Standing in opposition to the French Empire are the armies of Austria, Russia and Prussia. As I said last time I have not managed to paint any of my Prussians yet as I got side tracked by more French. I do however have another problem as I have yet to invest in more Russians and Austrians. So what you see in the post is all I have. This does not mean that my plans for the Austrians, Russian and Prussians are any less grandiose than that of the French. It just means that the three main opposing armies are not high on my buying list..... yet. The new Baccus Russians look quite snazzy. And winter time is always a good time to invest in the Bear of the North.
Russian Army
As with my French arm and all the other 6mm armies I am in the process of building I want them to be multipurpose so that I can use them in any post Shako period army. I have planned out 6 Russian Infantry Corps which will contain nothing but Infantry in case you could not guess. 2 Army Corps which will be combined arms formations. Along with 5 Cavalrt Corps and a Corps of Cossacks. Additionally there will be special Corps sized formations; a Grenadier Corps, a Guard Corps and a Guard Cav Corps.
Russian Army Command
Once again I have a standard sized army command base of which I plan on replacing with a larger 60mm square base at a later date. Once I do that this one will be relegated to the roll of a minor army command base and the 60mm one will assume the roll of high importance probably representing the Czar.
Completed Russian
Unlike the French I have not bought as much of the Russian army as I would like for a good starting place. I currently only have 5 Regements of Russian Infantry and 5 Regiments of Cavalry. I only have five because Baccus did a weird thing with their Russian Army Starter that left me with half a regiment of both Cossacks and Hussars. I had wanted to fix this before Baccus released their updated Napoleonic Russian miniatures but alas my eyes wandered at a critical time and I missed it. Before I buy any more Russians I will have to take a good look at the changes that Baccus has made to their Russians and figure out I can incorporate my old Russian miniatures into the new line.
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| I Russian Infantry Corps Commander. |
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| 5th and 14th Russian Infantry Divisions. |
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| I have started trying to liven up my scenery and this is a first try at a fence. |
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| My Russian Artillery. |
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| Here is a shot of what 2 Light Artillery Batteries looks like. |
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| 3 Regiments of Dragoons, 1 of Hussars and 1 of Cossacks. |
Austrian Army
As you may have guessed the Austrian army will follow the same lines as the French and Russian armies. So post Shako multipurpose army capable of being in any campaign...... I sound like a broken record. Oh well. I plan on making 8 Corps (all arms), 2 Reserve Corps (Combined Grenadier Battalions) and 4 Cav Corps( which might be kinda hard considering that the Austrians did not have a lot of cavalry).
Austrian Army Command
Here is the current Austrian army command and if you guessed that I plan on making a better one later good for you. And like the Russians I have not had a chance to buy any more Austrians.
Completed Austrian
So like the Russians I have just a few completed regiments of Infantry and Cavalry. I also have two completed heavy artillery batteries. I also went kind stupid on choosing which Austrian Cavalry Regiments to paint so now I have to figure out what I was doing since it was some time ago that I painted these guys. I also tried a few different styling methods on how I based the Austrian Infantry in an attempt to make it look like the Division was forming up into line. I need to get some better pictures of them those.
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| Austrian I Corps commander. |
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| 1st and 2nd Austrian Infantry Division. |
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| Lots of white. |
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| I need to learn how to paint Austrian Cavalry Flags. |
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