"Austrian grenadiers, Grenzer and one French 18 mm" Topic
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| von Winterfeldt | 01 Jan 2025 7:50 a.m. PST |
Finally some sun and I could do some photos of some miniatures standing around for a while, one unit is the Morczin Grenadier battalion as of 1793 made up of grenadier companies of Alvintzy (Nr. 19 light blue), De Vins (Nr. 37 ponceaurot),
Iellachich (Nr. 53 pompadour Rot) the commander Morczin strangley enough from Regiment Esterhazy) a mix of Sho Boki – the grenadiers and the command AB, mounted officer I used a AB Austrian dragoon officer, then Grenzscharfschützen, each Grenz Regiment had 256 sharp shooters equipped with a double barreled rife, so well depicted by AB, out of those the Austrians created two battalions for waging war against the French, here from Regiment Ogulin orange facings, and 1st Szeckler – rose facings and a left over from last batch of Sho Boki French generals, which I painted as général de brigade url=https://postimg.cc/PL56ZkL0]
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 deadhead  | 01 Jan 2025 9:01 a.m. PST |
Sun? What is that. We have seen most New Year celebrations cancelled because of the wind and rain. I do think the pike rests for the riflemen are a good idea. I wonder if they so if they carried them on the march though |
| CHRIS DODSON | 01 Jan 2025 9:40 a.m. PST |
Happy New Year Von W. Your troops are magnificent. The painting standard is of an elevation that larger scales fail to match. Inspirational stuff bordering on genius. Best wishes, Chris |
| Frederick | 01 Jan 2025 12:18 p.m. PST |
Great work – thanks for sharing! |
 Dal Gavan | 01 Jan 2025 1:39 p.m. PST |
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| DOUGKL | 01 Jan 2025 1:54 p.m. PST |
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| bobspruster | 01 Jan 2025 5:40 p.m. PST |
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| plutarch64 | 02 Jan 2025 3:10 a.m. PST |
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| Erzherzog Johann | 02 Jan 2025 1:10 p.m. PST |
Beautiful work. I love the Grenzer. Cheers,
John |
| Stoppage | 03 Jan 2025 9:35 a.m. PST |
Those hackenlanz (rifle pike rest) are fascinating. They'd be pushed through a pre-drilled timber baulk in order to make a cheval-de-frise/friesian-horse/spanish-rider. They could then be chained together end-to-end. They were used against the Ottomans in the 17thC and 18thC. I don't know whether they were placed in front of infantry and shot over/through or only to protect the flanks. Of course, they could be used to block a road (hence perhapsly "turn-pike") which you'd expect frontier troops to do. |
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