Saturday, October 19, 2019

Austrian Infanterie Regiment #30, Furst de Ligne



This is the first of five Austrian German Line regiments in helmet to march off the painting desk. 


The regiment's Inhaber was  Feldmarschalleutnant Charles-Joseph Lamoral, Prince de Ligne, from 1770 - 1814.


This was a Walloon recruited regiment originally; later, with the loss of the Hapsburg territories in the low countries, it was recruited in Galicia. 


This regiment had hechtgrau (Pike Grey)  facings, a strongly blue-grey shade. The pictures make the hue look bit bluer than it actually  is. The real color is best seen on the turnbacks of the officer above. The regiment had brass buttons.


In 1809, it was part of the VII Corps and fought in the Polish campaign, including combat at Razsyn. 
Old Glory figures. with Adolfo Ramos flags. 

22 comments:

  1. Good work, Peter! With four more completed, we will be seeing Austrians for awhile.

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    1. Thanks, Jon! Yes, we will be "seeing white" here on the blog for a while!

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  2. Great looking regiment. Look forward to seeing the rest

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    1. Thanks for dropping by, Scott. Their brother regiments will be appearing in due course!

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  3. Superb work Peter, they look great!

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    1. Merci, Phil! I was very happy with how the shading on the white came out!

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    1. I must have my sheet freshly laundered so that it is ready for action! :-)

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  5. As suspected excellent.love those Austrian flags

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    1. As foreshadowed! :-) The Adolfo Ramos flags are very nice, and quite reasonable in cost. They arrived within a week of placing the order.

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  6. Always nice to see Austrians in helmets, lovely work and great looking flag!
    Best Iain

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    1. I am fond of the helmet myself, although the early casquet and the later shako all look good!

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    1. The Adolfo Ramos flags are very well done and economical; the excellent GMB flags are somewhat oversized, really too large for the alloy flagstaffs of Old Glory Napoleonics.

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  8. Excellent loooking unit Peter! Great flag too.

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  9. Very nice and the Adolfo Ramos flag tops things off nicely. I have always found him a pleasure to deal with.

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    1. I agree, nothing but excelent service from him myself as well.

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  10. Bloody beautiful Peter! They look even better in close-up than they did in the more distant shot below.

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    1. Thanks for the kind words, James. I was very pleased with how they turned out as well.

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  11. Fabulous mate, love my Austrians

    Cheers
    Matt

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