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Sunday, 6 July 2025

Austrian Infantry on Parade

I've been promising a parade for a while so here it is, my complete force of Austrian infantry - 240 Hinton Hunt figures - enjoy!

L to R, back row: IR 4, 23, 26 third row: IR 32, 51, 59 second row: Grenadiers and Grenzers, front row: Jagers. 
Archduke Charles leads the review.

Don's flag rather showing up my own efforts to be not quite right but I'm not going to change them now!

The two Grenadier units are my favourite.

That's a whole lot of white - the Austrian army laundry bill must have been huge.

Will there be more? Well, who knows...

This time last year I was struggling to find the figures to make up a force of five units but thanks to the generosity of Don and the labours of Goya I finally have a force that General Mack would be proud to surrender to Napoleon.

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23 comments:

  1. Donnie McGibbon6 July 2025 at 12:17

    Superb parade of your lovely collection, great to see them all together, you must be really happy with them.

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  2. Jeffers6 July 2025 at 12:38

    Phwooooar! But several ‘ooooooooo’ short of Jenny Agutter.

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    1. Stryker6 July 2025 at 13:24

      Thanks Jeffers and of course you are right...

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  3. Tiberian general6 July 2025 at 13:05

    Fantastic, thanks for sharing. Please stop posting 🤣 am a weak man and you will force me into going down the Napoleonic rabbit hole.

    Willz.

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    1. Stryker6 July 2025 at 13:25

      Willz, as rabbit holes go it's not too bad - come on in!

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  4. Neil Patterson6 July 2025 at 13:11

    Splendid parade!
    According to Duffy, in the SYW the Austrians rejuvenated their white uniforms with chalk......
    Neil

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    1. Stryker6 July 2025 at 13:27

      Thanks Neil, chalk would be an easier option than washing I guess!

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  5. Wellington Man6 July 2025 at 19:07

    I was hoping for this. Magnificent!

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    1. Stryker6 July 2025 at 20:09

      Thanks WM I certainly never expected to have such a large force!

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  6. Rob6 July 2025 at 20:10

    One look at them and the Little Corporal will deginitely be turning a Whiter Shade of Pale. They look super impressive en-masse - white uniforms always stand out most on the wargames table.

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  7. Matt6 July 2025 at 20:50

    Absolutely marvellous!

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    1. Stryker7 July 2025 at 08:28

      Cheers Matt, they almost look as good as chaps in red!

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  8. Paul7 July 2025 at 08:04

    Great looking Austrians, nice to see them en masse, not sure how they might perform on the table, but they will certainly look the part.

    Paul

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  9. Busker7 July 2025 at 08:35

    A magnificent sight, well done. Looking forward to seeing them in action.

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    1. Stryker7 July 2025 at 10:34

      Thanks Stephen, hopefully it won’t be too long before they get another crack at the French.

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    2. Stryker7 July 2025 at 12:37

      Opps I meant Simon!

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  10. Duke of Baylen7 July 2025 at 08:36

    Well that was fun. Congratulations on reaching this point. I guess whether there will be more depends in part of what figures become available. I shall look forward to seeing these in action against your French sometime. Do these pictures of a completed force mean you are beginning a new force or adding to another existing one i.e. what next.
    All power to your brushes,
    Stephen

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    1. Stryker7 July 2025 at 10:36

      I do have plans for a few more but next I will be working on something British!

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  11. Aly Morrison7 July 2025 at 10:28

    Superb….
    That sure is a lot of white uniforms…. But they still manage to be very colourful as well…

    All the best. Aly

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    1. Stryker7 July 2025 at 10:37

      Thanks Aly, who would guess Austrians could turn out to be so colourful.

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