1400 Austrians. A 16x6 foot wargaming table with Battle of Caldiero setup. Couldn't resist posting a few pics of the deployment. Have finally sold the wife's jeep so the double garage is now filled with the field of glory. :)
1100 infantry,144 cavalry, 26 guns and 100 crew, plus limbers and generals.
Ok so they are mostly not 1805 Austrians but I'm not fanatic enough to paint another 1000 Austrians with slightly different hats.. at least not yet! ;)
Sadly for the Austrians 48 Cuirassiers will remain sitting in the box for this battle, but they do get 48 Dragoons and 72 Light Cavalry. Also a stupidly large number of Austrian infantry were Grenadiers and even though I have 200 of them I need over twice that, so Hungarians and Grenzers will be honorary veterans for the day!
Enough jabbering here's some more pics.
Before... Michael Hopper's excellent scenario book 'Rise of Eagles' in the foreground.
After...
I started deploying on the Austrian right flank, and thought OMG this will be impossible for the French! Austrians have a hill position with three solid lines of infantry, a wall of artillery and five redoubts.
Austrians start well and then they just leave their weak flank exposed like this...
Back to the reassuring mass in the centre.
Austrian reinforcements, a few more line, and many Grenadiers, Dragoons and some Hussars. They'll be needed on the left I think...
More pics and a battle report to follow of course!
Looks great, impressive lines of battle!
ReplyDeleteWoo...! Looking forward to seeing this little lot!
ReplyDeleteLooks great! Happy New Year, Mark!
ReplyDeleteWow! That is an impressive set up! Selling a vehicle to make room for the game table? Well done!
ReplyDelete"Impressive... very impressive!"
ReplyDeleteThis is what it's all about, isn't it?
I mean selling off your wife's car to have room for your battles, of course. :-)
Honestly, it looks fantastic!
How long did it take you to set it up? And you still have to do the French, too, right?
Roughly how many troops is each infantry, Cavalry, and Artillery unit representing?
How many players will there be, and when does the action begin?
Do take plenty of pictures! :-)
Wow!
ReplyDeleteVery impressive sir...
All the best. Aly
What spectacle! Thanks for thinking to put out so many great photos on the set up. Lovely army.
ReplyDeleteIt looks great to see all your Austrians deployed like this. I'm sure the wife will think the sacrifice is worthwhile, at least until winter arrives.
ReplyDeleteI can only dream of assembling such an army. Keep us dreaming!
ReplyDeleteSuperb Austrian army really done well... and well done! Just the thing to start off the New Year with a bang!
ReplyDeleteLooking magnificent Mark!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely fabulous, a great looking battl, I have not played a big multi division battle for a long time, hope to change that this year.
ReplyDeleteRegards
Matt
Hercé Salon de Guerre
Mayenne
France
Thank you everyone! :)
ReplyDeletePeter good questions have answered them in the battle report post which is now up of course! Setup time, a couple of hours per side.