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Sunday 5 October 2014

West Prussian Fusiliers

I actually completed them a couple of weeks ago but it’s taken me this long to find the time to take photographs and write this post. Anyway here they are, the West Prussian Fusilier battalion comprised of 23 vintage Hinton Hunt figures plus 1 Clayton casting (the flag-bearer) completed in less than three months which as you know is lightning speed for me.

The unit is mainly comprised of PN.4 Private (firing).
 
The command figures are PN.1 Officer (charging) and PN.7 Officer (marching).

Also included are PN.6 Drummer (charging) and PN.5 Private (the figure cast with seperate musket that I have converted to a flag-bearer).

 This is how they would have looked back in 1972 if only I'd had a camera.

This is my fourth unit of Prussians after the Silesian Landwehr, Jagers and Foot Artillery battery and takes me a little further towards recreating my 1970s Hinton Hunt Prussian forces.
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17 comments:

  1. Anonymous5 October 2014 at 12:59

    A very nice unit, would be good to see all the Prussians together.

    How is the Prussian cavalry coming on?

    Paul

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  2. Stryker5 October 2014 at 13:55

    Hi Paul

    Yes it would be nice to see them all - I'll try!

    The Prussian Dragoons are next!

    Cheers
    Ian

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  3. KEV. Robertson.5 October 2014 at 23:40

    Well done on Your Prussians Ian- - they look fantastic! -enjoying Your Hinton Postings. Regards. KEV.

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  4. Stryker6 October 2014 at 08:06

    Cheers Kev!

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  5. the Archduke6 October 2014 at 10:11

    Congratulations, Ian. A fine looking unit of steady looking soldiers ready to stand up to the Monster. Well worth the wait. But was there really no grass back in the 70s?

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  6. Phil6 October 2014 at 15:51

    Lovely work on these Prussians!

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  7. Stryker6 October 2014 at 18:16

    Archduke - there was definitely no grass back in the 70s, just my parents dining table or (later) my plain unpainted chipboard wargame table. To make up for it we had other things like flared trousers and Donny Osmond...

    Phil - thanks for the comment!

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  8. Matt6 October 2014 at 19:38

    Great looking figures - Blucher now has some real backbone to his army. Will there be more infantry?

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  9. lewisgunner6 October 2014 at 21:52

    very nice. Hopefully we. will be seeing a reserve infantry unit? They were the ones Hinton missed out, though he did do the regulars and the landwehr. You can get reserve inf with Portugese figures and one or two regts. used a grey version of the regular black/blue.
    Roy

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  10. Stryker6 October 2014 at 22:50

    Matt - yes there will be some ordinary line inf plus some guard grenadiers!

    Roy - I do have some Clayton Portuguese so who knows?

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  11. lewisgunner7 October 2014 at 08:04

    http://www.napolun.com/mirror/napoleonistyka.atspace.com/Prussian_infantry.htm


    A good site for Prussian stuff with pics of grey uniformed reserve regt uniforms and nice tactical info.
    Roy

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  12. the Archduke7 October 2014 at 09:52

    This may be heresy, but SHQ make what I think are rather good Prussian reserve infantry. Please don't ban me from the blog, though. I'll get out my flares if it helps.

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  13. Stryker7 October 2014 at 20:51

    Archduke - no ban necessary but perhaps you could go on a 're-education programme'?

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  14. lewisgunner8 October 2014 at 09:39

    http://napoleonistyka.atspace.com/Prussian_reserve_infantry.jpg


    Just glove that look!
    Roy

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  15. lewisgunner8 October 2014 at 09:41

    http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2wNi1BpxnTU/TUhLDQpAlLI/AAAAAAAABp4/rrxJ5NZO_K0/s1600/Prussian+reserve.jpg

    The grey lightens up a Prussian force!
    Roy

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  16. the Archduke8 October 2014 at 09:50

    Perhaps I should do that. Where do SHQ stand in the Clayton, DK, Alberken spectrum of undesirability?

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  17. Stryker8 October 2014 at 19:30

    To be fair I'm not really familiar with SHQ but as I imagine they are original works they would have to fall in in line behind the others!

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