Thursday, February 18, 2021

I.R. #36, Kolowrat


I.R. #36 was recruited in Bohemia.


Their  facing color is "Gris de lin", the color of Flax flowers. Often described as mauve, the examples I saw were closer to Lavender. I used Delta CC Lavender, darkened a bit with a touch of Delta CC Pansy so that the hue would show up better. 


Heirloom Flax flowers. Flax fibers are of course also used to make linen, and the seeds are both edible and used to make linseed oil. A very useful plant!


The Inhaber of the Regiment was Furstenberg, Feldmarschalleutnant Karl-Aloys, Furst zu Furstenberg from 1792 -1799, vacant from 1799 - 1801, then  Feldzugmeister Johann-Karl, Graf Kolowrat-Krakowsky.  Furstenberg was killed at the Battle of Liptingen (25 March 1799).


In 1809, the regiment formed part of Bellegarde's I Corps. 


It fought at Aspen, Wagram, and Znaim. 

22 comments:

  1. Your lads look great, Peter! Nice facing color too.

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    1. Thanks, Jon. I rather like the lavenderish hue!

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  2. A different sort of ‘flower power’ and more excellent figures

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    1. Thanks, Gary. They are "flaxing" their muscle!"

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  3. And I always thought the Austrian infantry looked boring! Not when they look like those fellows! Interesting sidebar about flax.

    The Inhaler who died in 1799. Was he Fürst among equals?

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    1. Thank you! I rather enjoy the Austrian Infantry; they have a huge range of facing colors. Throw in the blue pants for the Hungarians, brown coats for the Grenzer, light blue coats for the Insurrectio, and grey, green, or brown coats for the 1809 Landwehr,. and it's more than just a snowstorm! :-)

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  4. More nice work. The 'white menace' grows!

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    1. Thanks, Joe. The White Menace is already pretty substantial!

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  5. Another fine looking unit of Austrians. Love the details on the shakos.

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    1. Thank you, Dean. Just a little "Hippo grey" highlighting!

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  6. Lovely job on these Peter. One of the kids put a golf ball through a small pane of glass last weekend. Too small to go through the drama of trying to line up a glazier to do it, so I shall be thinking of IR36 as I apply the linseed oil putty.

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    1. Thanks, Lawrence. As I said, Flax is a very useful plant!

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  7. Great unit with a charming facing colour. I do like the square formation they have adopted.

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    1. Glad you like them! The 6 stand basing works very well for Square formation, although I suppose that being good Kaiserlicks, they should just go for Battaliosmasse!

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  8. Lovely work and a nice touch about the facing colour:)

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  9. They look superb Peter, excellent job, nice presentation as well...

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  10. Interesting detail about the flower, great job on yet more Austrians Peter! Wagram must draw closer... :)

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    1. Had Covid 19 not developed, it would be this year (we also did it in 2009); as it is it might be 2022 or 2023.

      I am hoping maybe we might be able to do the Danube "Campaign in a Day" this September or October; we'll see!

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  11. Lovely looking kaiserlichs!
    Best Iain

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