Showing posts with label 28mm. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 28mm. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Vendee / Chouannerie - French Revolution Project

 Vendee/Chouannerie Project 




This year as one of my major projects I want to complete my French Revolution Project and associated Royal Catholic Armee and French Revolution army. I have also been working on a ruleset at 1/10 figure scale over the last 5 years and hopefully will get it published later this year. 

I really want to fight five of  the battles from the great Galerne that are within 20 to 80klm of my house and involved a number of our neighbors families and the Hercé family that lived in our house. Both the French and the Royal Catholic armies are quite small so it suits to reduce the representation factor of units and makes leaders for troop inspiration more important. 

Eventually by the end of the year I want to have a big enough army to replay a few of the local smaller battles and within two years the larger ones like Le Mans, Entrammes, Chateau Gontier,  and Dole Bretagne.  

My first units will be a few Revolution French and some of the royalist additions to Chouan collection.

Cheers
Matt


Friday, March 15, 2024

Napoleonic French casualties

  I have been busy this last week since returning and have managed a number of hours at the desk. First up some 28mm Napoleonic French casualties from old glory and out of ammunition markers. A simple afternoons painting, then basing on warbases dials, ready for General de Brigade or Grand Armee games. 






Cheers

Matt 


Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Fallschirmjager Part one

  Next off the desk are some fallshirmjager that I have been working on since before Christmas, I detest camo at 28mm it is hard to capture in scale…. The miniatures are from Warlord and will be used in my skirmish collection, although I am not that impressed with the figures and may sell them on I think. 

Squad one




Sniper


Officer 


Action shot!

Cheers

Matt

Thursday, May 25, 2023

Napoleonic French Mamelukes of the Guard WIP 1

 Settling back into the painting desk this week before I need to move it to a new location on the weekend completing lots of WIP and preparing projects for the Summer push. 

First up, I promised Ged at Gringo 40s I would paint his French Guard Mameluke band for display in the next few months, so I thought I had best get cracking. 

First up some research pics to help with motivation, for tunics, kettle drum, drummers, jingling jonnies and trumpets etc, really for my quick reference! Wip progress photos tomorrow as I started last night! 























Cheers

Matt


Thursday, January 19, 2023

Maximus General of the North

 Maximus, Maximus 

 Next off the table is General Maximus general of the northern legions, the miniature is from Warlord and for me is a little on the small side of 28mm. Another entry for the analogue painting challenge. 

General Maximus 







Cheers
Matt 

Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Germanic Archers

Germanic Archers 

Next off the desk this week are some Germanic archers from warlord. Another entry for the analogue painting challenge. These are very nice sculpts and I am very pleased with the result. 

Germanic archers 

Germanic Archers 

Cheers
Matt

 

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Infamy Infamy well almost Germanic Tribesmen

Germanic Tribesmen 

The latest off the paint desk for the analogue painting challenge are some foundry Germanic tribesmen. I think they are fabulous sculpts with lots of character. I have another thirty odd naked fanatics to complete over the next 3 months. 
Foundry Germanic tribesmen

Foundry Germanic tribesmen 

Cheers 
Matt

 

Sunday, January 15, 2023

Cybermen advance

Cybermen 

Another entry for the analogue painting challenge, some Cybermen soft plastic and hard plastic. Very simple paint job’s, painted in gunmetal, then ink wash, then a dry brush of silver.  The smaller hard plastic are superb sculpts the soft plastic represents the mid seventies Cybermen. I have based them on grey to represent the moon. 

Cybermen advance


Cheers
Matt

 

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

General Major Heinrich von Roggenbach

 

General Major Heinrich Adam von Roggenbach


Another Baden officer off the desk from Murawski miniatures, quite happy with the green stuff sculpted plume, feathers and extra epaulette fringe to make him a general. 

Heinrich Adam von Roggenbach Born on the 19th of September 1787 in Bruntrut (ain) Switzerland, his father was Adam Xaver von Roggenbach was chief court marshal of the bishopric of Basel and after the french revolution in the court of Baden where he eventually made privy counselor of the Duke.  

Heinrich served as a page from 1803-04 in the court of King Gustav Adolf IV of Sweden. In 1805 he attended the officers college in the Austrian army, then seen service as in the Merveldt Uhlans in the 1805 campaign and was at Austerlitz. When the grand duchy was formed he returned to serve in the Baden Army in the dragoon regiment von Freystadt, first as a squadron commander and then later major in the light dragoon regiment von Freystadt and served in Prussia in 1807, Austria 1809 and in the 1813 campaign. After Baden left the confederation he was made General January 1814. He was placed in command of the raised Baden units in 1815, but they never seen action.

 

Cheers
Matt

Thursday, June 30, 2022

Brandenburg Dragoon Regiment 5 Prince Wilhelm

 

 Brandenburg Dragoon Regiment 5 Prince Wilhelm 

I have been quite this last 6 months as I have been on Holidays and renovating a house in Sunny Australia, the wife and I have purchased another property for our future retirement and generally visiting Family and friends from downunder. I finally had some time and sat down and got out my brushes this week, I purchased some Elite miniatures for my birthday. I decided upon Prussian dragoons and Hussars from Nathan at Elite Miniatures Australia, and purchased the paints locally along with new brushes, all of which will return with me to France. 

I do enjoy painting the 28mm Elite Miniatures, they have a old world charm to them and do look good ranked up for big battalion games. A majority of my Prussian army is made up of the figures. I have also added three freiwilliger Jager figures to the regiment, which I converted (added muskets) as additions to the regiment as skirmishers.

Painting guide

The biggest question for wargamers is which Blue for Prussian dragoons? The 1813 Prussian dragoon uniforms is the light uniform blue, I tried three different and settled on a mix Vallejo medium blue mixed with andrea blue to have a light blue that I thought looks good. 

Dragoon Uniform

The Brandenburg dragoons facings are black, with yellow buttons, the elite figures have Litkeva, so collars, cuff lace, epaulettes and the two stripes on the edge of the schabraque are the only facings locations. The figures are wearing overalls, so a red stripe down the leg with metal buttons, and black leather trouser cuffs. White belts, brass fittings and buckles, and black leather cartridge pouch.

Officers had silver sash with two black embroidered lines, silver or gold epaulettes depending upon rank with red lace edging, black eyes. Ncos had gold lace to the Litkeva collar on the front and lower edge, and gold lace on the epaulette edge. Musicians had gold lace on the collar to the front edge and upper edge, plus gold and black swallow nests, brass trumpets with black and gold cords.

 All of the elite figures have covered shakos so only brass edging the the peak and chinscales is required. I am tempted to add a officers plume to my colonel which would be a white plume with a black base, and his trumpeter in a red plume. 

Freiwilliger Jager Uniform
The Jager contingents were made up of volunteers who were middle class gentlemen who supplied their own horse, uniform and equipment, in the main they seemed to have performed well and were used as the outriders and were attached to the twenty dragoons armed with muskets in each squadron who performed the picket and scouting duties. 

The Brandenburg Jager wore hunting black green Litkeva uniforms with black facings on the collar, cuff lace, brass scaled epaulettes, with red lace edging. Black green schabraque with twin black lacing as per dragoons,  black belts, tack and straps. Trumpeter, gold lace to collar front and upper edge, gold and black swallows nest Brass trumpets, with green and gold cords. Officers silver sash, and epaulettes as per rank.  

Sabres

Officers gilt pommel, straight heavy blade, red leather scabbard
Ncos heavy sword, brass pommel, metal scabbard
ORs had english supplied light cavalry sabres, metal pommel and metal scabbard
The squadron sword knots; straps red leather with
1st squadron white tassel
2nd squadron yellow tassel
3rd squadron light blue tassel
4th squadron red tassel
Freiwilliger Jager black straps and tassel 
Officers large Silver tassel 
Ncos red strap with silver tassel

Horse Tack

The saddle is not visible on any figures, the stirrups are red leather, with metal stirrup irons. The bridles, breastplate,  girth and crupper are black leather, along with the portmanteau straps, and stake, the raincape is light grey. 

Horses

A note on horses, quite a few wargamers downgrade the Prussian dragoons for the 1813-15 campaign.  I found a reference to the Brandenburg regiment receiving 315 horses from Poland for the 1813 campaign, all over 15.2 hands so decent sized so I have elected to mount this regiment on the larger heavy horse from Elite miniatures. 

History

The Brandenburgisches Dragoner-Regiment Nummer 5 (Prinz Wilhelm) was formed on the 16 October, 1807, from the 1st and 2nd squadrons of the old 5th von Balliodz Kürassiere Regiment and the depot, 2nd, 3rd and 4th squadrons of the old 1st Prince William Dragoon Regiment. It was thus regarded as a "new" regiment rather than one of the surviving "old" regiments.

1809-20 Garrisons Schwedt, Pasewalk, Wriezen, Prenzlau

In 1812 the 1st and 3rd squadrons were merged with squadrons from the 2nd (1st West Prussian) Dragoons and sent to Russia, as part of the Prussian force accompanying Napoleon on his invasion of Russia. The regiment saw minor action in the campaign and lost 1 officer, 34 men and 86 horses. Eckau, Tomaszna, Dahlankirchen, Garrosenkrug. 

In 1813, with the declaration of war on Napoleon, the regiment saw far heavier fighting. Part of 1. Brigade, III Corps Reserve Cavalry, it was part of Bernadotte's Army of the North and saw action at Stettin, Dannicow, Merseburg, Gröss Gorschen, Borna, Bautzen and Hanau. The regiment was heavily engaged in the defeat of the French at Dennewitz. It is credited with riding over three French squares and a Württemberg square, a French battery (capturing four guns), routing a Polish uhlan regiment and sharing the capture of 412 wagons and 4 (some sources say 7) flags with the 2nd Dragoons and 1st Pommerania Landwehr Cavalry. But the unit paid a price, losing 7 officers, 88 men and 156 horses.

In 1814 the regiment was present at Gorkum, Oudenarde, Antwerp, Lille, Deventer, Soisson and Laon.

1815 saw the regiment as part of the cavalry reserve of I Korps, fighting in Belgium and France. At Lambusart, ligny, La Belle Alliance (Waterloo) , Villiers-Cotterets (the regiment caught the fleeing French and captured 3 guns, a howitzer and 22 munitions wagons), Issay and La Fere.


Brandenburgisches Dragoner-Regiment Nr 5 fahne.


Information on the standard carried by the regiment, from an Article by Dallas Gavin

Alt, Redlin, Riehn, RWM, Wise: Carried a Regiments-Fahne of the Königin Dragoner-Regiment. Swallow-tailed, black field, white centre and gold embroidery. Staff black (Redlin- natural wood) with gold trim, bandolier cornflower blue (Alt) or black (RWM) with gold trim

Nash, Over, Rawkins: As above but of FR pattern.

Conclusion: I believe this standard to be a dragoon pattern of the FWR type. The field was black with a silver centre and gold embroidery.

Brandenburgisches Dragoner-Regiment Nr
         5




I hope that is useful, next up the completed figures.



cheers
Matt

Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Breton Harquebus Guerre Folle- Mad War

Breton Harquebusiers 

Another unit off the table for my Breton army for the Guerre Folle-Mad War. Breton harquebus were in small numbers, around 200 present according to accounts and archeology of the field does prove they were in use. It is thought the german mercenaries also brought some with them.  


Breton Harquebus

cheers
Matt

Major General Johann Baptist Georg Fidelius Lingg, Baden



Johann Baptist Georg Fidelius Lingk or Lingg , (24. April 1765 in Meersburg on Lake Constance - 21st January 1842 in Mannheim) was lieutenant general of the Grand Duke of Baden Jager battalion "Lingg". He became known as the defender of the city of Hersfeld against the French as " The Man of Hersfeld ". Born in Meersburg, a son of a innkeeper and owner of the Hotel Löwen in Meersburg. Lingg attended grammar school in Meersburg, and started his military career in 1780 becoming a officer cadet in the grenadier company of the Bishopric of Konstanz.  In 1783 he was promoted to second lieutenant and in 1790 to premier lieutenant. In the war of the First Coalition  (1792–1797) Lingg fought against the French in the Swabian district regiment "Wolfegg". This regiment was disbanded after the defeat in 1796. Lingg became captain that same year promoted and commanded the grenadier company of the Bishopric of Konstanz. After the Lunéville Peace Treaty was signed in 1801, the Konstanz Bishopric was secularized and added to the Margraviate of Baden.

Monument to Lingg von Linggenfeld in Bad Hersfeld


Lingg joined the Baden Army in 1803 and was promoted to major a few months later . He became a staff officer and commander of a company in the Jäger Company in Bruchsal . Between 1805 and 1806 Lingg fought with his company in the Third Coalition War in the Austria. The jager battalion was restructured and increased by two companies and now had four companies with a strength of 553 men. Lingg was promoted to lieutenant colonel and thus became the commander of the "Lingg" Jager battalion.


Major General Johann Lingg 28mm Murawski miniatures



Baden as a Confederation of the Rhine Member was also involved in the war of the fourth coalition between France and Prussia . Lingg moved out with his battalion and was in Kassel by December 1806 . At this time there were riots in Kurhessen . So Lingg was with his Jager battalion to Eschwege and Hersfeld ordered to keep the situation in the back under control. After a riot broke out in Hersfeld on Christmas 1806 when Napoleonic troops were billeted, Napoleon gave the order to set fire to all four corners of the town and to plunder it. Lingg literally carried out the first part of the order and had four separate buildings set on fire on the outskirts, which burned down without harm to the rest of the city. He prevented the looting by addressing his soldiers, therefore disobeying Napoleon's orders. After the events in Hersfeld, Lingg marched with his battalion to Vacha . From there it moved on to Pomerania in mid-May 1806 , where Lingg's troops took part in the fighting there. 

In December 1807 Lingg moved to Heidelberg , into the new garrison of his battalion. Lingg was promoted to colonel on December 21 and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Military Karl Friedrich Order of Merit. When Lingg approached Grand Duke Karl Friedrich at the beginning of 1808 to thank Grand Duke Karl Friedrich , he is said to have received him with the words: "The man from Hersfeld". 


In the fifth coalition war , Lingg was deployed in Austria and was slightly injured in the battle of Wagram . In 1810 the battalion was reclassified to the "Lingg" light infantry battalion and relocated to Freiburg . After his appointment as major general , Lingg became city commander of Freiburg. 

Gravestone of Lingg von Linggenfeld in the Mannheim main cemetery

In the sixth coalition war , the Baden corps and the infantry battalion "Lingg" moved against Russia as far as Smolensk . Lingg was wounded on the retreat across the Berezina . The entire Baden corps in the Prussian retreat consisted of only 41 men. They were transferred from Lingg to Glogau , where replacement troops from Baden were lying. He then submitted his departure and left the army on March 16, 1813 as lieutenant general .

In 1819, because of his courageous behavior in Hersfeld, he received the house order of the Golden Lion from the Hessian elector Wilhelm I and Wilhelm II. On November 1, 1827, he was raised to hereditary nobility with the title “von Linggenfeld” .


cheers
Matt

Wednesday, August 4, 2021

Gendarmes d'élite de la Garde Impériale

Gendarmes d'élite de la Garde Impériale

I have had this unit for two years sitting in the to paint pile, this year I have decided to do some more pieces for my French Napoleonic Armies so last month I started and completed these chaps and then ordered the flag from GMB, I finally mounted the flag yesterday and manage to take some photos this morning. 

The figures are from Gringo 40s, who also do a very fine range of other guard units, the figures are on the larger side for 28mm but fit my Elite 1805-09 army nicely. Really happy with my paint job and I hope to get the big boots on the table soon. 

28mm Gendarmes d'élite de la Garde Impériale

Gendarmes d'élite de la Garde Impériale Trumpeter



Gendarmes d'élite de la Garde Impériale kettledrummer





cheers
Matt

Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Baden Generals 1809-12

 Baden Infantry Generals

Still working on my Baden Napoleonic army in between French cavalry and Prussian Infantry. This is Infantry Brigade commander and my Light Dragoon Cavalry Commander, all figures from Murawski Miniatures lovely Baden Napoleonic range.

I plan to do a small article later this week on the Army of Baden so stay tuned, just for my own sanity mostly for references when painting the infantry! The last cavalry squadron is not far off and should be done by the end of the week, I do need to convert a figure as the standard bearer though. 

The figures have had a few simple green stuff conversions, the ADC received a aiguillette and ribbon and medal from green stuff, General Major Von Harrant had feathers sculpted onto his bicorne and a epaulette fringe on the right shoulder.

Baden General Major Valentine Von Harrant



General Major Valentin von Harrant



Baden Light Dragoon Regiment Oberst Karl von Freystedt



cheers
Matt

Monday, July 19, 2021

Anjou Maine Skirmishers VI

 Dark Age Skirmishers

Another quick unit off the table, I basically done these in between painting the Napoleonic’s figures as a break from belts etc. 

I do enjoy painting dark age - early medieval figures and this  unit can join my Anjou-Maine army for the 9th-11th century battles, which will become a focus in September as we are hosting a French professor of Carolingian to Viking history for three days, visiting sites and wargaming the local battles, so I have much to do, particularly Vikings and Carolingian cavalry. 

A mix of Footsore, Blacktree miniatures and mix of shields, LBM transfers and hand painted.

Dark Age Skirmishers


Cheers 
Matt