Lucas Luber launched his Baden Napoleonic Army Kickstarter yesterday
As regular readers will know, I am a huge fan of his work; this Kickstarter reached all of its stretch goals within 8 hours! These are superbly sculpted and cast 28 mm figures. The price of the sets (tariffs excluded, ahem) has not changed over the past several years. They are available as STL files for digital printing as well.
I have found the army of Baden the least well documented of the larger German minor states, but they saw plenty of action in 1809, in Spain, and in the Russian campaign.
There are limited manufacturers for Baden figures as well, Murawski being the main other option in 25/28 mm
Unfortunately, I already have a large (for Baden) army myself - 4 Line Infantry, 1 Jager, the Light Dragoons, artillery and command. Unfortunate because these figures are awesome, right?
Of course the superb painting by Stephen Huber shows them to the best possible advantage!
Although there was only the one battalion, this is such a cool unit!
As he usually does, Lucas has covered the entire army, including command and artillery; Limbers are the only thing he hasn't done with his Kickstarters
Great selection of foot and mounted ADC's!
More Baden goodness!
I especially love this famous unit, having done it with the Murawski figures several years ago.
Different pose options.
Now these guys I want... may be enough tp break down and support this KS!
They arer most famous for there actions at the battle of the Berezina crossing in 1812, but evidently did see action in the Tyrol and Voralberg in 1809 as well.
Yeah, I am feeling my resistance weakening here!
Two different crew sets
Lucas even did the Horse artillery. Another image on the Kickstarter shows amazing details on the canon barrel!
The Howitzer...
Like all the stretch goals, the casualties were already unlocked yesterday within hours of the KS opening.
Great skirmish gaming options!
Lucas gets great photos of his work too, doesn't he?!
Now these fellows saw little action, but did fight in the Vorarlberg in 1809, so I don't relly "need" them.
They look pretty awesome though. Hmm, I do have a strong collector streak! :-)
Shots like this are just cruel, eh?
Another unit I don't "need", and which saw little action, but looks so impressive!
Yeah, definite eye candy!
As always, Lucas provides some freebies.. including free flags!
This fellow is free with pledges of 75 euros or more
Along with French General Kister at 150 euros. Hmm, we'll see if my resistance to this one can hold up for the next 15 days. Delivery is anticipated circa January 2026; Lucas has consistently delivered on time or early. What's Lucas' next project? The 1806 Saxon Army is on tap for 2026! That one I'll go for hook, line, and sinker for sure, LOL!
I've seen examples of Lucas' figures printed at anywhere from 13 mm to 90 mm, and the look fantastic in all of them!
Very nice sculpts
ReplyDeleteIndeed they are!
DeleteThey do look very good.
ReplyDeleteI think Lucas does at least as good work as anyone else today, if not better.
DeleteBeautiful figures for sure Ed - I have always thought they are the pricey side, but you get what you pay for, and they must be amongst the best Napoleonic figures available
ReplyDeleteThey are pricier, although not out of line with Perry and Front Rank. I don't do 3-D printing, but that would be a relative bargain!
DeleteI just read about these on Chris at Brisbane Napoleonic Wargames's page. I bought a bunch from Murawski Miniatures years ago, but these look too good to resist.
ReplyDeleteThey are really nice; I see my resolved to skip this one weakening...
DeleteI saw that the Kickstarter was on the go and the look of the figures make it a very tempting one, superb looking sculpts and a really interesting army but like you I think I will wait until the 1806 Saxons make an appearance.
ReplyDeleteI'm still debating knuckling under and getting the Hussars, Horse and foot guards, and may some additional figures to complete my Horse battery, LOL!
Deleteand maybe a single line unit... :-)
DeleteLight infantry in action poses? Life is too short.
ReplyDeleteQuite a lot this time, between the Jagers and the elite companies!
DeleteSeems we had the same idea Peter, Lucas' models are certainly 1st class. I am painting his Bavarian dragoons at the moment and trying to do them justice. Now where am I going to put a Baden army?????
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