Friday, 9 January 2026

What, more Austrians?

Well yes. I know I said this year was the year of the Prussians but I just need to wrap up the Austrian forces with one more infantry unit. Years ago Roy said he thought the ideal army size was 8 infantry, 4 cavalry and 4 artillery but having zoomed past that mark I am settling on an army-and-a-half for the Habsburgs. The figures are more refurbished AN.4 Musketeer, charging originally in the collection of US gamer Don W.

These lads have pink facings and why not?

I'm not expecting production this year to reach the dizzying heights of last year as most of what I'll be painting will be done from scratch. I also have a few old wargaming projects that I want to finish off including my 15mm Fire & Fury stuff that may impact on Hinton painting. One other ambition is to spend more time actually playing games - we'll see how it goes.