Austrian SYW- The second infantry brigade 18mm

The milestones are passing faster now.  Here is my second Austrian infantry brigade.  

Regiment Botta, hard fighting boys memorialised by Cresta Hook in an Osprey book.  Blue Moon figures.

 

Regiment Baden-Durlach also from Blue Moon.

 Hungarian regiment Forgách once again from Blue Moon.  I find the Hungarians very jolly to paint.   

The memory of many good Hungarian dinners I think.  Again, with some Irregular gabions that I finally got around to painting.

Next time we will be back to the Prussians.  

 

 

Austrian SYW - The First Infantry Brigade -18mm

 

In the Age of Reason the above image was what war was all about.  Bodies of closely packed men trained to shoot a wall of lead for 100 yards or so.  The above figures are from Old Glory and they capture the firing line very well indeed.  Welcome to my first Seven Years War Austrian infantry brigade.

There is a lot of white with the Austrian infantry uniform.  White on white. Some visual variety is available via the Hungarians and the Grenzers. Above, the Joseph Palfy Hungarian infantry from Blue Moon.

 

Light infantry proved their value on many SYW battle fields.  Here we have the Karlstädter Szluiner Grenz-Infanterie-Regiment. The figures are a mixture of Old Glory and Lancashire Games.  The OG ones have more curve in the shako.

Austrian Jagers from Lancashire Games next. They were rifle armed.  These ones possibly have muskets, or maybe not.  I suppose you could cut the bayonets off. The originals didn't carry them.  Otherwise pleasing figures.

Two very fine regiments from Würzburg below.  First, Blau Würzburg ready to deliver a volley.  All from Old Glory.   

Once more because I only have one regiment in firing line.  Flags from David at Not by Appointment.  My favourite flags by far.

Rot Würzburg here.  Figures from Blue Moon and David's flags once again.

With that, the brigade is complete. 

Work on the next one is well underway.

Two new squadrons of SYW 18mm Prussian Hussars

Here are the latest additions to my SYW Prussian Hussars.  I’ve taken more pics of a single unit than usual.  This is because they took some effort painting.  The flags are by David at Not By Appointment.  Very kindly he sent me high definition versions of them.  As you can see they look a treat. 

First, we have von Puttkamer’s Hussars.  These are from Blue Moon.  If you need 3 squadrons of Prussian Hussars go to Blue Moon.  Good value and excellent figures.  Why 3 squadrons?  That’s how they sell them.

Next, we have von Zieten’s Hussars from Old Glory.  Their uniform is tricky to paint but worth taking time over. 

I have a lot of OG figures and I’m shaping up to get more.  Usefully, Timecast now sell them in single unit packs.  Good for finishing off projects.

Also, OG often go that one step further. Note the trooper wearing his dolman.  A very pleasing detail.

I now have one squadron of Prussian cuirassiers to do and one more of hussars.  We can talk about the dragoons later.

That’s it so far.  Next week we will see my first SYW Austrian infantry brigade.

 

Prussian 18mm SYW-the second infantry brigade

 

Here we have my second brigade of Prussian infantry.  One battalion of fusiliers and two of musketeers.  The figures are mainly Blue Moon and all battalions benefit from Not by Appointment flags. The musketeer battalions both have Eureka mounted officers.  This in turn has has released 4 figures that have tipped the balance of surplus figures to enable another battalion.  I wonder which one I'll choose.

I got a unit of Prussian light troops done.  These are Le noble Jager from Lancashire Games.  I'll do a second jager unit too. Not sure which one yet.

 Now for the fellows who really counted, IR5 von Braunschweig first.

 IR33 De La Motte-Fouqé fusiliers below.

 Last, but not least, as they are at the top of the page too-IR7 Braunschweig-Bevern.

 

With that the second milestone has been reached. The Austrians now demand attention.  Much has already been done.  The artillery and light infantry are all done. The hussars are complete as are, if you count Grenzers, four infantry battalions.

You may wonder, have I no Prussian Grenadiers?  I do, they were painted in the earlier abortive stage of this project.  I need to give them a close look to see if they still pass muster.  If so, we will see them with the Prussian Generals and Brigadiers.  With 6 new figures from Eureka I should manage 2 grenadier battalions.

It happens that I have 50 Old Glory French SYW infantry-no turnbacks.  Mute as they are they nag at me.  I'm severely tempted to heed them and do a SYW French Army.  As a compromise (with myself) I'm determined to finish the Austrians and Prussians first.

Of course if I bought all the French figures now I'd save some money-obviously.  It needn't be a full Army either, need it?  Then of course I would need their opponents.  I have 50 Hanoverians already.