returns to Flintloque to paint an Ogre.
We have a bit more of an update and more detail about our upcoming plastic Austrian Napoleonics.
Tooling is proceeding well, and we are looking at release some time in July. Two of the box designs are finished, for the Austrians 1798-1809 wearing helmets and the Austrian Grenadiers 1798-1815. Currently working on the boxes for the Austrian infantry 1806-1815 wearing shakos and Austrian Landwehr. We have some fantastic cover art on the boxes, which reflect poses in the box and are great guides for painting your miniatures. Regimental color guides are on the back of the boxes.
Each box contains 56 figures: 48 infantry, two officers, two drummers, two standard bearers and two lovely mounted colonels. The infantry can all be in marching poses, but we do have some arms to enable you to make some figures firing, loading and advancing with leveled musket, or at porte. Most of the figures are easy to assemble, so you can get your units built quickly; however, we have added a few extras to add some individuality and character to your miniatures, so they don't look like productionline robots!
Also in each set there will be two flags: the regimental flag and colonel's flag. There will be the 1792, 1804 and 1806 patterns. The earlier 1792 pattern was used by some units up to 1815. We will also be producing some extra flagsheets, sold separately.
We will also be producing a range of metals to support our plastic sets. More on those later...
On the subject of metals: Paul Hicks is currently working on some metal British light and heavy dragoons for the Peninsular. He is also going to be making some Russian dragoons, and firing lines for the Russian Musketeers and Grenadiers. We should have some images of these in the next few weeks.