kurmark Landwehr Cavalry - 2nd Squadron

 Kurmark Landwehr Cavalry 2nd Squadron 

The second Sqaudron squadron for my Kurmark Landwehr cavalry, the figures are from Calpe miniatures. Just lovely to paint.

 

Cheers 

Matt

Braunschweig-Lüneburg line battalion Hanoverian Army 1813-1815

Braunschweig-Lüneburg Line Battalion 

Finally completed this battalion after cutting out the cloth Hanoverian 28mm Maverick Flags last night and painting the fringe today at lunch. I completed the basing on Sunday adding the tufts and flock.  Really happy with the battalion. The figures are from the Warlord Range plastic and metals which have painted up very nicely. I also painted yellow trotter packs as per the noted Hanoverian 3rd and 4th Division at Waterloo. More battalions coming as I complete basing, touch ups and flags this week. 

The battalion was in the 4th Division at Waterloo on the far right flank of the English line and were involved in the invasion of France later in the campaign. They were commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Ludwig von Ramdohr.

Braunschweig-Lüneburg Line Battalion 

Braunschweig-Lüneburg Line Battalion 

Braunschweig-Lüneburg Line Battalion 

Braunschweig-Lüneburg Line Battalion 

Braunschweig-Lüneburg Line Battalion 

Braunschweig-Lüneburg Line Battalion 

Cheers

Matt

Kielmansegg Jäger - Hanoverian Army 1813-15

 Kielmansegg Jager

Completed Kielmansegg Jager for my 1814-15 Hanoverian Army. The miniatures were lovely to paint and are Paul Hicks sculpts for Westfalia miniatures, now the figures are marketed by 28mm Black Hussar miniatures. Sasha managed to get a quick turn around for me so I could get them completely painted for our Ouest Napoleonic wargamers last weekend Qautre Bras game (photos to come) . Really happy with them and I plan to work some scenarios for the light 3 pounder. 

Hanoverian Kielmansegg Jager

Kielmansegg Jager Amusette

Cheers

Matt

Napoleonic British ADCs

Napoleonic British ADCs

As I shift my focus to completing more British for my Napoleonic collection this winter, I have purchased two sets of the Perry ADCs and two colonel set to paint up as ADCs as required in GDA2. Compared to the French range of ADCs  it is not as large, I personally would like to see some more. 

Uniforms 

In 1799, British Army staff officers of the Adjutant-General's and Quartermaster-General's Departments, Brigade-Majors and Aides-de-Camp were allowed a full dress and an undress uniform.

The full dress consisted of a single breasted, scarlet coatee; with white lining; long skirts; dark blue collar and cuffs; button-holes with gold loops; 10 (sometimes 9 or 11) plain gilt buttons set in pairs on the breast, 3 set 2 over 1 on the skirts and sleeves, and 2 on the hips behind.

Per the regulations of 1799, Aides-de-Camp wore golden epaulettes worked on blue. Those to the Sovereign, Commander-in-Chief and ranking as field officers wore epaulettes on both shoulders. Those to generals of infantry wore a single epaulette on the right shoulder. Those to generals of cavalry wore a single paulette on the left shoulder.

In 1811, Aides-de-Camp of cavalry replaced their epaulette by an aiguillette, worn on the right shoulder.

In 1814 Aides-de-Camp to the Prince Regent and Commander-in-Chief were allowed to wear epaulettes on both shoulders, together with an aiguillette. Those to the Commander-in-Chief were yet allowed gold embroidery around the cuffs and collar. Aides-de-Camp to Commanders of Forces serving Abroad were allowed to wear epaulettes on both shoulders, and no aiguillette. Those to general officers of infantry were allowed a single epaulette on the right shoulder. Those to general officers of cavalry reverted back to an epaulette on the left shoulder, together with an aiguillette on the right.

While the regulations made it clear that the collars of junior staff officers should be dark blue, multiple portraits depict scarlet collars with dark blue collar patches. The orders of 1826 made it clear that this should be the distinction between officers on “the King’s Staff” and officers on “the other Staffs”.

What Wellington’s Personal Staff Wore 

Wellington’s core staff at Waterloo which included figures like his military secretary Lord FitzRoy Somerset and his crucial aides-de-camp generally adhered to a highly recognizable "service dress" on the field rather than grand full dress:  Most of his personal ADCs wore the standard single-breasted scarlet staff coat with dark blue cuffs and collar. However, instead of white breeches and formal hats, they overwhelmingly wore plain dark grey or blue-grey overalls (trousers) and civilian-style cloaks or coats to protect against the torrential rain that soaked the field the night before the battle. Several of his aides entirely ignored staff scarlet. Lord George Lennox, for example, served on Wellington's staff while proudly wearing his flashy blue-and-gold uniform from the 9th Light Dragoons.

Noted British ADCs on Wellington’s staff

Lieutenant-Colonel Lord FitzRoy Somerset(Military Secretary) Wellington’s primary administrative right hand on the field. He was severely wounded late in the day, losing his right arm.
Sir Alexander Gordon (mortally wounded at Waterloo) He was mortally wounded on the ridge while trying to help Wellington rally Brunswick troops near La Haye Sainte and died later that night
Charles Fox Canning (mortally wounded at Waterloo) Another close personal aide who was shot through the body and killed during the fierce French cavalry charges in the afternoon.
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Percy (ADC): One of the few personal aides to survive the battle completely unhurt. Wellington selected Percy to carry the famous "Waterloo Dispatch" and the captured French eagles back to London to deliver the news of victory to the Prince Regent.

Colonel Sir William Howe de Lancey (Quartermaster-General): Acting as Wellington’s chief of staff, he was tasked with organizing the position and movements of the entire army. While standing next to Wellington on the ridge, he was struck in the back by a bouncing cannonball and mortally wounded.
Major-General Sir Edward Barnes (Adjutant-General): Responsible for the personnel, discipline, and daily strengths of the army. He was wounded during the battle but survived.
Colonel Colin Campbell (Headquarters Commandant): Responsible for the physical management, security, and movement of Wellington’s personal headquarters camp

Captain Lord Arthur Hill (ADC): A reliable staff courier who survived the day unscathed despite being constantly in the line of fire.

Lieutenant the Hon. George Cathcart (ADC): A young officer who rode in Wellington's immediate entourage throughout the day
Lieutenant John Fremantle (ADC): Another core member of the inner circle who helped carry immediate tactical orders across the lines
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir George Adam Wood (Artillery Commander): The senior British Royal Artillery officer at headquarters, responsible for directing the placement of the British artillery batteries across the Allied ridge.
Colonel Colquhoun Grant (Head of Intelligence): Wellington’s famous "exploring officer" and spymaster. He had spent weeks gathering intelligence on Napoleon’s troop build-up along the border and was present at headquarters to advise the Duke on French movements.
Lieutenant-Colonel John Waters (assumed Major General Barnes Position after he was wounded and wrote the returns for the centre after the battle)

Colonel Sir James Carmichael-Smyth, commander of the Royal Engineers and sappers. (Dark blue uniform, black velvet cuffs and collar, gold laced button hole lace, gold epaulettes both shoulders, dark blue trousers leather lined, bicorne gold laced button and lace)

The "International" Staff at Waterloo

Wellington’s staff at Waterloo was structurally unique because it wasn't just British. Because he was commanding a multinational Allied army, his immediate entourage included high-ranking foreign liaison officers acting as extensions of his staff. On the field at Waterloo, riding directly behind Wellington, you would have seen: 

Colonel Sir Friedrich von Herzberg (Brunswick) commanded the Brunswick Corps after Johann Elias Olfermann was wounded.

General Miguel de Álava wearing a Spanish uniform.
Count Carl von Müffling in a distinct Prussian blue uniform.
Prince Pozzo di Borgo representing the Russian Empire.
Baron Vincent representing the Austrian Empire 

Major Sir Julius Hartmann KGL artillery commander
Captain Willem Tribels - Dutch Belgian ADC
Count Friedrich von des Sales (Sardinia-Piedmont)

Hope that helps 

Cheers

Matt

Judge Dredd - Ape Town terrain Tuesday

 Sector 66 Ape-Town

Ape Town, not Lawless at all!  

“Many of the experimental animals were given permission to live freely in the city- a mistake in my opinion. They mostly stay here in apetown-a wild and lawless place” Judge Dredd


Ape-town the home the intelligent apes of mega city one, it is thought that it was once was a working neighborhood around the city zoo before the war. Under the mega city one bylaw Judges only enter here if humans are affected by an event or crime.


I am planning a Dredd game at the club in a few weeks and want to build some terrain for Apetown game. 

Construction plans

I plan to model Ape Town on a 1970s US run down, graffiti, neglected Bronx suburb. Lots of cabling, overgrown lots and brown brick buildings with boarded up shops and businesses. I plan to use some model railway card stock, plastic assorted bits and some MPM industrial buildings, plus art board etc. I plan to only have two or three central buildings, fast food shop, grocery, and bar. I want to have playable interiors for these three. The remaining buildings will be facade only for the table edges, the buildings with different street heights and cabling. I perhaps may do some neon lights and perhaps a monorail. In time this will become a demonstration table so will need to be a little rugged for transport etc, so MDF cut on the laser cutter I think. 

Cheers
Matt

French Counter Revolution- Chevaliers of the crown

Chevaliers of the Crown

Recently I was planning for some counter French Revolution troops to add to my collection predominantly cavalry. I came across an article in French about the Chevaliers of the Crown cavalry regiment. A member of the de Hercé family served with regiment after fleeing Mayenne in 1791, serving in the regiment when he was wounded in Holland in 1792. He then retired to bath where he died in 1795. 

The Count of Bussy traveled to Chambéry where the Count of Artois asked him, on June 1, 1791, to raise a body of men intended "for the defense of Religion and the Throne

" composed mainly of gentlemen and "bourgeois or town or country owners" drawn"mainly from the provinces of Dauphiné, Provence, Auvergne, Velay, Lyon and the surrounding areas"(Baron de Vitrolles). 

After going to Coblentz in September to the Brothers of the King to conclude the definitive organize the corps – which already had 150 to 160 volunteers – , on November 15, an order of creation establishing the corps and organization; the  "Dragon Knights of the Crown" claimed the same privileges as the Gendarmerie, so each rider had the rank of second lieutenant of the dragoons (confirmed on January 5, 1792). However, as several testimonies attest, including the Memoirs of the Duke of Enghien, who discovered the body in January 1792 in the States of Cardinal de Rohan, this formation, which had joined Condé's army at the end of November, was then designated as the "Bussy Legion or the Knights of the Crown"and was about 200 men strong; it was then increased to nearly 300, including 200 cavalrymen and a hundred infantrymen. Due to their insufficient number, the latter were reformed on May 1, 1792 to form a company of the noble infantry regiment on foot (Corsac company), while the two squadrons of the Knights-Dragons of the Crown were joined, in the Austrian formation of April 1793, to that of Dauphin within a half-division of the Noble Horse Regiment (3rd division, 1st major). 

 

The Count of Bussy and the Vidame de Vassé both had the rank of colonel at the head of these two units while the Viscount of Bussy, brother of the former, and M. d'Orville were first captains. The Marquis of Frotté was for a time among the Knights-Dragons of the Crown but he withdrew before the Alsace campaign to join Normandy and organize the counter-revolution there. 

From February 1794, the Count of Bussy undertook steps to raise a cavalry corps of 1300 to 1500 horses for the benefit of the Duke of Saxe-Teschen, general-in-chief of the German forces of the Empire, and these negotiations were to lead to the creation of the Royal and Imperial Regiment of Chasseurs de Bussy , raised for the King of Denmark in the name of his Duchy of Holstein. Few volunteers having wished to follow him, the Count of Bussy then sought to leave the army of Condé with his corps, which the prince fiercely opposed; in his Memoirs, he describes the Count of Bussy as 

"a very interested man, very ambitious, hated in his corps and who had obtained through his intrigues in Heidelberg the raising of part of the contingent of the Empire" 

 Finally, the regiment of the Knights-dragons of the Crown was disbanded in the summer of 1795 and immediately reconstituted under the name of Knights of the Crown.

Inspired by the uniform of the Lorraine dragoons in the 1786 regulations, that of the first Bourbon volunteers did not survive the adventure of 1790 and the corps experienced two successive ones: the first (1792-1795) was very close to the so-called Emigrants uniform (especially buttoned by a single row of buttons) but was distinguished by some features from that of the noble cavalry (button, pockets, equipment and armament, the noble riders not having rifles). If we suppose that the corps initially wore a uniform mentions a "hat in the ordinary form, decorated only with a gold braid and a waistcoat button (engraved in relief with a royal crown)" and wearing a white basin cockade. Grouvel deduced this from an illustration after the Restoration (Vernet) and from the fact that from the spring of 1792, the Knights-Dragons of the Crown adopted (like the legions of Mirabeau and Hohenlohe) a Austrian Rumford helmet during their stay in the states of the princes of Hohenlohe a model very well represented by Patrice Courcelle drawings below. 

Trumpeter 

Standard and finials 

Portrait of a member of the regiment 

Cheers

Matt