SYW Saxons.

[ali657]

Evening chaps, any suggestions on which figures would be suitable for painting as Saxons. I was thinking Prussians for Grenadiers but would welcome some views from any SYW buffs. Doing British and Hanovarians at the moment and getting a bit bored with red.
            Cheers Al.

[Leman]

Austrian figures for Saxon musketeers.

[ali657]

Many thanks Leman, I feel another order brewing.
       Cheers Al.

[Hertsblue]

This may help, Al.

http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Saxon_Army

[ali657]

Thanks Herts, now I need to know if the Austrians have lapels and are the Hungarians wearing trousers?.
                 Cheers Al.

[Leman]

Austrians have lapels:



Looking for Hungarians - they wear the tight trousers and ankle boots:



The front line on the left is a Hungarian unit in march pose, with tight blue trousers.

[ali657]

Thanks Leman, very nice. I like the regiment with the lilac facings. Some saxon regiments have lapels before 1761 but most seem to lack lapels. I just wondered if any of the packs were lapel-less.
                       Cheers Al.

[Leman]

To be honest the crossbelts are so wide and the figures so small you can get away with just not painting in the very small amount of lapel which is just visible.

[ali657]

Yes I'm probably being  a bit picky. Any more of this and I shall have to join the button counters on TMP
    Cheers Al.

[jambo1]

Those pics are blinking lovely Leman!!

[getagrip]

Those pics are blinking lovely Leman!!

Agreed!

[Techno]

Thirded !
Cheers - Phil

[Leman]

It's weird, because up until the 1990s I had no interest in the tricorn period, then I discovered Duffy's books and never looked back.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

It's weird, because up until the 1990s I had no interest in the tricorn period, then I discovered Duffy's books and never looked back.

We are all fickle

IanS

[Ithoriel]

We are all fickle

IanS

Fickle? Moi? I aspire to the level of constancy that would qualify as merely fickle!