"My Seven-Years-War miniatures..." Topic

A good afternoon to ye all,

being a syw-afficionado, having a complete army – or better armies – of my own, always was a dream of mine. But in which scale? I was looking for a compromise of detail and „paintability" in a reasonable time-frame. My first attempt was Prussian IR No. 1 (Winterfeld) in 6mm.

With the obvious advantages of a small scale as regards gaming-space in mind, it still was not quite what I was looking for. Then I tried 15/18mm…(Prussian CR 1 and 2, DR 1) – very nice miniatures on the market – in this case Old Glory, Blue Moon and Eureka.

I would definitely have walked this path if I hadn´t discovered some Prussians of Old Glory´s syw 10mm „Grand Scale" range, which was exactly what I was looking for. The Infantry comes in strips similar to Baccus, with the effect of densely packed ranks, which I like. Cavalry horse and rider are separate castings. I started with Prussian IR 3 (Anhalt-Dessau) and CR 3 and 5.

With my aim of having Prussian and Austrian armies for Lobositz, I soon realized I needed some support in painting. In fact all the following Austrian troops were painted by the fabulous Kev Rouse. You might know his work from the Pendraken-miniatures page. This is nearly the complete Austrian army for the Lobositz-scenario in the Honours of war-rules – with only the generals and 3 batteries of artillery missing.

Well – still a long way to go with my Prussians, but there is light at the end of the tunnel!

Cheers Fedja

Good luck in your goal, it takes years if your working on it by yourself but the satisfaction is a worthy goal.

Very nice. I really enjoy the SYW also although I did it in 28mm Front Rank. So far, I have Austrian, Prussian, Russian, British/Hanoverian and am working on some French.

Very nice, indeed!

Great work! I have 5 SYW armmies in 28mm – British, French, Austrian, Russian and of course Prussian – the largest is Prussian (9 cavalry regiments, 18 infantry regiments plus batteries) with the others just slightly smaller but then again I have been working on them for about 25 years

Looks great.
I am committed to 28mm but 10mm is an excellent choice.

I had remained strictly a 15mm gamer for years, steadfastly sticking to a matra that by using only one scale for anything from ancients to WWII, I could use all of my accessories and terrain for any of my games.

Then a buddy of mine decided to do 28mm SYW. The figures were gorgeous, and the fact I'm getting older and can actually see them is a big deal too. So now I have 28mm Austrians, Bavarians, Hanoverians and Prussians.

BTW, I hate him a little bit…

Thank you very much for your kind comments!