A unit of Inner Austrian Landwehr is next to march off the painting table.
The uniform coats of the Inner Austrian Landwehr were dark green with facing colors according to the Province... at least officially.
Most likely the officers and wealthier men approximated the regulations, while many other probably wore grey uniforms faced in the provincial color... if they were lucky.
The facing color for Carinthia (Kärnten in German) was red, with the cockade being red-yellow- red-white, for Styria (Steirermark) white facings, cockade white-green, Carniola (Krain) light blue with white-blue-red cockade, and Salzburg yellow facings with cockades white-red.
The figures are once again from Piano Wargames, and the flag is from the previously referenced Mal's Small World blog site. The coat of arms of Carinthia are displayed on this side.
Lovely looking regiment the uniform is very striking indeed and the figures are superb, Piano Wargames make some great looking miniatures.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Donnie. Lucas is a very talented digital sculptor indeed!
DeleteNice looking chaps again! Lucas from Piano Wargames is an excellent figure sculpter indeed.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Hey, looking at your profile, I see you live right in the area where the initial phase of the 1809 Campaign took place - with Ingolstatd, Freising, Abensberg, and Landshut all fairly nearby. How can you not collect armies for this campaign - my favorite of the Napoleonic Wars!
DeleteI only moved from near the Hürtgenwald to Bavaria 2 years ago *gg*
DeleteBut of course I took part in the kickstarters of Piano Wargames and will build up a Bavarian division in 18mm - but not until the end of the year at the earliest, when my current projects are finished ;-)
Ausgezeichnet!
DeleteThat also explains why your profile still says you live near Köln, which is no longer the case! :-) Happy that you've adopted the Azure and Argent of Bayern!
DeleteThanks for pointing that out, I must have overlooked it - it's been changed ;-)
DeleteGreat work on these lovely figures....another unit joins your Austrian collection!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Keith. I couldn't resist these figures. Like their comrades, they will get their baptism of fire at Historicon next week.
DeleteAnother fine unit Peter. I'll look forward to seeing the photos of them in action.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lawrence. Very soon they will be packed up for the trip to Lancaster!
DeleteGreat looking figures, just treat them nicely in the battle (hmmmm.)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Joe. To paraphrase the King of Naples, "dress them in grey, green, or brown, and they'll run away just the same!". In most of our games, the Austrian Landwehr has performed better than their (poor) ratings.
DeleteFantastic looking unit Peter, I love the flags too!
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