This article is a summary of information which will allow players to paint 6mm or 15mm castings. It is not very detailed, as items such as buttons and cuff bars are not normally painted on 15mm castings or smaller. The website listed in the bibliography is extremely detailed and provides an excellent guide for painters of larger scale castings. The following data and charts provides uniform information for the various battalions and squadrons involved in the war. I admit a little confusion when reading various accounts and other articles in regards to specifics.

The Cristino troops were composed of mainly the Regular Spanish Army so they were better uniformed than their enemy. One of the areas of variety was the headgear many comments indicate that a Napoleonic French style Belltop shako was worn by the infantry and some cavalry units.

Later in the war a tapered shako similar to the one worn during the Napoleonic Wars or by the Mexican Army of the 1840s may have been worn by some infantry units but I am not positive if it was introduced before the end of the war. Also there is frequent mention of the use of forage caps while on campaign.

Boots (black) and rope sandals (tan) were common footwear. Though the chart lists a coat the garment may be a frockcoat, shell jacket or coatee.

Haversacks were White linen and backpacks were brown leather. Greatcoat was a mid to dark blue with white stripes. Facing colors are for turnbacks, piping and cuffs. Shoulder straps were in the regimental colors. Trousers were white for summer and gray for winter though brown replacement trousers would have been also used. Forage cap tassels /piping and Shakos bands/ plumes were in company distinctives.

Unit Type	Coat	Trousers	Collar	Facings	Forage cap
Guard	Turquoise	Red	Carmine*	Scarlet	Turquoise
Ln Fusilier	Turquoise	Wh-Gr	Carmine*	Scarlet	Turquoise
Ln Gren	Turquoise	Wh-Gr	Carmine*	Scarlet	Turquoise
Ln Casador	Turquoise	Wh-Gr	Carmine*	Scarlet	Turquoise
Lgt Casad	Green	Green	Carmine*	Scar-cuff	Green
Lgt Carab	Green	Green	Carmine*	Scar-cuff	Green
Reina Gobermadora	Gray	Gray w/green stripe	Gray	white epaulettes	??
Line Arty	Turquoise or Dk Blue	red	red	red epaul	?
Guard Arty	Turquoise	Maroon	-	yellow epaul	?
Horse Arty	Turquoise	white	-	red epaul	?

(*) Instead of carmine collars some sources indicate a company distinctive color (Red - Grenadiers, Yellow-Fusiliers, Green-Casadore)

Regimental distinctive colors (based on 1815 names) on the shoulder straps and flags were:

Violet : Rey, Reyna, La Princesa.
Red: Cordova, Guadalaxara, Aragon.
White: Principe, Soria, Africa, Zamora, Toledo, Murcia, Mallorca, Asturia, Burgos, Malaga, Jaen.
Black: Saboya, La Cronoa, Sevilla.
Green: Espana, Saragoza Fixo de Cueta.
Light Blue: Valencia, Granada, Cantabria.
Dark Blue: Navarra, America.
Sky Blue : Hibernia
Yellow: Neapolis, Ultonia, Irlanda.
Carmine: Estremadura.

Light Infantry wore the same headgear as the Line Infantry.

Volunteer units were known for their black or dark colored coats.

Heavy Line cavalry wore yellow coats with blue facings. Light blue trousers or gray overalls. Their helmet had a black comb. Lance pennant was sky blue over yellow. Horse Blanket was Sky blue w/ yellow edging and white sheepskin.

Light cavalry wore mid-green coats with yellow facings and red trousers/overalls. Horse blanket was green edged yellow and a black sheepskin. Lance pennants were red over yellow. Mounted Cazadore (Gde?) regiment wore green coats with red facings (some sources have a Turquoise coat), maroon trousers and shakos with a white topband and plume.. Horse blanket was turquoise edged white and a white sheepskin edged red.

Cuirassier Regiments wore red coats with light blue distinctions and yellow epaulets. The trousers were light blue. That may have been a late1820s uniform which according to some sources was changed to a turquoise coat with red facings, white epaulets and maroon overalls. A steel cuirass was worn and a yellow metal helmet with flowing black plume. The horse blanket was turquoise edged white and black edged red sheepskin.

Gde Lancer regiment is listed as Turquosie coat with red facings. A deep red/maroon trousers. A square topped Czapska with red top and white lower sections. Horse blanket is turquoise edged white and black edged red sheepskin. Lance pennants were Red over white.

Additional sources refer to two lancer regiments which had green coats with yellow shoulder wings and gray-blue trousers. The unit distinctions for lapels, collar and cuffs were red for Almansa and carmine for Calatrava. I am not sure if these are early uniforms of guard units, light units or separate units.

1st Hussar wore light blue dolmans, pelisses, trousers. They wore shakos of British style. They had sky blue edged yellow horse blankets with white sheepskin. 2nd Hussar wore light blue pelisses, trousers. The dolmans were white. They had black shakos. Horse blankets were sky blue edged yellow and black sheepskin. Lance pennants were red-yellow-red. They may have operated as one regiment (La Princessa) during the war. Some sources indicate that they adopted a Lancer uniform in 1838 with red coats and czapskas similar to the Guard lancers.

The Portuguese Legion consisted of Regular Portuguese Army units wearing their normal uniforms. The coat was blue with gray trousers. Unit distinctions were red for grenadiers, white for fusiliers and green for light infantry. The headgear was a black British Belltop shako. Cazadores/ rifle units wore brown coats and trousers; red collars; black lapels and cuffs and epaulettes. Cavalry wore Dark Blue coats with unit facings for the collar and cuffs, gray trousers with red stripes. The Light Cavalry wore British style shakos and the Lancers wore British style square-topped caps. Lancer regiments facings were either red or carmine. Light cavalry facings were white, light blue, orange and yellow.

The British Auxiliary Legion wore a uniform similar to the Regular British Army. The basic red coat was worn. Each battalion had distinctive unit facing colors which I have yet to identify specific battalions but black, yellow, blue, green, white and maybe red have been mentioned. It would be easy to speculate that the battalion facings would have been the same as the old British regiment of their current/initial commanding officer. If wearing government tartans I would guess that the 6th Scot Gren Bn would have Dark Blue facings. Trousers were blue or dark gray with red stripe/winter and white/summer. Some replacement trousers may have been natural red-brown. The greatcoat was dark gray.

Haversacks and basic straps, musket straps and gaiters (if used) were white. Leather straps for rifle Bns, all scabbards and shoes were black. The common headgear was the bill less "pillbox" cap but some suggest a dark blue billed forage cap as worn in the Chinese Opium War and by sergeants. If you use the "pillbox cap" then it will have a colored center pompom, Gren = white, Lights = green, center = white over red. The cap band was black = English, Green = Irish, Tartan = Scots. The 6th Scots may have worn a highland bonnet but more likely wore a forage cap. The Rifle Bn and Marines wore a belltop shako. Artillery crews wore blue coats and trousers and a shako.

The 6th Scots Grenadiers Bn may have worn kilts which would have been of the government (Black Watch ) pattern.. The Highland Light Infantry Bn probably wore trews which were worn by Highland Light infantry in the Napoleonic Wars and reintroduced in the regular army in 1823 which may have been of the government pattern..

Cavalry troops wore British style lancer uniforms. The jackets were red faced white with yellow epaulettes. The Czapska had a blue top w/ black plume. Lance pennant was red over white ?.

The British Marines and Naval Landing party sailors wore the regulation uniform of the era

The French Foreign Legion continued to wear the uniform which they had worn in North Africa but replaced the French Tricolor cockade with a Spanish red-gold cockade. The coat of a dark midnight Blue and the Greatcoat was a light Blue-gray. Unit distinctions were red for Grenadiers, yellow for voltigeur companies and green for fusilier companies. The trousers were madder red trousers and white for good weather was also used as well as brown Spanish cloth was replacement use. Gaiter if worn were white. The headgear was an old 1820s pattern black French Belltop shako with facing colored top band. However there are comments to a red kepi "Afrique" style red cap with high crown which was sometimes covered in a black oil skin. Boots and Leather belts were black. Linen and musket straps were white. The Cavalry Squadron was classified as Lancers and had a French Tri-color pennant. They may have worn a black czapka with red plume and crimson piping ?. Due to its functional waterproof design, some French Foreign Legionnaires even wore the Carlist beret after removing the roundel

Carlist

The Basque beret was the most unique characteristic of the Carlist uniform. It was large and averaged 16 inches. The main colors were red, bright blue or white with a contrasting roundel almost always yellow. Pictures and castings show a contrasting colored center roundel or pompom. There are comments about "the center" which may refer to the area around the pompom or the pompom itself.

A tassel if worn was attached to the roundel. Volunteer Portugese companies wore green berets. The Basque beret was worn by almost every unit. Only one unit in Cabrera's Army did not wear it which was the Minones Bn, as did some guerrillas and other irregular troops, wore a hat with a wide brim edged in white and high stovepipe crown

As with most rebel forces, not all Carlist forces were uniformed or had trouble replacing worn out items. The Carlists made a concerted effort to obtain or make uniforms as a sign of legitimacy. Many comments are made about obtaining cloth as booty during raids. Especially during 1834-36 captured Cristino soldiers were stripped of their uniform which were then used by Carlist troops. Cabrera's forces in Catalonia are noted as obtaining uniforms with unit distinctions in 1837.

During the Napoleonic Wars most Spanish cloth used was in a rich dark brown color and I assume that this was a common civilian cloth color and would have been readily available to most troops. Few if any comments are made about wearing captured shakos, though the wearing of captured coats is mentioned frequently. Though the chart lists a coat the garment may be a frockcoat, shell jacket or tunic. The haversack and knapsack and their straps were normally made of white linen. Most belts were white. Attempts were made to issue companies with distinctive tassels (white-center/fusiliers, red-grenadiers and yellow- casadores) but only a few units actually used it. Cavalrymen overalls were either red or gray with a red stripe. Most cavalrymen wore a colored headscarf tied over their head and worn under the beret. Hussar pelisses had black fur. The kilt is the common long zaraguell worn by Valencian peasants. Aragon Sqdns lance pennants were Red over White. Ontaria Hussars lance pennants were black with a white skull-crossbones on it. Facings may be collar patches on frock coats.

UNIT	COAT	TROUSERS	BERET	Facings	Tassel
Guias de Alava	Gray	Red	Red	Red	Co Dis
5th Guipuzcoas	Gray	Red	White	Red	Co Dis
Most Guipuzcoa	Gray	Red	Mid-Blue	Red	Co Dis
Most Alava	Gray	Red	Mid-Blue	Red	Co Dis
Most Navarra	Gray	Red	Red	Yellow	Co Dis
Most Vizcaya	Gray	Red	White	Blue	Co Dis
Guias de Navarra	Gray	Red	Red	Yellow	?
Giuas Navarra-'37	Blue	Gray	Red	Red	?
Ejercito Grenadiers	Dark Blue	Red	Blue	White	White
Madrid Volunteers	Blue	Gray	Red	White	Co Dis
Alabarderos Gde	Sky Blue	Red	Blue	Red	White
Portugese Vol	Gray	Red	Green	White	Co Dis
Osma Battalion	Dk Blue ?	red w/ Bl str	White	Red	Gray
Navarra Sqdn	Green	red or gray	Red	Red	White
Castilian Sqdn	Green	red or gray	Red	Red	White
Vizacayan Sqdn	Green	red or gray	Red?	Red	White
Aragon Sqdn	Brown	red	Red	?	?
Guipuzcoa Sqdn	Red pelise	gray	red	?	?
Alavese Sqdn	Sky Blue	red-lgt Bl str	red	Red	Red/Wh-Tas
Arlaban Hussar	White	red-sky bl str	red	Sky Bl	?
Honor Gde Sqdn	Dk Blue	sky Bl-red str	blue or red	Red	?
Zumaragua Lancer	Sky Blue	red or gray	red	White	?
Merino Guerrillas	Yellow	brwn or gray	red	?	?
Artillery Crew	Dk Bl or gray	white	red or blue	?	Black
Guias Morella	Sky Blue	red	Red	Red	?
Minones (C)	Dk Blue	Dk Blue	Blk hat	Red	?
1-4 Aragon Bns (C)	Dark Brown	White	Blue	Red	Red
1-4 Turia Bns (C)	Blue	White	Blue	Yellow	Red
1-4 Valencia (C)	Blue	White	Blue	?	?
5-7 Valencia (C)	Blue	Wh Kilt	Blue	?	?
1-2 Aragon Sqdn (C Green	Red or Gray	Red	Red	White
Tortosa Lancer (C)	Sky Blue	LtGry-Yw str	White	Red	Red/Yellow
Valencia Lance (C)	Dk Blue	red or gray	red	Red	?
Tirador Trp (C)	Yellow	Sky Blue	Sky Blue	Green	?
Ontaria Hussar (C)	Dol Wh	Red	Blue	Mid-Bl	?
Ordenanza (C)	Red	Lt Bl Rd-str	Green	?	Green/red

Dis= Company Colors; Str = stripes; Sqdn = indicates a cavalry unit.(C) = Cabrera Centre Army