Hearts of Oak (well MDF...)

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Orcs

25 August 2022, 10:19:29 AM #380
Quote from: Last Hussar on 25 August 2022, 12:04:00 AMI need to start putting flags on French.

Have you put the Guidons on the cavalry yet?
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Last Hussar

25 August 2022, 05:11:25 PM #381
Cavalry will be flagged appropriately. I also need to do the Austrian cavalry.

My Polish Lancers in the Guard have pennants.
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Last Hussar

25 August 2022, 11:09:55 PM #382
3 bases - 18 figures - of Bavarian cheval legeres painted and based tonight. Orcs, I've done the flag, will be mounted tomorrow.

Doing just 3 stands of Legere, and 3 of dragoons. Technically it should be 4 and 2, to keep ratio. However this way I can have 2 units of cavalry if I want. I am planning to attach them to the 6 infantry units,so the infantry will be represented as "mixed" in the rules, to represent the Bavarian Orbat as I have it. This will also mean the Bavarians aren't just French with no skirmish bonus but nice hats, they fight differently.

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Last Hussar

27 August 2022, 02:25:28 PM #383
Bavarian dragoons done.

Advice please. It looks like the artillery men should also have raupenhelm. Walt doesn't list these on his site. Which would be better of the gunners I have, shako or bicorn?
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Orcs

27 August 2022, 03:47:35 PM #384
Quote from: Last Hussar on 27 August 2022, 02:25:28 PMBavarian dragoons done.

Advice please. It looks like the artillery men should also have raupenhelm. Walt doesn't list these on his site. Which would be better of the gunners I have, shako or bicorn?

I cannot see any pictures on Walts site but Looking at the hat styles available:-

Use the Horse Artillery and nick off the front half of the plume.  I think that will give you a reasonable approximation of a raupenhelm at 6mm
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Last Hussar

29 August 2022, 09:24:34 PM #385
I've finished (sort of)* the Bavarians, but Flicker won't let me upload any pictures. Pics to follow once sorted.

*I've used British Horse Artillery crews, but I only have enough for 2 per gun. Need to order more crew.
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Last Hussar

29 August 2022, 10:33:59 PM #386
Bavarians!

Bavarians 3 by Last Hussar, on Flickr

Bavarians 2 by Last Hussar, on Flickr

Barvarians (1) by Last Hussar, on Flickr
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Last Hussar

29 August 2022, 10:41:22 PM #387
The base with the limber is to show this is 'Horse guns'. I was wondering what to do, as I needed 9 stands (6 for integral with infantry plus 3 for the artillery unit), but the packs come in 4 guns a pack. Then realised the artillery with each Division is 3/4 foot, 1/4 Horse - this means that it is the Horse artillery that can mass into one complete unit, so I add a limber instead of the 3rd gun. (and have it as just another foot unit with the 'wurst'* in among the infantry.

I have a feeling these are the only Horse Artillery base I have for either side.

*Yes - that is right, and yes, it does mean 'sausage' - apparently that's what the Austrians called their horse artillery (I assume as a nickname)
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Duke Speedy of Leighton

30 August 2022, 09:31:41 AM #388
Bravo the Bavarians. Look great en masse.
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Orcs

30 August 2022, 01:03:36 PM #389
They look really good
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Last Hussar

30 August 2022, 04:46:29 PM #390
Well Sunjester will be getting them in 3 weeks, as I'm not painting stuff that won't be used.
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sunjester

31 August 2022, 06:05:10 AM #391
Quote from: Last Hussar on 30 August 2022, 04:46:29 PMWell Sunjester will be getting them in 3 weeks, as I'm not painting stuff that won't be used.
But if it's not painted it can't be used..... :d

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31 August 2022, 07:54:15 AM #392
Quote from: sunjester on 31 August 2022, 06:05:10 AMBut if it's not painted it can't be used..... :d

Wish our club members would follow that
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Last Hussar

31 August 2022, 04:43:53 PM #393
If I'm just going to get sarky comments, Westphalia and Saxony are an option...
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Steve J

31 August 2022, 08:41:08 PM #394
They look great 8) . What rules will you be using with them out of interest?

Last Hussar

31 August 2022, 10:45:54 PM #395
The Confederation of the Rhine are being painted for Blucher levels. These particular photos are on move trays for that. Technically I have two units too many in these photos for the scale I am doing, however the proportions make sense as it is 12 stands infantry, 6 cavalry, so good numbers to split down in multiple ways.

I also have Fields of glory Napoleonic, but I'm going to use just a French army list for that.

Down another level I can do Black Powder, again usually French, though Rhine with attached French is historically feasible.
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Last Hussar

03 September 2022, 06:35:29 PM #396
Westphalia/Dutch (X corps) started. Infantry and artillery undercoated, so while I waited for them to dry I did the Wesphalian Garde du Corps. Little slivers of paper glued on for the plume.

Westphalia GdC by Last Hussar, on Flickr

Again I've decided all infantry will be attached to infantry as 'Mixed' so limited amounts of cavalry. However Nafziger lists silly amounts of artillery.
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paulr

03 September 2022, 08:15:56 PM #397
 :-bd
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Last Hussar

05 September 2022, 10:14:29 PM #398
X corps is 3 bases of infantry 'mixed' - 1 stand per base is cavalry, which gives some advantage to the base.

The Corps will be 1 Westphalian guard, 1 Westphalian line, and 1 Dutch, with 2 (yes 2!) Bases of artillery, 1 Westphalian, 1 Dutch.

The Line base I completed tonight.
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Last Hussar

19 September 2022, 10:02:35 PM #399
The Westphalian/Dutch division was completed a few days ago, but Flickr is being a silly bugger - pics when I can upload them.

Rooting through the unpainted I have left, and found I have quite a bit of cavalry. Decision now is what units they will be.

Think I will ask my brother for the Saxons for Christmas, then that is it, the forces for War of 5th coalition effectively finished. I may buy/paint a bit more so the storage trays are full, but I'm not going too go over 2 9 litre RUBs for all the stuff. (At least while I don't own my own place! Have been wondering about British for Peninsula)
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