tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915990019399560022024-03-12T19:27:36.973-07:00Marengo 1800. The Austrian army in 15mm.A blog about my 15mm scale collection of wargames miniatures, with an Austrian army for the battle of Marengo 1800Colin Bailliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197807522584890988noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791599001939956002.post-3078095631100044982018-06-20T03:37:00.001-07:002018-06-20T03:37:20.767-07:00I may be back soon!I just noticed that Photobucket is now showing my images on the blog. I'd kinda abandoned all hope of returning to this as locating all the pics and reloading them would have been a massive undertaking. I also noticed Boki Miniatures has some interesting new stuff in progress which may tempt me back to this era.Colin Bailliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197807522584890988noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791599001939956002.post-43130804810199717182016-08-18T04:44:00.000-07:002016-08-18T04:44:00.417-07:00Hannibal Marchese Sommariva - painting by Francois Xavier Fabre<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The wonderful painting of Hannibal Marchese Sommariva was on view in a temporary exhibition at the Galleria d'Arte Moderna Milano when we visited. I felt exceptionally lucky to visit the museum and find this piece of art - I have been visiting northern Italy on holiday for a few years now and always keep an eye out for Napoleonic era paintings, so to find a painting of an Austrian general from this period was very exciting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;">Hannibal Marchese Sommariva was born on 10 March 1755 in Lodi, Lombardy and entered Austrian military service in 1771 as an <i>Unterleutnant</i> in the Dragoon Regiment "Bettoni" N°28. In 1773 he was promoted 2nd <i>Rittmeister</i> and he distinguished himself both in the War of the Bavarian Succession in 1778 and in the wars against the Turks in 1788/89. Promoted to <i>1st Rittmeister</i> in 1778, <i>Major</i> in 1780 and to <i>Oberstleutnant</i> in 1793 when he was posted to the Netherlands. He was distinguished in the 1st battle of Fleurus on 16 June 1794, and in 1796 was promoted <i>Oberst</i> and made CO of his regiment. He was again distinguished in the clash at Amberg on 24 August of that year. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /><span style="font-family: "arial";">In the 1799 campaign Sommariva's regiment served in Italy where, on 26 March, they took 14 guns from the French at the clash of Legnano. Four days later, his regiment again contributed greatly to the French defeat at Perona. At the battle of Magnano on 5 April 1799, his regiment saved the day at one critical point and this led to the Austrian victory over French General Scherer. For this, Sommariva was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Military Maria Theresian Order. His conduct in the subsequent campaign led to his promotion to <i>Generalmajor</i> on 2 October of that year. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /><span style="font-family: "arial";">In 1800 GM Sommariva took over command of the Tuscan army and was appointed GOC the state. The French invasion brought his rule to an end and he was forced to flee his headquarters at midnight 14/15 October. He rejoined the Austrian army's main body on 6 January 1801 and was given command of a brigade in the rearguard. He fought minor actions at Montebello and other points.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial";">In 1805 he again served in Italy as brigade commander in FML Vukassovich's division of General Bellegarde's right wing. In 1806 he was appointed Proprietor of Cuirassier Regiment N°5 and on 1 January 1807 Sommariva received his promotion to <i>Feldmarschalleutnant</i> and appointed Military Commander in Silesia (Troppau). </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /><span style="font-family: "arial";">During the beginning of the campaign of 1809 Sommariva commanded a division in Orsini-Rosenberg's IV Corps, and on 19 April, at Dünzling, he charged and overthrew Pajol's brigade. He fought again at Eggmühl on 22 April, where he commanded the rearguard of the right wing. He was then transferred to FZM Kolowrat's III Corps and fought at Linz-Urfahr on 17 May, but did not serve in the later actions of this campaign or in 1812. </span> </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">In 1813 he commanded a division in the Army of Innerösterreich. On 21 January 1817 he was promoted General der <i>Kavallerie</i>. He died on 10 July 1829 in Vienna.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There are many interesting details on this painting, from the buttons down to the sash, that would never need to be considered for a 15mm figure, but these details are of interest to the uniform enthusiast, so I made sure I got some close up images...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">I also liked the detail on the map, which although is upside down, the artist has the names of the countries upright. Once you get your head around which way is north or south the map is very interesting...</span></div>
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Colin Bailliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197807522584890988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791599001939956002.post-56387188134524135282016-08-09T08:55:00.002-07:002016-08-09T08:55:55.901-07:00Appiani's Napoleon at Lodi's Bridge, c1800<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was greatly interested in a few paintings during a recent visit to the Galleria d'Arte Moderna Milano (Milan Gallery of Modern Art), especially this painting, which also featured on </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the cover of the flyer for the museum.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">was Andrea Appiani's <em>Napoleon at Lodi's Bridge,</em> c1800 that was so interesting. There are several of Appiani's works throughout the museum, including the magnificent fresco painted in 1811.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">The painting itself is very stylised, painted in grey tones. Given that, there is not a lot you can get regarding uniform colours, but what really interested me was that this painting, which was painted in 1800 only four years after the battle, showed French infantry wearing helmets!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Given the style of the painting I'm not sure if this can be used as a reference to the wearing of helmets at this time, but Napoleons uniform certainly looks correct.</span><br />
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Colin Bailliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197807522584890988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791599001939956002.post-53971469079537846722016-08-08T09:29:00.004-07:002016-08-09T06:13:46.379-07:00Marengo Museum Part 2 - The Austrians<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As the Austrian army was my favourite and the focus of this blog I was really looking forward to seeing a lot of new resource material or learning something I didn't know already when I visited the museum at Marengo. Anything at all that I hadn't seen before would be wonderful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">What I noticed though, was that the main focus of the exhibition was on the French, especially Napoleon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Throughout the museum there were plenty of large panel artworks on display, most of which I had previously seen in Osprey publications. These included artwork by Christa Hook and Keith Rocco, and what appeared to be the originals by Richard Hook. All very cool to see, but nothing new.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There was also a very nice reproduction flag. I was especially pleased at seeing this as I have been producing my own flags for my miniatures, all except the Austrians. I now have a good image to base my own artwork on so I can make my own flags. Not really a priority as these are easily available anyway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On to the uniforms on display. There are several life size figures throughout the museum, wearing replica uniforms that were created in 2010 (according to the signage). Some of these are more than a little creepy looking and look like Madame Tussuade waxwork failures - the Austrian soldier's moustache looked really bad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The first model was of an Austrian General officer. I didn't get many pictures of this guy, and most were blurry. My son had decided to run on ahead and I had to keep an eye on him. I don't think there was too much missed though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The next was an Austrian Line Infantry in German uniform, possibly IR47 Kinsky. This was the guy with the creepy moustache and "dead" eyes. The uniform looked correct to my eyes, though there were a few details that I found myself questioning at second look. Is that casquet correct? What's going on with his trousers? I would have expected gaiters, or the trousers to be Hungarian if there were no gaiters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And that was it for the Austrians. There was a lot of text on the walls, but as it was in Italian I have no idea if I missed anything important. So, slightly disappointed, but only because I was expecting a lot. Next I'll look at some French.</span></div>
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<br />Colin Bailliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197807522584890988noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791599001939956002.post-32388691376055884232016-08-08T08:04:00.001-07:002016-08-08T08:06:37.498-07:00Marengo Museum - a holiday visit!<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm going to start by kicking off with an overview of the museum at Marengo before starting to look at the various exhibits in more detail.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">I was lucky enough to be staying within a 20 minutes drive of Marengo so we took a drive over to have a look. The museum isn't always open so you need to check before going. There's not much else to see in the area so you don't want to get there and find it's closed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">The road into the museum isn't the easiest to find - we thought were lost until I spotted the tower, turned a corner and then found ourselves in the car park. When you arrive the first thing you see is the pyramid. This was built in recognition of Napoleons plan to have a pyramid built to celebrate his Egyptian campaigns.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Once you've paid you get a short talk about the battle. Our guide quickly realised that I knew as much about the battle as I did, so he discussed a few things that weren't as widely known - including the fact that neither the French or the Austrians were welcomed by the Italian locals and that after the French victory France only ever ruled the towns and roads. The countryside was always ruled by the Italians.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The rear of the building, or maybe the original front, is also worth seeing. The "blank" façade was painted to look a lot more decorative than the architect and builder could afford - something you will spot throughout Italian architecture, sometimes so cleverly done as to be impossible to tell until you are very close.</span><br />
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</span><br />Colin Bailliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197807522584890988noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791599001939956002.post-92194501266322145442016-08-08T07:19:00.001-07:002016-08-08T07:19:33.549-07:00Back to the blog - First post in months after visits to Marengo and Milan!!!<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, it has been a busy few months. A promotion in one job and the other job getting busy as well, on top of some ongoing health issues, has meant that my hobby time has been limited. Adding on the fact that I'm so easily distracted (15mm Punic Wars Roman and Numidian armies almost finished, plus a 15mm Thirty Year's War project started - A Spanish Tercio of 52 figures presently completed) has meant that this blog has been severely neglected.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">But the summer holidays have helped get me back on track. A family holiday to a little town in Italy called Carbonara Scrivona put me within a 20 minute drive of Marengo. I managed to convince the family the Marengo Museum was worth a visit. The youngest kids liked it, the teenage daughter was bored before we left the house, and my wife tried her best to look uninterested, but her interest in art, history and architecture won her over.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I took quite a few photos at the museum. There's not much else to see, unless you are willing to wander the local fields, and the weather was extremely hot - not what we're used to in Scotland. In the museum there were lots of exhibits of interest, from models, paintings, replica uniforms and flags. I'll be posting a few over the few days and look at each thing in a bit more detail.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">After that holiday we had a few weeks back home until this weekend where myself and my wife had a couple of days in Milan to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary. We did the usual holiday of walking all day and visiting as many galleries and museums as possible. On our last day we visited the Galleria d'Arte Moderna Milano, situated in the Villa Reale which was built in 1790-96 and was used as a residence by Napoleon on his visits to Milan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I had expected mostly modern art but was pleasantly surprised to find many paintings of interest to the Napoleonic enthusiast. These included "Ritratto del maresciallo austraco marchese Annibale Sommariva" painted in 1800 and "Napoleone Bonoparte alla battaglia del ponte di Lodi" from 1800-01.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I still need to download all the photos, run them through photoshop to crop and resize them, then get them all onto photobucket. I have about 80-90 pictures to sort through, but will post them over the next week or so.</span>Colin Bailliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197807522584890988noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791599001939956002.post-81090045584779283272016-02-08T08:49:00.000-08:002016-02-08T08:49:03.378-08:0015/18mm French Revolutionary Infantry Comparison - Part 2<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I posted a few comparisons on my blog in the past and they have all been very popular, so after doing one of Revolutionary and early Napoleonic era French, I thought I'd give you an other quick side-by-side comparison of some command bases.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. AB French Line in greatcoats with Blue Moon also in greatcoats. These mix reasonably well. I would have used Blue Moon command figures but they came with an eagle whereas the AB had a standard flag pole. Blue Moon are nice models but the have very short bayonets compared to other brands.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. French Legere in Egypt from Fighting 15s, previously Black Hat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Demi-brigade using Warmodelling, previously Fantassin and now Capitan or Battle Models. Its hard to keep up with what this range is called. These are nice and mix really well with AB, but they are suffering from some poor casting. This is supposed to be getting sorted but I'd check before ordering.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. These are the newest entry for this period and are from Campaign Games Miniatures in Spain. These are lovely figures and paint up really nice. There is a choice of two command sets and you can have the grenadiers in bicorne or bearskin. The standard bearer comes with separate flag pole or eagle, so you can use these as later as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Hopefully this will be as useful as the previous comparison posts.</span>Colin Bailliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197807522584890988noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791599001939956002.post-20905416741771241432016-01-27T05:21:00.000-08:002016-01-27T05:21:32.279-08:00French Uniforms of the Egyptian Campaign<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While having a look online to see if I could source some more information on the Coptic Legion in Egypt I found these rather nice flats from a company called Glorious Empires (</span><a href="http://www.gloriousempires.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.gloriousempires.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">). They supply a good selection of 54mm unpainted miniature flats for the Egyptian campaign and there are some interesting uniforms within the set...</span><br />
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The Coptic Legion (<em>Légion Copte / Légion Cophte)<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></em><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">was part of the French infantry, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and their uniform was indistinguishable from the uniform of French infantry except in colour.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Coptic troops wore a bicorne made from sheep’s hide leather, and dyed black, with a red horse-hair plume falling from it; and possibly the tricolour cockade </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">fixed to its left side, as all troops in the French <em>Armee d’Orient</em> were required to wear.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They wore yellow trousers made of unbleached linen, and short (calf-length) gaiters</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> of either black or white colour, along with black</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> boots.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They wore a white waistcoat, and over this a green (Dartmouth green) coat that was to buttoned straight down the front. The coat’s collar was either red or yellow; while its cuffs were yellow. The epaulets </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">were red.</span><br />
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</span><br />Colin Bailliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197807522584890988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791599001939956002.post-58088543099140493542016-01-24T05:53:00.000-08:002016-01-24T05:53:03.352-08:0021e Demi-brigade Legere, Egypt, 1800 - 18mm from Fighting 15s<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When I was deciding which era of the Napoleonic Wars to focus on, one of the options was the French invasion of Egypt. I visited Egypt about 18 years ago and one of the things that stuck with me was the graffiti on the ancient relics left by French troops. I already had a knowledge of ancient Egypt when I visited, but I could only imagine what it was like to see these sites for the first time having come from Revolutionary Europe. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Not only was the venue for this campaign of the Revolutionary Wars fascinating, but also the troops that took part. With limited resources the French Army had to re-equip its troops with whatever was to hand. This meant that the army began the campaign wearing the standard uniform of the period, then changed to a new design in the French colours that was more suitable to the climate, and then had to replace those with a multitude of different coloured uniforms due to a cloth shortage - the Kleber Ordinance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">When I decided I was going to paint a battalion of infantry for this campaign I had a look through the various sources that I have - Osprey's <em>French Soldier in Egypt 1798-1801</em> and <em>Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign 1798-1801</em>, and <em>Uniforms of the French Revolutionary Wars 1789 - 1802</em>. There were a few choices that caught my imagination, but one that really inspired me was the 21e Demi-brigade Legere - especially the illustration in <em>Uniforms of the French Revolutionary Wars 1789 - 1802</em> of the black soldier and its description; 'the ranks of the 21st were made up of Negro slaves <em>bought</em> by Kleber from Abyssinian slave dealers'. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The figures I used were from the excellent <em>Napoleon in Egypt</em> range from Fighting 15s, which used to be owned by Black Hat. They paint up really easily and looked great. I must admit I made a small error in painting these and painted the flask/gourd strap white instead of a rope colour. I'll have to examine if I can repair that mistake. I also painted all the facings/cuffs etc in yellow, but some of these should be orange due to a lack of yellow cloth, and even some pink mixed in for the same reasons.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">So here they are, finished all except for a flag, which is in progress and should be designed and printed in the next week or two.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is the illustration that inspired the battalion...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And some other illustrations. The drummer image was found after I had finished painting the unit and shows a uniform matching the colour of the rest of the unit, but I had read that musicians wore a reversed colour scheme. This uniform is different from the figure so I'm happy to have the yellow jacket.</span><br />
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Colin Bailliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197807522584890988noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791599001939956002.post-74225084099444483212016-01-11T06:58:00.000-08:002016-01-11T06:58:25.949-08:00Austrian Artillery - 15/18mm Blue Moon<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While still trying to get the painting mojo back over the holiday I was unfortunately taken ill and ended up spending some time in hospital. All was fine and I had nothing to worry about, except being careful what I eat for the rest of my life, or suffer from stomach issues. But the worst thing was that I lost any painting momentum I had managed to get back, and sitting painting for any length of time still gives me stomach pains.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">So I had to start small again. No 32 figure battalions. No cavalry squadrons. Just a couple of guns.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">There were bought cheaply off eBay and were listed as Blue Moon 3 pounders. The crew were included, and were as described, but the guns look different to what is shown on the Blue Moon website - mostly the wheels that are not the same. Anyway, they were cheap, so they got painted.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">For these I went a bit risky with the crew. Not big risky, just a little bit. I gave some brown trousers!! And I painted an infantry officer as an artillery officer so I had an artillery crewman wearing a helmet!!! Controversial or what? I've always liked the look of the artillery in helmet, and though the helmets probably never made it onto the field, I felt I could get away with it for one officer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">That's me finished 7 artillery bases but I still have to have 23 guns in my army, so loads still to do. The ones that I have already done were from Warmodelling and were 6-pounders pretending to be 3pdrs, so these may be replaced.</span><br />
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Colin Bailliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197807522584890988noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791599001939956002.post-40560577411310391562015-12-08T08:15:00.000-08:002015-12-08T08:23:07.974-08:00Austrian Mariassy Jägers - Warmodelling/Battlemodels miniatures<span style="color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm on a bit of a roll and getting some figures finished. And guess what! I've done some Austrians!</span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I eventually got round to finishing a 16-man unit of Austrian Jägers using Warmodelling's 18mm figures (I only needed 12 but went for a larger unit fe reason). I had started these on four figure bases but felt that this looked wrong, so split them to have two per base.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "arial";">The figures themselves are not the best that I've worked on recently. Warmodelling were suffering from increasingly poor castings when these were purchased, which they are apparently in the process of correcting. I did order some Hussars from them but the quality of those was terrible - luckily their service is still good and I eventually got replacements, but if you want their figures I would recommend waiting until they are remastered. The jaegers may benefit from this as well hopefully, as pose-wise they are nice enough. Its just some lost detail that affects them.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Arial;">These seem to be in uniforms which are possibly too late for Marengo, so will be replaced at some point with suitable figures in helmets, if I can find some with the shorter musket.</span><br />
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Colin Bailliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197807522584890988noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791599001939956002.post-26774816394653800512015-12-05T04:50:00.000-08:002015-12-05T04:50:05.174-08:00Artigliere Veneto - Artillery for the Venetian army of 1790<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've really enjoyed building my small Venetian force of 18mm figures. Some have been a challenge to source - the Ultramarini needing a bit of conversion work to get suitable figures - but the artillery would have been almost impossible until the lovely Austrian Grenzer artillery became available from Fighting 15s and the AB range.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">These are wonderful figures. AB are usually great but the early Austrian range is so well sculpted that nothing can compare. And to make things better these figures paint up really easily as well. I'm painting some other figures now from a different company and the casts are nowhere near as clean and detailed, which makes the figures much harder to finish to a good standard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The guns were also a challenge to source, basing what I was after from some re-enactment photos. These may not be accurate but finding other reference was going nowhere. Even a trio to Venice failed to turn up anything of use - though the museum that I wanted to visit being closed for refurbishment did not help. As the Venetians only had light artillery, and as they were allied to the Austrians, the choice of using some light 3pdr artillery from AB was the best choice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">So here are the two finished guns...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For reference I used these images that were sourced from pictures of re-enactors in Italy. Hopefully what I have achieved reflects the look and feel of the Artigliere Veneto.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So here is the little army so far. Its one of the most colourful armies I have so far. The next unit will be wearing something different again, and then the cavalry will bring even more colour.</span><br />
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Colin Bailliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197807522584890988noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791599001939956002.post-62327344042208139102015-11-12T02:26:00.001-08:002015-11-12T02:26:49.954-08:0015/18mm French Revolutionary Infantry Comparison<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Its been ages since I had time and motivation to get any painting done. I keep trying to get back into the mood, but I just haven't been able to. I suppose a promotion to a management position, mixed with a hectic and very stressful family situation has to take its toll somewhere, but I annoyed that it has been my hobby that has suffered - and therefor the blog has slowed as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">But then it only takes a couple of things to get you back in the mood - for example a new release of figures. And that's whats happened. Campaign Game Miniatures in Spain have just released early French infantry, and they looked great. I had to get myself some, even though I have about 6 or 7 unpainted demi-brigades already.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">An order was placed for a 32 man battalion, and while I was at it I thought I would add in another Austrian set, as I've never used CGMs infantry before. The Austrians were just as nice as the French turned out to be. I'm a little annoyed that I hadn't got these earlier, but I'll do another comparison with the Austrians very soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">So what do you get in a 32 man battalion pack? CGM have packs available with varying amounts of figures, as well as the separate packs, so that you can choose exactly what you want. This pack was perfect for my needs, and its great to get all the figures you need without wasting money on spares.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you can see, you get a variety of poses. For the bulk of the infantry there are 20 figures in four poses, with five of each pose. For the elite/Grenadier/light companies you get another four poses, two of each, plus the four figures in the command set. You get separate standards, one flag pole for early battalions, and an eagle for later.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The figures look really well cast, with sharp details, and no flash or visible mold lines - so these can go straight into the painting stage without lengthy a clean up first.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The important question when buying a new range is always, will these mix with what I have already? I think they will, especially with AB or Warmodelling (or Battlemodels as these are now called).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this picture I've shown them alongside (from left to right) 2x Warmodelling, 2x AB, 2x Old Glory (Saxons as I don't have French), and finally 2x CGM. As you can see the size and proportions are very close to AB. The equipment looks the same, whereas I found that figures from Blue Moon for example, the muskets look totally different from other companies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">All in I would highly recommend these figures from CGM. They mix well with others, they look great, they are top quality, and the service from the company is excellent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Marks out of ten, I'd say a high 9. And if they paint as well as the other figures I have from CGM that may go up to a full 10/10!</span><br />
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Colin Bailliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197807522584890988noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791599001939956002.post-59757161392474989822015-09-11T06:17:00.000-07:002015-09-11T06:17:46.381-07:001o Reggimento Veneto Real, 1797 updated with new flags<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I updated this unit with new flags a few weeks ago. These look a lot better with the stronger colours - the red and yellow contrast better and make the flags pop out more.</span><br />
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Colin Bailliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197807522584890988noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791599001939956002.post-39774950652040307672015-08-26T08:45:00.001-07:002015-08-26T08:45:44.381-07:00Venetian Mounted Officers/Generals using Boki 18mm Miniatures<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While researching the Venetian army in the Napoleonic era I discovered more images of re-enactors than I did of actual historical uniform reference. I decided to build my army based on these interpretations of their uniforms until such time as I can confirm any actual uniform details.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I'm using Austrian miniatures as a basis for the Venetians, although there are many minor differences. Hopefully at 15/18mm scale these won't be noticeable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">One of my favourite images of the re-enactors was this atmospheric picture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This inspired me to do a command base using Boki miniatures fantastic new Austrian Line Officers to represent these two guys. The figures are not a perfect match, but they are close enough for me.</span><br />
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Colin Bailliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197807522584890988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791599001939956002.post-66663341405562597312015-08-19T10:55:00.000-07:002015-08-20T16:05:25.691-07:001o Reggimento Veneto Real, 1797 - 15mm AB Miniatures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've always been interested in doing obscure regiments as part of my collection and Northern Italy in the late 18th Century has plenty of choice, from Venice to Verona, the Papal States to Piedmont, Sardinia and Modena, there are many small nations that are diverse in their armies and regiments.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">After concentrating on the Austrians, with a few French regiments, I did a battalion of Piedmontese. Then I spotted some Venetian re-enactors wearing what looked like blue Austrian </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">uniforms. This needed a bit of research and I uncovered a mass of online photographs of the I° Reggimento Veneto Real. This was the unit I decided to build.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 1797 Venice still ruled over the Adriatic, with France controlling the majority of Italy. Although France wanted peace with the "Serene Republic", Venice was more inclined towards friendship with Austria, which led Napoleon to send a message to the Doge's government - <em>"Your whole territory is imbued with revolutionary principles. One single word from me will excite a blaze of insurrection through all your provinces. Ally yourself with <st1:country-region><st1:place><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">France</span></st1:place></st1:country-region>, make a few modifications in your government, such as are indispensable for the welfare of the people, and we will pacify public opinion and will sustain your authority."</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Venice continued to raise troops even while other Italian states were allying with the French republican feeling. When news came that Austria had seen some success against France ton the Tyrolian frontier the Venetians declared war. French garrisons were overthrown and Napoleons supply lines were cut. This was a huge mistake as </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Napoleon was far from forgiving. After defeating the Austrians he turned back on the Venetians.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>"French blood has been treacherously shed,"</em> said Napoleon;<em> "if you could offer me the treasures of <st1:country-region><st1:place><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Peru</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">, if you could cover your whole dominion with gold - the atonement would be insufficient. You have murdered my children - the winged lion of St.Mark </span>must lick the dust."</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The short war that followed was a disaster for Venice. The Republic that had once been a major Mediterranean power was ended.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Here is the I° Reggimento Veneto Real, a unit built using AB miniatures Revolutionary period 18mm Austrians.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm really happy with how these have come out. Obviously AB are the highest quality miniatures out there but they really suit this colour scheme - and the blue and white uniforms are very smart. There is a bit of doubt about what shade of blue the uniforms should be, but I've decided to go with the lighter colour for this "Royal" regiment and the darker blue for the regular line regiments. The inclusion of the grenadier company is a guess; they may have had combined grenadier battalions similar to the Austrians. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The battalion is finished now except for the flags. The ones I have added are only temporary inkjet prints and the final flags should be a lot brighter.</span><br />
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Trooper 1st Cisalpine Hussars (Cisalpine Republic).<br />3. Colour bearer of the
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NCO of the musketeer Miloradovich's (Apsheron) regiment (Russia).</span>Colin Bailliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197807522584890988noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791599001939956002.post-37593730183855792942015-07-16T02:32:00.001-07:002015-07-21T07:50:33.794-07:00The Italian and Swiss Suvorov campaigns of 1799 book<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I posted my Cossacks yesterday and mentioned that I was interested in the Russians in Italy and Switzerland, and someone suggested using 1805 Russians in bicorne. This got me looking online to see how different the uniforms were. I spotted this and thought I would share it...</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">AST-014 The Italian and Swiss Suvorov campaigns of 1799 book</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Introduction<br /> The Italian campaign<br /> The Swiss campaign<br /> The tactics and armament of the opponent parties<br /><b>The Russian Army (the arrangement, equipment and colours)</b><br /> The organization of the Russian Army<br /> The uniform of the Russian Army<br /> The colours and standards of the Russian Army<br /><b>The Austrian Army (the arrangement, uniform, the colours)</b><br /> The arrangement of the Austrian Army<br /> The arrangement of the allies subsidiary contingents<br /> The uniform of the Austrian Army<br /> The colours and standards of the Austrian Army<br /><b>The French Army (arrangement, uniform, colours)</b><br /> The arrangement of the French Army<br /> The arrangement of the French subsidiary contingents<br /> The uniform of the French Army<br /> The colours and standards of the French Army<br /> The uniform of the French subsidiary contingents<br /><b>Appendix. The quarter-bill of the Armies for the campaign of 1799</b><br /> The list of the literature and the sources<br /> 44 pages, 27 illustrations</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. St.Gotard, 13 September, 1799</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Squadron trumpeter of the 9th hussars' Erdedi's regiment (Austria)</strong> who is dressed in the old type of uniform (1767). The trumpeters of the Hungarian hussars regiments were traditionally hired from the Germans and that's why they were dressed into the full-dress uniform instead of hussar's pelisse and wore the hat instead of the cap. Since 1798 such kind of uniform was countermanded but until the 1800 the hussar's trumpeters still continued to wear their exotic uniform.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>The sub-ensign of the musketeer company of the musketry Markov's the 1st (Muromsk) regiment (Russia).</strong> During the battle near Zurich the regiment lost three colours (one regimental that was found later on and three company ones).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Sergeant of the regiment of the national border (Austria).</strong> The second Bakinsk #11 regiment of the national border took part at the siege of Mantua. The uniform of the sergeants was rather voluntary (the traditional privilege), sometimes very rich as the same as the armament.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>The drummer of the Durasov's artillery company (Russia)</strong> who is dressed in the uniform of 1797. The company took part at the siege of Mantua as the part of the Kray's corps.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Trebbia, 8 June, 1799</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Officer of the Couriers corps (Russia).</strong> The corps was established in 1797 to forward the personal Emperor's directions. As usual, two or three couriers participated into the campaign together with the Army. Besides other responsibilities they should deliver the captured colours and standards.<br /> F<strong>ield-officer of the grenadier Rozenberg's (Moscow) regiment (Russia).</strong><br /> The regiment captured three French colours at the battles near Trebbia and Nyra. It was rewarded by the Maltese colours with the legend on the distinguished service.<br /><strong>Cossack of the Don Cossacks regiment (Russia).</strong> The Don Cossacks regiment of Posdeev the sixth was attached to the Baranovskiy's second brigade that included the Rozenberg's grenadiers regiment. The Cossacks uniform was not regulated but the combination of red and blue, traditional for the Don Cossacks, were followed in the most cases. The Cossack has got the colours of the 17th Line Demi-brigade in his arms that was captured by the Moscow grenadiers.</span>Colin Bailliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197807522584890988noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791599001939956002.post-46708923519108312672015-07-15T07:40:00.000-07:002015-07-15T07:40:45.821-07:00Cossacks - 15mm Old Glory<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Back in March I posted a review and comparison of 15/18mm Cossack figures, and after picking these as my most "almost finished" unit they were quickly finished. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I've painted a few 15mm Old Glory figures recently and I've been really impressed by how well they come out. These are no different as they paint up really well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The only issue I have with these figures is the bending of the lances. I'd replace these with steel lances if I had time.</span>Colin Bailliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197807522584890988noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791599001939956002.post-73467712919324563782015-07-13T05:28:00.000-07:002015-07-13T05:43:33.460-07:0015/18mm Austrian Cavalry Comparison Part 2<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After I did the comparison post on Austrian cavalry it was pointed out that I'd missed some. Obviously I don't have every manufacturers figures to hand to compare them, but there are some that I did have that I forgot about including, so here is another comparison with other figures.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are, from left to right in both pictures, an Austrian Hussar from Blue Moon, a Uhlan from Battle Honours, a Dragoon from Boki Miniatures on a Campaign Games Miniatures horse, a line infantry officer from Old Glory, and an AB general.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">These are all roughly compatible, although the Old Glory figure and horse seem a lot smaller. For other Old Glory mounted figures I've remounted them on larger horses and they look fine, but this is a single piece casting, so maybe not the best representation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The Battle Honours figure is a little small as well, but would possibly benefit again from going onto a larger mount.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Blue Moon's figure is by far the smallest of the separately cast riders, and although he's on a larger mount he still looks like a very small 15mm figure, especially when you consider that Blue Moon's foot figures are closer to 18mm than 15mm. The other issue with this range is that the horses are very thick through the body, so other figures can't sit on them comfortably.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">So, the only range that I would like to have shown that is missing is the Fantassin/Warmodelling/Battle Models range.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Here's a link to the last comparison in case you missed it... <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=791599001939956002#editor/target=post;postID=4279267951997128126;onPublishedMenu=posts;onClosedMenu=posts;postNum=4;src=postname" target="_blank">LINK</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Hopefully this is a help again.</span>Colin Bailliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197807522584890988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791599001939956002.post-24222925733078163072015-07-12T08:00:00.000-07:002015-07-12T08:00:38.853-07:00LD3 Erzherzog Johann Light Dragoons - AB and Boki Miniatures<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 3rd Light Dragoon Regiment FM Erzherzog Johann Baptist is the first unit of my light dragoons that I've finished. I've used the brand new Austrian cavalry from Boki Miniatures for the troopers, AB Miniatures for the command, with horses from Campaign Games Miniatures (Boki supply the figures without horses).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I'm quite happy how these turned out, though to be honest I struggled with a lot of the detail. Sho Boki had some excellent detail that I couldn't paint with these old eyes and fingers, especially on the saddle cloth. I wasn't sure if they should have had white or green jackets as there is conflicting information as to when, or even if, the coats of every unit were changed to white, but my plan is to create 4 units, two with bicorne and two with kasket, with one of each in white and one in green. Here's the plan to ease confusion (it may not be 100% correct, but I'm hoping to show the variety that may have been seen in these units).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So here are the figures...</span><br />
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These are great figures and fit in really well with my collection. I've ordered more horses and Boki is planning to release new figures really soon, including line infantry officers, so there will be loads more mounted miniatures coming to my collection soon.<br />
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Colin Bailliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197807522584890988noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791599001939956002.post-78792954035693452032015-06-30T11:08:00.002-07:002015-06-30T11:12:07.486-07:00Oltramarina Schiavoni - Venetian skirmishers Part 4<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first unit of Oltramarina Schiavoni are now finished - a 12-figure unit in skirmish order. These have turned out really colourful and great little characters. Hopefully I'll get the chance to put these on a tabletop and see if I can put up a stronger fight against the invading French than the actual Venetians managed. As far as I can find out it seems that these were not inferior troops, nor badly trained or equipped, but suffered from a lack of conviction from the Venetian political leadership and from a lack of support from the Austrians.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I've also found a few more reference images and have artwork set up for the flags for at least the three battalions I have planned for this small army.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">First, here are the figures...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So the next plan for this army is a full battalion of these in close order. I've converted all but a couple of these and they look good. Once I'd done a few it got really easy. I could probably have narrowed the hat a little at the top, and the red cloth should have had a yellow tassle, but for 15mm figures I think I'll stick with what I have.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">One question I am asking myself though, is should I trim of the bayonets? All the images show them without.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Here's a great image of these troops fighting in close order (and taking quite a pounding!). The troops firing from the window look like the 16 Reggimento Treviso. The artillery in the background is interesting as well. </span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>C-in-C: General von Melas (+ 1 ADC - von Kaim)</em></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"><u>BRIGADE UNIT STRENGTH GRADE LINK</u></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">O'Reilly 8th Nauendorff Hussars 18 figures Line</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"> 4th Banat Grenz 30 figures 2nd Line <a href="http://marengo1800.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/welcome-to-my-new-blog.html" target="_blank">Complete</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"> Skirmishers 8 figures 2nd Line</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Bellegarde IR52 Anton, 1st Battalion 32 figures 2nd Line <a href="http://ir52-infantry-regiment-anton-1st/" target="_blank">Complete</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"> IR52 Anton, 2nd Battalion 32 figures 2nd Line</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"> IR53</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Jellacic, 1st Battalion 32 figures 2nd Line</span><br />
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Knesvich IR63 Toscana, 1st Battalion 32 figures Line <a href="http://marengo1800.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/welcome-to-my-new-blog.html" target="_blank">Complete</a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"> IR63 Toscana, 2nd Battalion 32 figures Line <a href="http://marengo1800.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/ir23-infantry-regiment-toscana-gand.html" target="_blank">Complete</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"> 3pdr Regt Artillery 2 Guns Line <a href="http://marengo1800.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/3pdr-regimental-artillery-for-knesvich.html" target="_blank">Complete</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Briey IR47 Kinsky, 1st Battalion 32 figures Line <a href="http://marengo1800.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/ir47-infantry-regiment-kinsky-graf-f.html" target="_blank">Complete</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"> IR47 Kinsky, 2nd Battalion 32 figures Line <a href="http://marengo1800.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/ir47-infantry-regiment-kinsky-graf-f.html" target="_blank">Complete</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"> 3pdr Regt Artillery 2 Guns Line <a href="http://marengo1800.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/3pdr-regimental-artillery-for-knesvich.html" target="_blank">Complete</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Nobili 3rd Light Dragoons, 1st Sqdrn 12 figures Line <a href="http://marengo1800.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/ld3-erzherzog-johann-light-dragoons-ab.html" target="_blank">Complete</a></span><br />
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9th<span style="font-family: Arial;"> Light Dragoons, 1st Sqdrn 12 figures Line</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> 9th Light Dragoons, 3rd Sqdrn 12 figures Line</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>AUSTRIAN RESERVE FORCES</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Latterman Grenadier Battalion IR23/74 30 figures Veteran <a href="http://marengo1800.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/ir23ir47-combined-grenadier-battalion.html" target="_blank">Complete</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"> Grenadier Battalion 30 figures Veteran<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"> Grenadier Battalion 30 figures Veteran</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"> Grenadier Battalion IR52/53 30 figures Veteran <a href="http://marengo1800.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/ir52ir53-combined-grenadier-battalion.html" target="_blank">Complete</a></span><br />
3pdr Foot Artillery 4 guns Line<br />
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Frimont Am Ende Light Battalion NR3 12 figures Line<br />
Bach Light Battalion NR4 16 figures Line<br />
1st Light Dragoons 16 figures Line<br />
Bussy Light Horse 10 figures Veteran <a href="http://marengo1800.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/jager-regiment-zu-pferde-graf-bussy.html" target="_blank">Complete</a><br />
6pdr Cavalry Artillery 3 guns Line<br />
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<strong><em>C-in-C: General Ott (Average)</em></strong><br />
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Gottesheim Jagers - Skirmishers 12 figures Line<br />
10th Light Dragoons 12 figures Line<br />
IR28 Frolich, 3rd Battalion 32 figures Line<br />
6pdr Cavalry Artillery 3 guns Line<br />
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Sticker IR57 Colloredo, 1st Battalion 32 figures 2nd Line<br />
IR57 Colloredo, 2nd Battalion 32 figures 2nd Line<br />
IR57 Colloredo, 3rd Battalion 32 figures 2nd Line<br />
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Retz IR28 Frolich, 1st Battalion 32 figures Line<br />
IR28 Frolich, 2nd Battalion 32 figures Line<br />
IR40 Mittrowsky, 1st Battalion 32 figures 2nd Line<br />
Skirmishers 8 figures Line<br />
3pdr Foot Artillery 3 guns Line<br />
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There are probably some units that were at Marengo that aren't included here, and I may add those to my collection, but this is the main list I am working from. As you can see I am a long way from completion, and as I am probably adding the French as well - along with allied units that didn't make it to the battle - I'll be continuing this blog for quite a while.<br />
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Colin</span>Colin Bailliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197807522584890988noreply@blogger.com3