Saturday 7 September 2013

More Seven Years War Austrians & a Gaming Antique.

Despite being busy as ever with work I've put in a concerted effort this week to get some serious painting done, aided & abetted somewhat by the reducing hours of daylight I might add. Much as I like  Autumn as a season the shortening days do herald the onset of Winter. Hopefully the upcoming one will be a short, sharp affair unlike the lingering bleakness of the last effort which was with us until Easter.
Anyway back to the main thrust of this post:

The completed Josef Esterhazy Regiment.






Sachsen-Gotha Dragoon Regiment.




Grenadiers, Infantry Regt Gyulai.




Grenadiers, Infantry Regt Haller.
All the above are from Crusader Miniatures, I do think the Austrian range is some of Mark Simms best work.
Finally the titular gaming antique is the piece of scenery the above are all photographed on which is a very old Bellona ECW Star Fort in 25mm scale. For those of you who don't remember Bellona made a series of vac-formed scenic items ranging from Celtic hillforts to WW1 trench systems. At one time these would have comfortably accommodated 25mm miniatures but modern 28mm figures dwarf them somewhat,

3 comments:

  1. Wonderful looking troops, HGA. SYW has some cool looking uniforms. Best, Dean

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    1. Many thanks Dean, they certainly weren't colour shy in the C18.
      Regards HGA.

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  2. Really wonderfully painted figures - I am ravished. Immediately added your blog to my blogger list. Thanks for your fine posts!!
    _Peter

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