Jon wrote:
"Some of the postings refer to new and old figs. Not being very familiar with Fantassin, I cannot say whether their Spanish range is recently designed or of the older variety. Maybe somebody could enlighten me on this. "
I'd guess that at least some of the Spanish are older figures. The march pose where one knee sticks out a lot (heretofore known as 'bandy legs') seems to be more common in figures with a lower code in the Spanish range. The shako wearing figures seem to have a different (and possibly better) pose so may be have been designed later.
Even the 'bandy'pose seems fine to me, as long as there is a bit of variety in the unit. My main gripe is the tiny backpacks. Other things which have been mentioned before, like straps which don't go anywhere and muskets which are not up to AB standard (not surprising) are much more noticeable when painting than when being used, or even admired as a uinot.
Swampster