"...there is a reference to a unit of Hungarian light infantry, with the requisite blue pants, but grey coats and bright orange facings. Looks perfect for a wedding, and a nice splash of colour to go with the white."
You know, I never checked with the tux rental drone at Moore's on what colours Greg and Linda chose for their wedding. I thought, "Its a tux, how bad could it be." But now I'm afraid. (But on the bright side we could get to wear cool bicornes...)
:)
C
July 30, 2010 at 10:24 AM
....or not, more than likely. Tonight we will be playing Shako, hosted by Bill, and my 15mm Austrian lads will be marching to battle once again with Napoleon's lackeys. I don't have quite the right mix of units to meet the OB for the scenario, but I figured the least I could do was get them a bit closer by finishing of a unit of skirmishers.
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I love the mix of colour in the Austrian army of the horse and musket era. Certainly there is a lot of white, but I find that makes the facings jump out. The white also lets some other cavalry and infantry units really stand out. In my well-worn Osprey book on the Austrian army of the Napoleonic era, there is a reference to a unit of Hungarian light infantry, with the requisite blue pants, but grey coats and bright orange facings. Looks perfect for a wedding, and a nice splash of colour to go with the white. So I painted up a brace of 15mm troops with this scheme and based them as skirmishers.
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Skirmishers are the quickest units to paint in Shako, but for some reason this is only the second skirmish unit I have done for my 15mm Austrians. No doubt the Archduke would spin it as a major increase in support...
Anyway, we all know what happens to newly painted figures. Let's see how long these guys last tonight.
"Beware the Hungarian light infantry..."
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"...there is a reference to a unit of Hungarian light infantry, with the requisite blue pants, but grey coats and bright orange facings. Looks perfect for a wedding, and a nice splash of colour to go with the white."
You know, I never checked with the tux rental drone at Moore's on what colours Greg and Linda chose for their wedding. I thought, "Its a tux, how bad could it be." But now I'm afraid. (But on the bright side we could get to wear cool bicornes...)
:)
C
July 30, 2010 at 10:24 AM