Cheers
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Little Wars Melbourne 2008
So Eureka Minatures Supported the running of 1st Little Wars Melbourne. It was a roaring success. I was involved in the running of the Napoleonic Game. John Baxter, John Chadderton, Craig Pandy, Scott Webster and Myself put on Neumarkt 1809.
We where ably assisted by our 3 assistants by the names Andrew, Baden, and Harly (thier surnames escape me). I was given the command of the Austrians facing off against John baxter as the French. I have to take my hat off to John B he provided the terrain which was amazing and always a joy to play on.
Suffice to say the austrians as in history won. Criag will be putting together a write up of the battle so I will wait till that is done but I will put up a selection of pictures to wet the appitite till then.
So Eureka Minatures Supported the running of 1st Little Wars Melbourne. It was a roaring success. I was involved in the running of the Napoleonic Game. John Baxter, John Chadderton, Craig Pandy, Scott Webster and Myself put on Neumarkt 1809.
We where ably assisted by our 3 assistants by the names Andrew, Baden, and Harly (thier surnames escape me). I was given the command of the Austrians facing off against John baxter as the French. I have to take my hat off to John B he provided the terrain which was amazing and always a joy to play on.
Suffice to say the austrians as in history won. Criag will be putting together a write up of the battle so I will wait till that is done but I will put up a selection of pictures to wet the appitite till then.
Friday, May 30, 2008
An answer to some questions:
On tmp I was asked about the organisation of the units, more specifically why some have 6 figure companies and others have 8 figure companies and then some of the grenadier companies have only 2 divisions not 3.
The answer is pretty simple. In the case of the line battalions it simply for the purpose of gaming and to reflect that not all battalions where at paper strength at the beginning of the campaign. I took an arbitrary number of 40/48 and 36 figures for the battalions of line.
This gives me the flexibility to use the models in a range of scenarios’ that the actual formation would not actually be involved in.
Additionally I looked at OOBs from the campaign to try and match those formations who’s establishment strength is close to those numbers so I’m not completely out of whack with the historical representation.
As to the grenadier battalions well that’s their historical establishment. The grenadier Brigade from 9th Korp had 4 battalions 2 of 2 divisions and 2 of 3 divisions. Thus I’m re-creating them as they where. Since most Grenadier battalions where maintained at establishment strength they are they way they are.
I hope that answers the question.
Cheers
On tmp I was asked about the organisation of the units, more specifically why some have 6 figure companies and others have 8 figure companies and then some of the grenadier companies have only 2 divisions not 3.
The answer is pretty simple. In the case of the line battalions it simply for the purpose of gaming and to reflect that not all battalions where at paper strength at the beginning of the campaign. I took an arbitrary number of 40/48 and 36 figures for the battalions of line.
This gives me the flexibility to use the models in a range of scenarios’ that the actual formation would not actually be involved in.
Additionally I looked at OOBs from the campaign to try and match those formations who’s establishment strength is close to those numbers so I’m not completely out of whack with the historical representation.
As to the grenadier battalions well that’s their historical establishment. The grenadier Brigade from 9th Korp had 4 battalions 2 of 2 divisions and 2 of 3 divisions. Thus I’m re-creating them as they where. Since most Grenadier battalions where maintained at establishment strength they are they way they are.
I hope that answers the question.
Cheers
Thursday, May 29, 2008
I thought I'd list the Army OOB Im working to.
Its principally sourced from Bowden, and while its clerly not the active list it serves as a basis on which I can then use the units from the varying battles in italy.
Ive been able to get a hold of a copy of epsteins work on Eugene and that should be with me soon enough so with the current collection I can then begin to draw a more comprehensive OOB to work against but for now this will do.
The pictures in the recent post represent just about all the figures i have painted for the austrians and i plan to tagg them so its easy to reference which units they are.
Ive begun work now also on a french 1809 army Davouts 3rd Corp and to start with im working on the Corp Command stand. Though not true opponents for the Austrian formation I was bought Bowdens work on 3rd Corp and as such im inspired buy the formations history so much so I have a desire to re-create it and keep in line with the overall theme of my 1809 project.
Austrian OOB
Austrian
8 Armeekorps Chasteler as at outbreak of hostilities
1 Division
FML Gyulai
Brigade Collerdo
IR27 Strassoldo German 3 x 40 completed
IR61 St Julien Hungarian 3 x 36 completed
1 x 3pdr FAB 4 Gun Models completed
Brigade Chevalier
IR26 Hohenloe-Bartenstei German 3 x 40 completed
IR16 Lusignan German 3 x 36 completed
1 x 3pdr FAB 4 Gun Models
Brigade Gajoli
IR53 Jellacic Hungarian 3 x 40
IR62 Jellacic Hungarian 3 x 40
1 x 3pdr FAB 4 Gun Models
1 x 6pdr FAB 3 Gun Models
2 Division
FML Gyulai
Brigade Wetzel
1 Banal Grenz 2 x 30
9 Jager Green 1 x 40 completed
Hohenzollern ChL 1 x 48 4/8 sqdrns completed
1 x 6pdr HAB 3 Gun Models
Brigade Freiherr
2 Banal Grenz 2 x 40 completed
5 Ott Hussars 1 x 48 completed
1 x 6pdr FAB 3 Gun Models completed
Corps artillery
1 x 12pdr FAB 3 Gun Models completed
1 x 3pdr FAB 4 Gun Models
Cheers
Its principally sourced from Bowden, and while its clerly not the active list it serves as a basis on which I can then use the units from the varying battles in italy.
Ive been able to get a hold of a copy of epsteins work on Eugene and that should be with me soon enough so with the current collection I can then begin to draw a more comprehensive OOB to work against but for now this will do.
The pictures in the recent post represent just about all the figures i have painted for the austrians and i plan to tagg them so its easy to reference which units they are.
Ive begun work now also on a french 1809 army Davouts 3rd Corp and to start with im working on the Corp Command stand. Though not true opponents for the Austrian formation I was bought Bowdens work on 3rd Corp and as such im inspired buy the formations history so much so I have a desire to re-create it and keep in line with the overall theme of my 1809 project.
Austrian OOB
Austrian
8 Armeekorps Chasteler as at outbreak of hostilities
1 Division
FML Gyulai
Brigade Collerdo
IR27 Strassoldo German 3 x 40 completed
IR61 St Julien Hungarian 3 x 36 completed
1 x 3pdr FAB 4 Gun Models completed
Brigade Chevalier
IR26 Hohenloe-Bartenstei German 3 x 40 completed
IR16 Lusignan German 3 x 36 completed
1 x 3pdr FAB 4 Gun Models
Brigade Gajoli
IR53 Jellacic Hungarian 3 x 40
IR62 Jellacic Hungarian 3 x 40
1 x 3pdr FAB 4 Gun Models
1 x 6pdr FAB 3 Gun Models
2 Division
FML Gyulai
Brigade Wetzel
1 Banal Grenz 2 x 30
9 Jager Green 1 x 40 completed
Hohenzollern ChL 1 x 48 4/8 sqdrns completed
1 x 6pdr HAB 3 Gun Models
Brigade Freiherr
2 Banal Grenz 2 x 40 completed
5 Ott Hussars 1 x 48 completed
1 x 6pdr FAB 3 Gun Models completed
Corps artillery
1 x 12pdr FAB 3 Gun Models completed
1 x 3pdr FAB 4 Gun Models
Cheers
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
So..... best laid plans and all that.
Lets just say life caught up with me.
So 5 months on and where do i stand with this collection well ive decided to post a majority of my collection in this a few of the following posts and then from there discuss current painting projects.
Recently i was part of Little Wars melbourne 2008 combining with John Baxter, Scot Webster, Criag Pandy and John Chadderton of Eureka to put on a Napoleonic Game and we re did Nuemarkt. It was a succesfull game where we learn't allot and will have pictures up of the in a few days.
Anyway here are the pictures of my collection
The pictures granted are not in any real order or tagged buts an overvire of my austrian collection, but there is more to post up.
Ill look to edit the post to provide discriptions of the units as i work more on the Blog.
Hopefully a post from now I can put up the pictures from Little Wars Melbourne 2008
Lets just say life caught up with me.
So 5 months on and where do i stand with this collection well ive decided to post a majority of my collection in this a few of the following posts and then from there discuss current painting projects.
Recently i was part of Little Wars melbourne 2008 combining with John Baxter, Scot Webster, Criag Pandy and John Chadderton of Eureka to put on a Napoleonic Game and we re did Nuemarkt. It was a succesfull game where we learn't allot and will have pictures up of the in a few days.
Anyway here are the pictures of my collection
The pictures granted are not in any real order or tagged buts an overvire of my austrian collection, but there is more to post up.
Ill look to edit the post to provide discriptions of the units as i work more on the Blog.
Hopefully a post from now I can put up the pictures from Little Wars Melbourne 2008
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
When I started down the track of painting up a Austrian army it was more or less not a firm decision, a friend of mine gave me a heap of models that he was not working on anymore and I took them with the intention of painting up a few units as a supplement to jchadertons Austrians army.
After painting up the 1st regiment I was hooked and started to take a closer look at the Austrian army. I chose 1809 as a period since it seemed an appropriate time to look at the Austrians since we see them take on France alone, and even though they lost the campaign seem to be the turning point in the 1st empire.
Anyway I got a hold of Bowden, Rothenberg, Schinde, Eysturlid, Petre and Arnold. I figured its a good start for a reading list for the Austrians with the Osprey's by Hollins it gave me a good grounding to understanding these men in white and their leaders. I also just ordered Thunder on the Danube by Gill and I'm looking forward to reading that edition.
I don't know German though i hope to learn it in the next few years but even so id say it would help only a little if I wanted to read Krieg and i hope that one day a certain person decides to seek and publish that book (you know who you are good sir!)
As a novice when you read threads on tmp or other sites you are given an impression of the Austrians as slow bumbling idiots who are doomed to failure even before the battle is joined. But when you look at them closely they are far from it. Their failures are significant but you have to give it to them for consistency, they never gave up and in most cases took the opportunity to stick it to the French even when they were meant to be fighting for them!
Add to the book reading the histofig website and the napoleon series website both offer and invaluable source for understanding the organisation and structure of the Austrian army. Also if you have the funds I also recommend Magweb which gives you access to empires eagles and lions a truly fantastic resource.
So with the reading underway I had to pick an OOB to work with. At 1st I considered a formation from the main theatre of operations, but their OOB's changed so much and Bowdens OOBs while good seem not to be what was actually in the field when you read petre closely.
Anyway the formations where huge anyway and I was wanting something a little different, so looked at Italy. The campaign there was to and fro and while the commanders where not brilliant the battles where interesting.
So I settled on 8th Korp. It has a nice composition or regular infantry and cavalry that can also form the basis of most Austrian formations in both the Bavarian stage and the later Danube stage.
The Korp is listed as having 5 brigades at the outset of hostilities Schinde shows a different OOB to Bowden factoring the removal of one brigade to assist the uprising in the tyrol.
I decided to run with the bowden OOB on the basis I can then make up the battle OOB's as needed and even look at doing some of the forces in the tyrol as well.
So My next post will introduce Brigade Collerdo with some unit histories and so on.
8th Korp Army Commander
Cheers BBC
After painting up the 1st regiment I was hooked and started to take a closer look at the Austrian army. I chose 1809 as a period since it seemed an appropriate time to look at the Austrians since we see them take on France alone, and even though they lost the campaign seem to be the turning point in the 1st empire.
Anyway I got a hold of Bowden, Rothenberg, Schinde, Eysturlid, Petre and Arnold. I figured its a good start for a reading list for the Austrians with the Osprey's by Hollins it gave me a good grounding to understanding these men in white and their leaders. I also just ordered Thunder on the Danube by Gill and I'm looking forward to reading that edition.
I don't know German though i hope to learn it in the next few years but even so id say it would help only a little if I wanted to read Krieg and i hope that one day a certain person decides to seek and publish that book (you know who you are good sir!)
As a novice when you read threads on tmp or other sites you are given an impression of the Austrians as slow bumbling idiots who are doomed to failure even before the battle is joined. But when you look at them closely they are far from it. Their failures are significant but you have to give it to them for consistency, they never gave up and in most cases took the opportunity to stick it to the French even when they were meant to be fighting for them!
Add to the book reading the histofig website and the napoleon series website both offer and invaluable source for understanding the organisation and structure of the Austrian army. Also if you have the funds I also recommend Magweb which gives you access to empires eagles and lions a truly fantastic resource.
So with the reading underway I had to pick an OOB to work with. At 1st I considered a formation from the main theatre of operations, but their OOB's changed so much and Bowdens OOBs while good seem not to be what was actually in the field when you read petre closely.
Anyway the formations where huge anyway and I was wanting something a little different, so looked at Italy. The campaign there was to and fro and while the commanders where not brilliant the battles where interesting.
So I settled on 8th Korp. It has a nice composition or regular infantry and cavalry that can also form the basis of most Austrian formations in both the Bavarian stage and the later Danube stage.
The Korp is listed as having 5 brigades at the outset of hostilities Schinde shows a different OOB to Bowden factoring the removal of one brigade to assist the uprising in the tyrol.
I decided to run with the bowden OOB on the basis I can then make up the battle OOB's as needed and even look at doing some of the forces in the tyrol as well.
So My next post will introduce Brigade Collerdo with some unit histories and so on.
8th Korp Army Commander
Cheers BBC
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
In late 2006 I planned to post on a regular basis but that seemed to fail to eventuate as life caught up and overtook the aspirations to create a log of progress. Instead I got married!! But found enough time to forge forward with my collection and now as a new year’s resolution I’m resolving to make the effort to follow my efforts more closely. That is to actually post something!
About the middle of last year I was able to post in the General De Brigade Forum a selection of pictures of the Austrians I've completed with some very wonderful feedback from the lads.
So the plan for next week will be to present 1st brigade of 8th Korp of the Austrian army in Italy during 1809 with some information and do the same there on for the other formations I have in this army. As well as re-visit the French army and finally settle on which formation I plan to follow through with for them!! In the mean time I’ll leave this post with some pictures of the Austrians and of a few games that I’ve played in over 2007.
Happy New Year for 2008 for all and good gaming!
IR27 one of my favorite Infantry Units
A game played around late october which saw prussians taking on french in a built up area! I was on the allied side trying to crack the french defence!!
Merdvelt Uhlans my absolute favorite unit at this point but then I really like lancers hence the plan to do a polish formation!!
And the last unit painted recently Hunagrian Grenadiers loved the paint job on these guys after I finished them and im looking forward to painting more of them :)
Anyway till the next post Regards
BBC
About the middle of last year I was able to post in the General De Brigade Forum a selection of pictures of the Austrians I've completed with some very wonderful feedback from the lads.
So the plan for next week will be to present 1st brigade of 8th Korp of the Austrian army in Italy during 1809 with some information and do the same there on for the other formations I have in this army. As well as re-visit the French army and finally settle on which formation I plan to follow through with for them!! In the mean time I’ll leave this post with some pictures of the Austrians and of a few games that I’ve played in over 2007.
Happy New Year for 2008 for all and good gaming!
IR27 one of my favorite Infantry Units
A game played around late october which saw prussians taking on french in a built up area! I was on the allied side trying to crack the french defence!!
Merdvelt Uhlans my absolute favorite unit at this point but then I really like lancers hence the plan to do a polish formation!!And the last unit painted recently Hunagrian Grenadiers loved the paint job on these guys after I finished them and im looking forward to painting more of them :)
Anyway till the next post Regards
BBC
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