong. This allows for some good large scale skirmish games and I eventually intend to have each company advancing under fire with casualties, marching and lastly resting in camp. Officers will be named and their progress followed. I will also add some artillery and cavalry.

Their opponents will be Spanish Guerillas and initially several companies of British.
This may seem rather weak opposition, but the Guerillas by 1813 had formed some very large organized and disciplined groups, with several even having uniforms and cavalry units.
My Guerillas will be split into 4 groups of around 25 figures with command & junior leaders and each having a flag to make them look a little more impressive on the table.

I am using the Perry range of French figures, which I know is for the 1815 Waterloo period, but are also fine for Spain. For the Guerillas I'm using figures from the Perries Carlist Spanish Civil War range which are listed as non uniformed militia.

Hopefully once the Perries move onto producing the British for their Waterloo range, I can start building up a few Battalions of British line to give the 45th something to really get their teeth (bayonets) into?

All the best - Paul