Here is a two-figure command group for the cavalry of my Prussian army. The Seydlitz figure is a cuirassier officer (in resin) from Day of Battle Games and the hussar is a metal Fleischhacker from Sash and Saber, both in the USA. Postal rates to Europe from that country have gone up enormously so I'm having to limit future orders.
This is the last of the regulars in my Austrian/Reich army although I still have one Grenz battalion to paint. Blue coats with yellow facings make a pleasant change and the lovely flags come from Fredrick Aubert. This was technically a Fusiler regiment and had mitres at some stage in it's history. Soubise considered it to be 'average' which was a step up from many other Kreis units.
The third, and last, of my Converged Grenadier battalions for my 40mm army.
This is the second of my converged Grenadier battalions. It consists of two companies from IR18 Marschall (Red facings), two companies of IR38 de Ligne (Pink facings), one company of Grenz grenadiers from Karlstadter-Lykaner (Red uniform), and one company of Grenz grenadiers from Karstadter-Szluiner (Light blue uniform). That's quite a colourful bunch!
This is the third of my converged Grenadier battalions serving in my Austrian army. It consists of 2 companies from three regiments: 2 from IR31 Haller (light blue facings), 2 from IR37 Joseph Esterhazy (red facings) and 2 from IR51 Gyulay (blue facings). The parent regiments serve in my Hungarian brigade except for Gyulay.
Sash & Saber figures except for the officer who is from Front Rank.
This is the last of the flagged Prussian infantry units and I wanted a fusilier battalion to go with the pink guys of IR40. This is a mix-and-match unit of figures from Front Rank, Trident and Day of Battle with converted heads mostly from Sash & Saber though some are from Front Rank. The fusilier caps from S & S are huge though. Nonethless I like the colour combinations and the grass green flags are from Dave Morfitt of course.
The figures are mostly from Day of Battle Games (Chris Parker) although the standard bearers are from Front Rank (Gripping Beast). Also I'm not a fan of the heads that come with these resin figures so I have removed them and replaced them with heads from Front Rank and Sash & Saber. But on the other hand, Chris is an easy person to deal with and his service is excellent. The lovely flags are from Dave Morfitt.
This concludes the Prussian musketeers for my army. I have one more fusilier battalion to do before I finish with four Grenadier battalions.
I still plan to get the remaining Prussian cavalry (the Austrian cavalry is finished) from Day of Battle.
These pretty flags are from Dave Morfitt of course.
Firstly let me thank Old Glory USA for sending me these free figures. They were very kind to do this and I'd like to point out that almost the entire Austrian army in my 40mm collection is from Sash & Saber, made by Old Glory.
There will be grenadiers in this army but this is the last fusilier battalion and I have chosen both an interesting facing colour as well as flags. This regiment was of three battalions although I just have the second battalion. The flag is unknown but I am using one that probably was used by the Archbishop-Elector of Mainz (who was the Primate of Germany) although quite when is unknown. The state symbol, as illustrated, is visible on the flags. It's a flag I like and have always wanted to employ so here it is even though there is no evidence of its use in this period. I have also no idea about cockade colour or sash colour so I have speculated with red/white.
The top picture shows the battalion deployed in 4 ranks (up to the battle of Kolin) and the bottom two show the battalion in 3 ranks, like the Prussians. The basing system allows the flexibility to do either.
This is the last of this current batch of re-worked Prussian Infantry. Note that this regiment was not painted by me but I did spend a great deal of time bringing it up to standard. Next will be two new regiments IR16 and IR42.
Following on from my post yesterday this is another of my reworked regiments.
This regiment is one of the most recognisable in the Prussian army due to its striking pink facings. Dave Morfitt's flags are a very strong pink, almost a Fuschia. Interestingly, I saw a program on UK television recently that said that prior to the 20th century the colour for little girls was pale blue while the colour for little boys was pink. For some unknown reason this seems to have been reversed in late Victorian or early Edwardian times. So in the 18th century pink was seen as a strong masculine colour. Does anybody have an explanation for the reversal in colours for children?
Following on from my post yesterday this is another reworked regiment.
I reworked this regiment 5 years ago by changing the flags and adding 4 figures per battalion. Now I have changed them again, stripping away those added extra 4 figures to return them to 20 figure battalions. I have also shortened the flag staves and reduced the size of the flags and replaced the flags themselves. My new flags of choice are from Dave Morfitt and they are available on his blog 'Not by appointment'. In my view thy are the best available as the shading is subtly done and better than that, they are accurate and free.He has done most of the flags for both the French and Prussians in the SYW as well as some other interesting WAS Austrian ones. I scale up or down using Microsoft Paint.
So my focus for the next few months is to finish these Prussians off, if I can. I have painted 10 battalions so this will release an extra 40 figures for conversion into new regiments. I'm aiming for twenty battalions.
Back in June I showed you one squadron of the resin-printed cuirassiers I bought from Chris Parker at www.chrisparkergames.com. I have finished the regiment and I'm now showing the five squadrons. Someone mentioned that the swords look too long and in fact the blade measures 20mm (or half the height of a figure) and was, in reality, 34 inches long so proportionately these are correct if you assume that the average height of an 18th century man was about 5'6”. I'm pleased with these figures and will probably add more cavalry figures although the dollar exchange rate has made them rather expensive. The horses are slightly on the small size so I have had to pack them up.
The bottom picture shows them charging into an Austrian Cuirassier regiment.
Here is a single squadron for my new Prussian Cuirassiers KR1 Buddenbrock. I will do the other 4 squadrons soon.
These are resin-printed from Chris Parker Games and can be scaled up or down in the 'printing' process. They are not perfect by any means with a few uniform errors (they are closer to Austrians than Prussians) and some weakness in the horses' legs but with careful preparation they do the job. At best you have 2 out of four legs touching the ground so I have had to stacked small plastic cubes for added strength. But they are very animated and scale well next to my Austrian cuirassiers who themselves are a mix of Irregular and Sash &Saber. I have added paper sabretaches.
