Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Vendee / Chouannerie - French Revolution Project
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
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
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Germanic Archers
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Infamy Infamy well almost Germanic Tribesmen
Germanic Tribesmen
Foundry Germanic tribesmen |
Foundry Germanic tribesmen Cheers Matt |
Sunday, January 15, 2023
Cybermen advance
Cybermen
Cybermen advance |
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
General Major Heinrich von Roggenbach
General Major Heinrich Adam von Roggenbach
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Brandenburg Dragoon Regiment 5 Prince Wilhelm
Brandenburg Dragoon Regiment 5 Prince Wilhelm
Painting guide
Dragoon Uniform
Sabres
Horse Tack
Horses
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.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.
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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 |
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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 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.
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” .
Wednesday, August 4, 2021
Gendarmes d'élite de la Garde Impériale
Gendarmes d'élite de la Garde Impériale
28mm Gendarmes d'élite de la Garde Impériale |
Gendarmes d'élite de la Garde Impériale Trumpeter |
Gendarmes d'élite de la Garde Impériale kettledrummer |
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
Baden Generals 1809-12
Baden Infantry Generals
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 |
Matt