Sunday, November 18, 2018

Tiroler Landsturm "Freiherr Johann Freitag"


The first of the Tirolese rebel units rises in revolt!


This unit of Landsturm was raised with funds provided by Freiherr Freitag, and thus bears his name. It has dark brown jackets, with their hats in shades of green, and their pants in shades of grey. 


 They are so newly formed that the glue is still drying on their log barriers. :-)


These great figures are 28 mm Eureka, and are provided with an assortment of polearms.
Freiherr Johann's unit is equipped with Halberds.


They have cut off the alpine passes and are attempting to entrap their Bavarian and French foes. 


Modern day flag of the Tirol province of Austria. 

28 comments:

  1. I am proud to be the Inhaber for these fine Tyrolean Freedom Fighters! Perhaps I should have laid out additional funds to purchase muskets?

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    1. Never fear, some Tiroler schutzen are up next! :-)

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  2. A lovely looking unit sir...

    All the best. Aly

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  3. The hills are alive with the sound of landsturm! Lovely looking unit with a catchy title!
    Best Iain

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    1. They are indeed! Glad you liked the title! :-)

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    1. here is something about Lederhosen, isn't there?

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  5. Tough looking fellows....nice job! I know you've wanted to do this project for awhile, congrats!

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    1. Thanks, Joe. Yes. the first bunch of Tyroleans was purchased as part of a "deal" from Essex, back in the winter of 2012, so almost 7 years ago.

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  6. Wonderful and very impressive, lovely hats!

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    1. Merci, Phil. Yes it's all about Die Hüte! :-)

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  7. Love the personality with this unit. The log barricades a great addition.

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    1. Thank you, Jake. The polearms are very long, so to better protect them from breakage, I decided to mount them on Cavalry bases (1.75" square) instead of Infantry bases (1.75" wide by 1" deep). That left a lot of space in front of the figures, so I came up with the (hopefully) happy idea of including felled logs as a barrier on the bases. .

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  8. Superb unit P!
    Double attack for the Tyrolleans.... first push/roll the logs downhill and then charge into the disordered Bavarians. Next pike unit group get boulders?

    M

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    1. Thanks, Michael. Yes, the "missile" attacks for these polearmed units will likely be boulders. That's what they probably used the polearms for - prying the boulders loose! :-)

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    1. Thanks, Mark. yes, too bad hats went out of style. The city of Danbury, a few miles to our south, was probably the leading manufacturer of hats in the world 100 years ago!If you look at WW2 era photos, almost every man wears a hat!

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  10. These look great Peter, and another project I'll be following with interest.

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    1. Thanks, Lawrence, and happy to have you along for the ride!

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