Having finished the rank and file figures for my Hungarian Grenadiers I have now moved on to the Command group. The officer is one of my all time favourite Hinton Hunt sculpts - he has a real swashbuckling swagger about him I think.
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| AN.30 Hungarian Grenadier Officer, charging |
The drummer has been a bit of a problem as I had used all my DK Grenadier drummers to convert to line drummers. The solution was to decapitate a French drummer and replace his head with an Austrian Grenadier's one.
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| FN/6 French Drummer, charging - converted to Hungarian Grenadier drummer |
On a different topic, Tony recently donated this characterful Preacher figure by Warrior Miniatures to my stalled ECW project. I just couldn't resist painting him.
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| If you're going to wargame the ECW period you need one of these |
The next post should hopefully feature the full unit of Hungarian Grenadiers on parade.
These Austrians should do well, the drummer's already chalked up a kill!
ReplyDeleteWhen combined with the invincible Sommariva cuirassiers there'll be no stopping them.
Like the puritan preacher, I'll post mine on my blog.
Good point - an unstoppable force!
DeleteTwo very nice command figures, really well painted and the officer does indeed have a real swagger to him. Like the preacher a lot, cracking little figure.
ReplyDeleteThanks Donnie and yes that preacher is great!
DeleteLovely painting Ian - that officer is not a fellow to get on the wrong side of! I always liked the Hungarian regiments - very elegant.
ReplyDeleteIt’s a great uniform - hopefully the finished unit will look very colourful.
DeleteBeautiful looking figures all. The Hungarian officer does appear to be doing his best impression of the King's hip-shaking—only pre-dating him by about 150 years!
ReplyDelete"I get so long baby..."
Regards, James
Thanks James. Emperor Francis has left the building…
DeleteHmm, unusually, I'm with Francis on that. What's not to like about that fab officer? Is he from the Jordie boys? No, he can't be, he's Hungarian...I shall refer to Uncle Otto...
ReplyDeleteTo be honest Nigel I hadn’t thought about what unit they’re from I just like that shade of yellow!
DeleteA very dapper chappie, and no mistake. I love the preacher too. He appears to be in mid exorcism.
ReplyDeleteThanks WM
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