Thursday, 24 December 2015

The Boys from Bavaria

Hinton Hunt Bavarian Line Infantry
The 4th Line on Parade
It's nearly ten o'clock on Christmas Eve. Wellington Girl has gone to bed, the Christmas deserts and gratin dauphinois are in the fridge, and the 4th Line Infantry are all but complete! A very productive day all round.

Impossible Bavarian Flag Number Two was indeed rather tricky as it took me quite a while to work out how to offset the lozenges in a sufficiently psychedelic fashion. However, it was definitely worth the effort, not least because it helps to hide some of the imperfections of flag number one!

Merry Christmas to everyone from Wellington.

WM
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  1. 'Lee.24 December 2015 at 23:13

    Fantastic Matt, as I knew they would be!

    Merry Christmas to you and yours :)

    Lee.

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    1. Wellington Man25 December 2015 at 19:50

      Thank you, 'Lee. All the very best to you and yours also.

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  2. MSFoy25 December 2015 at 08:10

    The Napoleonic Bavarian army is one of those that I fantasise about in moments of fugue - I would love to have a Bavarian force, but then they would need someone to fight against. I did once consider having a go at the Tyrol revolt of 1809, but got over it. There's some nice pics of my friend Georg in the uniform of the 5th regiment here:

    http://prometheusinaspic.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/danube-trip-well-were-here-1.html

    The fusilier's helmet, I regret had no plume!

    Merry Christmas, Matt

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    1. Wellington Man25 December 2015 at 20:27

      Beware the Bavarians, Monsieur Foy, they're very seductive! They certainly saw me coming, that's for sure.

      Merry Christmas, Tony

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  3. lewisgunner26 December 2015 at 06:19

    Pretty,nand the Light Horse had a good record, but as an army they suffered from rapid expansion and containing unenthusiastic conscripts fro the Tyrol, seized fromnAustria in 1809. Ian and I are set to do Hanau in ' 14 , which is Bavarians against a largely Garde French Army as the Ogre scurries home from Leipzig.

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  4. lewisgunner27 December 2015 at 11:12

    http://www.napoleon-series.org/images/military/organization/Neumann/Neumann37b.jpg

    The above is a Bavarian Jager of I think, 1814 . A very French uniform, and one I am tempted to add for Hanau. I think there is a DK that would fit it well, either that or a Hinton Young Guard figure. There are several interesting Bavarian units thst folliw the reorg that took place after the 1812 campaign.

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  5. lewisgunner27 December 2015 at 11:40

    Of course Hanau is 1813 , about the last action of that campaign as Napoleon beetles back to France.vIn the Bavarian orbat for the battles are the National Field battalions, whovseemnto have Bavarian uniforms, hut with a French shako. If I HAD A SPARE bavarian unit in lead I would be tempted to whip the heads off and put on a French head, in order to have the variety. This figure is from the excellent Cantler plates which give officers, drummers and rankers for the National battalions and the jagers...lA most useful source.
    http://www.napoleon-online.de/Cantler_80.jpg

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    1. Wellington Man27 December 2015 at 17:58

      It just so happens that Der Kriegspielers did a figure that looks exactly like that. It's the DK 178: Baden Line or Jaeger Battalion, Attacking set. I picked up a whole set of 24 of them, still in their blister pack, a couple of months ago. Now I know what to do with them!

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  6. lewisgunner28 December 2015 at 04:25

    Sounds good. There are several battalions of these chaps listed inthe Hanau orbat.

    What surprises me is that they are shown with sabre briquets. I would have thought that they would be last in line fir equipment. However they were formed in more prosperous times so oerhaps they were issued with the full gear. Mayhap it was specified, but not achieved?

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