Friday, April 21, 2023

Wurttemberg Horse Artillery


The uniforms of the Wurttemberg Horse Artillery differed from that of the foot artillery in a a number of relatively minor ways.


White plumes were generally warm on their Raupenhelms.


Black sashes were worn about the waist.


The shabraques on the horses were blue piped with yellow, which had a central black line down the middle. 


The turnbacks on their jackets were yellow, piped black, definitely different from the jackets of the Foot Artillery. 


These are yet again ,ore marvelous figures from Lucas Luber and Piano Wargames in Germany. 


This is how my stands look when the guns are "limbered". Each of my batteries  is ordinarily made up of two bases. 


The bases are placed one behind the other, and the guns are positioned off the rear of the stand instead of the front. 


The "mounted gunners" are surplus figures from the Wurttemberg Chevauleger and Dragoon sets, painted in the appropriate uniforms.


Since my cavalry units have 8 figures, and 3 sets of Cavalry figures have 9 figures, the math works out right!

21 comments:

  1. Nice work! It is pleasing when the math works out evenly.

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    1. Thanks, Jon! Yep, 2 packs of artillery at 8 each = 16, plus the two surplus riders = 18, and I use 3 figures per artillery base (4 for 12 lbers only), so that way I get three batteries out of the sets.

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  2. They look great Peter, a very nice colour combination in that uniform. Nineteenth century rulers must have had a lot of fun, designing uniforms for their armies to wear!

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    1. Thank you, Keith. I think you are right about uniform design, especially the new Kings of the Rheinbund!

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  3. A very nice looking artillery unit.

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  4. Great work again Peter. The wood grain on the artillery pieces looks nicely defined.

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    1. Thank you, Lawrence! The wood grain effect is well done on the sculpts!

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  5. Top looking gunners Peter. Interesting way that you base them too.
    I love that shade of blue.
    Regards, James

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    1. Thanks, James! If I recall, it is Delta CC "Bluejay".

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  6. Great job on the artillery battery. The Army is really settling in.

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  7. Fantastic detail once again on those figures

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  8. They really are superb figures!

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  9. Lovely looking horse artillery and they are gorgeous figures!
    Best Iain

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  10. Nice work! I guess the horses love the gun shots. They are happy already ;-)

    Best wishes,
    Jan

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