Spanish Dragoons and Militia

For my next project (and book), I need some Spanish dragoons and Militia.

These figures represent the Edimburgo Dragoons which were stationed on Cuba and took part in the defence of Havana. Their yellow coats and blue facings really contrast with the plain white of Spanish line infantry and are the reverse of the Havana garrison uniform so make a flash of bright colour on the field.

(The regimental name is correct, in English they would be the Edinburgh Dragoons).

The infantry figure is a test paint for the Havana Blancos, a local militia unit. The Havana militias were all reorganised when city was returned to Spain after the SYW and all the illustrations, including the one this figure is based on, date from that later period. Prior to that it's not clear exactly what was worn and what was carried. It's likely that only officers and some men wore uniform and carried full equipment as large numbers had to be equipped with pikes and were not committed to any offensive action against the British. However I've chosen to paint a few spare figures which I have in the later uniform.

There were three militia units, the Blancos, Pardos and Morenos. 

The Blancos were European citizens whilst the Pardos were men of mixed parentage. The Morenos (lit. "moors") were freed slaves. Again this information is post siege so in reality there may have just been a "Militia" which free men could join. This being greatly expanded when the English arrived and then reorganised into these distinct and more formal units later.

Below is a illustration of a soldier from the Havana Morenos wearing his post siege uniform. Hopefully castings of these will see the light of day at some point.