Manufacturer: Andrea Miniatures, 90 mm Spain
On 17 September 1802, Napoleon ordered the heavy cavalry within the army to be reduced to eighteen regiments cuirassier( elite heavy cavalry units), Originally, only six of these units were to be issued the cuirass; however, by the end of 1803 twelve regiments of armored heavy cavalry existed within the French army. ‘l’wo more regiments of Cuirassier were added by 1810, and the two Carabinier regiments were armored after taking heavy casualties during the 1809 campaign.3 Therefore, there were a total of sixteen armored cavalry regiments in the French army at the height of the Napoleonic Empire
The kit was started and sat on my shelf for about 4 years, I was not happy with the way it was going so I just stopped. I took another look at it this year (2026) and thought it was not that bad, so I went back in correcting a few mistakes and finished it. The problem with the kit was not the kit, it was the painter. When I figured out where I was going wrong it became simple as most Andrea Miniatures figures are to paint.
