Saturday, 3 January 2015

Austrian Line Infantry Perry 28mm - Finished!

Austrian mass formations - done! That's enough white uniforms for a little while! I also managed to get them all out of the way in 2014 rather than having it drag on into 2015, which was a pleasing accomplishment. Gained me 3rd place in the Analogue Hobbies Painting challenge for a day, now down to 4th! It's a painting storm near the top!


I've replaced all the flags on my first four Austrian infantry regiments with more appropriately sized ones, also used on these new regiments, which I think is an improvement. This replacement process turned out to be fortuitously easy as they were just glued on with white wood glue and removal wasn't too difficult.

The four new regiments are all 36 strong.

First two regiments with shakos.


Second two regiments with the classic Austrian crested helmet. This was phased out gradually around 1809. I favour some 1813 era campaigning in addition to the 1809 period, so these might look a little anachronistic there, but I couldn't resist including a couple of regiments in this distinctive Austrian style.


Some views of a unit with shakos.




Views of a regiment with the crested helmet.




So that's some infantry, cavalry and command done, and I've made a good start on the artillery. Pictures of that along soon hopefully...
  
And happy new year everyone!
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23 comments:

  1. Paulalba3 January 2015 at 14:32

    Wow outstanding, what a mass of white. A huge effort to get them all done!

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  2. MurdocK3 January 2015 at 14:35

    Always great to see the Kaiserlicks in their mass formations.

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  3. DeanM3 January 2015 at 15:58

    Amazing beautiful and impressive! Well done, Sir! Happy 2015

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  4. Jonathan Freitag3 January 2015 at 15:58

    That is really a massively splendid crop of The White Menace!

    Great work!

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  5. Gonsalvo3 January 2015 at 17:54

    164 figures done at a pop - most impressive, and beautifully done, Mark.

    "Diese Österreicher sind ein wahres Schneesturm von weißen Mänteln!"

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  6. Phil3 January 2015 at 21:08

    Mass effect is amazing, and details wonderful...excellent job!

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  7. Rodger3 January 2015 at 23:52

    Fantastic looking Austrians Mark! I have a 15mm Austrian army with both shakos and helmets too. I figure it must have taken a while for all the regiments to change!

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  8. Ken4 January 2015 at 02:52

    Excellent! Those Austrians are really great, you have done a splendid paint job.

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  9. Phil C4 January 2015 at 04:26

    Awesome sight! of painted units and figures... you did alot of work here and I'm sure you are pleased with your Napoleonnic project. I also like all flocking of bases are simlar to eachother which will look great on the table top.


    cheers,

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  10. Paul "TuffSkull" T.4 January 2015 at 05:46

    Great work. Painting projects on this kind of scale are always so inspiring!

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  11. Chasseur4 January 2015 at 08:29

    Thanks everyone! Indeed pleasing to have this lot out of the way! :)

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  12. Дмитрий Фомин4 January 2015 at 10:52

    This is just gorgeous !!!!!!!!!!!!

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  13. Дмитрий Фомин4 January 2015 at 11:03

    Note small - not all battalions Life standards werewolf Grenadier battalions - Should be painted on the battle to watch . As a rule of the Austrian's in the Grenadier battalions first two companies by value (lowest number) had Life standards his regiment . That is , the rest of the shelves Could have white banners , if Their company in the Grenadier battalions werewolf consolidated in the second and third on the Increasing number of regiments .

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    1. Chasseur5 January 2015 at 10:46

      Thanks Dmitry! Though having some difficulty with the translation - are you suggesting I give my Grenadier units the Liebfahne?

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    2. Дмитрий Фомин9 January 2015 at 07:46

      White flags were not considered Grenadier. But Grenadier battalion from three different regiments carried only one flags, the rest remained in the shelves, in the first battalions.

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    3. Chasseur9 January 2015 at 08:05

      Ah yes that fits with my understanding then, thanks Dmitry.

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  14. Curt5 January 2015 at 10:31

    A fantastic brigade to be sure. Well done!

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  15. DHC Wargames8 January 2015 at 00:52

    Lovely stuff! Saw these on the Challenge the other day and was quite impressed with them! Even with Austrian white, it is quite impressive to paint them up so quickly and neat!!!

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  16. Stig of the Dump8 January 2015 at 08:05

    Great effort!

    They look stunning.

    Steve

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  17. Chasseur8 January 2015 at 10:03

    Thanks guys!

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  18. Carlo10 January 2015 at 17:30

    Excellent post Mark - love the Austrians!

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  19. Rusty Gold30 July 2016 at 14:05

    I have 2 questions . Is the the crisp white in the pictures from the black primer and what white paint brand are you using ? And do you think Perry should've had a bigger box to include one more command sprue and increased the price as such ? Victrix have the Battalion size worked out !

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    1. Chasseur31 July 2016 at 14:27

      Hi, see this post, I use Vallejo rather than Army Painter white now though.
      http://chasseuracheval.blogspot.co.nz/2014/11/why-i-undercoat-austrians-black.html
      Maybe on the Perry Command sprue they could have included another, though I guess they would have to put up the price and you can still buy the Perry command sprue seperately if you want smaller Austrian battalions so perhaps better to have the option that way. Cheers.

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