I've just finished another two of the lovely Hinton Compatriots Austrian commander sculpts recently sent to me by Don. These have been such fun to paint.
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| ANC08 General holding telescope on Horse H01. This one will represent General Colloredo who commanded the 1st Division at Dresden. |
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| ANC05 German Grenadier Colonel on Horse H01. This one will represent General Chasteler who commanded the Grenadier Division. I know he wouldn't have actually worn a Colonel's uniform! |
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| And finally Hinton Hunt RN.85 Russian General (in plumed cocked hat - mounted) looking through spyglass (horse attached). He will be Schwarzenberg's Chief of Staff General Radetzky. |
This brings the staff for my Austrian army to a total of 10 figures.
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| Group photo of the whole gang. Back row L-R, Klenau, Gyulay, Mack, Chasteler, Crennville. Front Row L-R, Colloredo, Schwarzenberg, Radetzky, Emperor Francis, Archduke Charles. |
In our last game back in the summer we reverted to my original idea of having a command figure to represent the colonel of each infantry regiment (we used counters for the cavalry as I don't have enough figures for that). This adds a little bit of extra fun as nobody wasn't to be the person that loses Marshal Ney in a melee (or do they Nigel?). This recent boost to the Austrian General Staff means I will have plenty of 'Colonels' for the Dresden game.
If you missed the recent post with photos of Roy's Hinton Hunts in action over on the Cirencester Wargames blog click here.
2 comments:
Those are splendid figures, almost too good. The horse sculpts are particularly good, it's a shame those compatriots aren't still around but I guess they never did Spanish or French husssars.
Curious about Klenau and Gyulay in the final photo - the painting style is very different, are they very old figures or painted by someone else?
They were painted by The Archduke (aka Nigel) for my 60th birthday. Nigel’s style is quite gritty compared to my shiny toy soldier efforts. His massed troops are a joy to behold!
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