The Austrian army list

Seven Years War Austrian

German Infantry		Hungarian Infantry		Grenzers		Dragoons
IR.3 Carl Lothringen		IR.2 Erzherzog Carl		Banal No.1		DR.1 Erzherzog Jospeh
IR.10 Jung-Wolfenbuttel		IR.31 Haller		Banal No.2		DR9. Prinz Savoyan
IR.12 Botta		IR. 37 Joseph Esterhazy		Karlstadter-Szluiner		DR.13 Jung-Modena
IR.14 Salm		IR.53 Simbschen		Karlstadter-Lykaner		DR.19 Hessen-Damstadt
IR. 18 Marschall				Warasdiner-Creutzer		DR.31 Saint-Ignon
IR.22 Sprecher		German Combined Grenadiers		Warasdiner-Sankt Georger		DR.37 Kolowrat-Krakowski
IR.23 Baden-Baden		IR.18/27
IR.27 Hessen-Kassel		IR.22/38		Cuirassiers		Horse Grenadiers
IR.28 Wied		IR.3/36				DR.1/13
IR.29 Alt-Wolfenbuttel		IR.10/14		KR.5 Infant von Portugal		DR.19/37
IR.36 Browne		IR12/IR50		KR.8 Palffy
IR.38 de Ligne				KR.12 Serbelloni		Hussars
IR.50 Harsch		Hungarian Combined Grenadiers		KR.18 Alt-Modena		HR.2 Ksaiser Franz
		IR.37/52		KR.22 Sachsen-Teschen		HR.12 Hadik
		IR.2/31		KR.25 Anhalt-Zerbst		HR.17 Kalnoky
				KR.27 Benedik Daun		HR.30 Baranyay
				KR.29 Bretlach		HR.34 Dessewffy

Kyreanne Greek Commission Work

The latest and possibly last addition to a commission army that painted for a member of Plymouth Association of Wargamers.

He gave me 12 four horse chariots to bolster his army.  I'm quite happy with the results.

The models themselves were Essex, which are ok but not my personal choice.  So I decided to keep the basics of the chariots but swap out the crew foe Xyston miniatures, which I used for the rest of the army.

Above and below are comparisons of the basic paint job, on the left and a WIP section which have been covered in Army painter Dark Tone (love that stuff!)

A big batch of shiny ancient 'tanks' lol 

 

 So the finished models, painted, Dark Tone washed, based and matt varnished...very happy!

Just a couple of psilo bases, they were needed to round off the list.

Seven Year War Austrians

Austrians completed.....My first Seven years War army.  All figures are the wonderful Pendraken which paint up very nicely.

The tally is 

13 'German' Infantry battalion

4 'Hungarian' Infantry battalions

5 'German' Combined Grenadier battalions

2 'Hingarian' Combined Grenadier battalions 

6 Grenzers battalions

8 Cuirassier Regiments

6 Dragoon Regiments

2 Combined Horse Grenadiers

5 Hussar Regiments

8 Artillery pieces

A few extra command bases will be done and I've already started on the Russians for my next army.....

Italian Wars-More Pictures

Just some additional pictures of my first Impetvs bases.

Italian Wars-Impetvs Projects

Yes another new project.....well sort off.  I have just got into Impetvs rules, mainly through buying and reading the pike and shotte era Baroque rules.

I already have a preexisting Italian Wars collection so it was just a case of 'tarting' some of the figures up and re-basing (I hate basing!).

Below are the first trial bases.

The figures are mixture of Old Glory15s and Venaxia.

 In their original painted state

 The new all singing all dancing colourful paint scheme.

I drew insperation from the blog of James Roach, www.olicanalad.blogspot.com.

James is to blame, I mean the inspiration for several of my larger projects.

 The finished bases of Gendarmes both fully armoured and the 'German' look of unarmoured horses.

I do know that Impetvs does not need separate generals but I will be making command bases so that I can use the armies for other rule sets and in my fantasy campaigns.

War of The Roses-A new 'non' project

Ok in January I decided to start a  'non' project on a period I have liked for some time.  The final push for this project was getting a great deal on some second hand unpainted Peter Pig figures from Stuart at Colonel Bills (www.colonelbills.com).  As an aside Stuart is a great guy to do business with, both buying and selling.

Whilst at Beachhead 2017 I picked up some more figures from Peter Pig and this great little book by Peter Dennis.  Whilst this book is a self contained game using colour printed cut out armies I bought it as it has a great colour reference for painting! Oh and flags you can copy!

What you get inside, coloured figures and lots of standards.

 

Sorry picture upside down but you get the idea....

So some WIP units.  I am doing these as multi based units, I am a convert to the look of the single bases, you use fewer figures which means I can make bigger armies and they will fit in with several rule sets that I may use.  I have given up on DBM and FOG so why go with their basing convention.

Also these armies will do double duty as I can use them in my fantasy realms.

 

Obviously these figures are all Peter Pig and are great miniatures. 

I have used my, now usual style, of block painting and then applying Army Painter Dark Tone.  I really do like the look.

A group shot of the three bases I have done so far.  Two bow, 9 figures each and one of bill 10 figures.

The photos, taken on my IPhone make the blue look purple but trust me its blue.

These are all retinue troops bows painted as Somerset and bill are Edwards, I think.

Now this project will be a slow one as I will be doing the painting whilst at home rather than when away at work which is where I do the vast majority of my painting.

More to follow