Marshal Blücher has arrived to inspect elements of a new division being formed by General Pirch.
The newly-raised 5th Westphalian Landwehr Infantry Regiment, under the veteran Baron von Klaptowt, are put through their paces.
Drilled to perfection in the best Prussian style under Old Fritz's expert tutelage, Klaptowt's men wheel, march and countermarch flawlessly.
Blücher is impressed!
The figures are:
PN 12: Prussian Landwehr, marching x 1, converted into a drummer with a Musket Miniatures drum;
Hinton Hunt, PN 10: Prussian Garde Officer, charging x 1, converted into a Frederickan dugout with a mystery head.
Happy Easter everyone.
With special thanks to Rob Young and Lewis Gunner.
WM
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| Pirch: My new Westphalians are burning to get at the enemy, Herr Marshal. |
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Klaptowt: Westphalians....March!
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Blücher is impressed!
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| Blücher: A fine body of men, Herr General! Ve must send you some Regulars to make up ze numbers. |
from the 1973 Garrison 25mm Napoleonics range:
PN 12: Prussian Landwehr, marching x 21
PN 12: Prussian Landwehr, marching x 1, converted into a standard bearerPN 12: Prussian Landwehr, marching x 1, converted into a drummer with a Musket Miniatures drum;
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Happy Easter everyone.
With special thanks to Rob Young and Lewis Gunner.
I see what you mean about those Garrisons barely fitting on the base. It's almost is as if they were made with Muskets and Marshals in mind - a perfect fit! I love it when you run your battalions through their paces by the way. Mind you, my 36 figure battalions make better squares - just sayin'. Sure you don't want to add twelve figures to all of yours?
ReplyDeleteYou are right, David. The big battalions are more convincing!
DeleteFor use of 24 figure battalions in square, my own 'experiments showed it to be the best number for me:
Deletehttps://easterngarrison.blogspot.com/2020/01/first-battalion-finished.html
My double-rank basing system prevents such an elegant solution, Rob. I'm just too idle to push too many bases around. I quickly fixed on a plan to construct armies so vast that single-rank bases would be impractical. So you see, megalomania is at the root of it.
DeleteMegalomania is good.
Delete*Laughter*. Mwah ha hahahahaha!
DeleteVery smart!
ReplyDeleteCheers, Jim!
DeleteAh Landwehr, in my view you can never have enough of them! Great work Matthew.
ReplyDeleteI quite agree. Expect more in Phase 3.....
DeleteAnother wonderful turnout! It's always a joy to see new units and personalities march off your painting table.
ReplyDeleteBest Regards,
Stokes
Thank you, Stokes. Wonderful though it is to get another battalion finished, I've immediately started obsessing about the next one!
DeleteHow can anyone fail to have a happy Easter confronted by a battalion of smiley faces (backpacks)?
ReplyDeleteDon't listen to Minion-man, stay small and beautifully formed - having just finished a single ligne test figure I certainly don't want to get dragged into an arms race (or more eBay auctions).
Finally, just go with the obsession - as we are all in it with you even if only vicariously through your pro-quality photos.
They look rather like Japanese school cadets heading for a picnic from that angle, don't they Rob.
DeleteFear not, I shan't be following in Minion-Man's footsteps anytime soon. 24-figure battalions are only just tolerable as it is.
They look superb and disciplined!
ReplyDeleteThat's Garrisons for you Phil. Proper backbone. Not like those jelly-like Hinton Hunts!
DeleteSmart looking fellows. The way I see it your brigade of 2 battalions has 48 figures.
ReplyDeleteThe organisation I am thinking of for my Charge units is to have 2 battalions plus a skirmisher company and a mounted Brigadier so 61 figures in all.
Interesting. So you'd have four to six battalions for a division? I tend to think of each of my infantry units as representing a continental regiment of three battalions, so a division would be only three units, with four only for the really big divisions. This is why I have a 3:1 ratio of infantry units to artillery batteries. My skirmishers battalions, I've decided, should probably have a 1:6 ratio (i.e., two companies per division).
DeleteAbsolutely stunning Matt!
ReplyDeleteCheers 'Lee! They were surprisingly bright and cheery at the finish, despite their ominous black flag, making for a nice contrast to those rather gloomy Lutzowers.
Delete"Japanese cadets heading for a picnic".......which angle is that, then, WM? Mind you, with David's comment in mind, I've been counting my spare Austrian musketeers..........
ReplyDeleteI think Rob may have been referring to picture No.5, Your Grace, where their jolly white packs are on full display. The packs look like a bit like Pokemon characters now I come to think about it. Not very smiley ones though.
DeleteMost impressive indeed . I can't believe the detail you get on these figures . I wasn't aware of the Garrison figures being somewhat compatible with Hinton Hunt. There is a definate fascination with these older ranges . Thanks for sharing. Hal
ReplyDeleteThank you Hal! Early Garrisons are seriously under-rated in my view. They're really nicely proportioned and animated, and with just the right amount of simple detailing. It really was a pleasure to paint them.
DeleteExcellent work, very impressive.
ReplyDeletePaul
Cheers, Paul!
DeleteA really lovely looking unit Matt...
ReplyDeleteI like the uniforms and colour combinations... they have a bit of a Ruritanian look to them...
If you ever start an Imaginations project... you may already have your first battalion.
All the best. Aly
The Prisoner of Zenda flashed through my mind more than once when I was painting these, Aly, as it also did when I was painting the Lutzowers. The 2. Infanterie Regiment with their white facings ought to go very well with them, I reckon.
DeleteBeautiful job Matt, as ever - congrats - as ever. I was a bit concerned that the Garrison 25s would be a bit big, but they look fine. Excellent, in fact.
ReplyDeleteHuns? - interesting - why are they Huns?
Thank you, Foy! It was a bit of a risk going for the 1973 25s, who definitely have a millimetre or two on their 1972 brethren, but I was able to get away with it on account of their flat caps and by using thinner bases. If you look carefully you can see that the Lutzowers are all wearing platform shoes.
ReplyDeleteIt was very naughty to call them Huns, I know, as Kaiser Bill didn't blurt out his infamous Hun speech for another 87 years. I couldn't resist it though because its Easter and my Westphalians really are feeling rather hot and bothered about all those years of detestable French vassalage.
Very, very good.
ReplyDeleteSimple uniforms can outshine the more flamboyant fellows on the other side.
Thank you Matt! They're still only C-class though at the end of the day...
DeleteYour Prussians have been coming along apace Matt, lovely to see this 'review'.
ReplyDeleteThank you, James!
DeleteThis is my ninth battalion of Prussians, I'm astonished to say. The tenth is in the Dettol jar as I write.....
Dettol, why not Domestos? Is it because it kills 99% of known Germ(an)s?
DeleteSeriously though does Dettol work for you - I found undiluted Domestos outstripped anything else I've tried.
I tried a strong domestic bleach and figures came out black, which was not very reassuring. Dettol is a much gentler proposition. It may be slow to act, but then so am I so it's not too much of an issue!
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