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| None of the generals in the Garrison range are of generals so I simply used a cuirasier officer with the plume cut away. |
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| Technically Von Seydlitz was a cavalry general, but he'll do. |
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| I wanted him on a black horse which made black horse trappings an issue. So I just painted the lot black. Problem solved. |
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| My original thought was to produce 3 infantry regiments, 2 cavalry and 1 gun. This unit completes that so everything else is a bonus! |
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| Colour scheme and standard make this my interpretation of the 38th Regiment. |
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| To be fair, I did the red to match the rest of the army then found a regiment and flag to fit! |
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| Uniforms look so similar I decided to use a French officer to add a bit of variety. |
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| 7P14 Fusilier Standard Bearer, Infantry standard Type 1 from Uniforms of the Seven Years War Prussia. |
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| 7P13, Fusilier Drummer |
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| 7P11 Fusilier on guard |
Uniform details and flag taken from the Greenwood and Ball/Garrison booklet 'Uniforms of the Seven Years War'. A slightly enlarged second edition is available from 18th Century Press and has nothing to do with me!
Anyway, finally got round to finishing a Cuirassier regiment:
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| Two companies made up a squadron. Or it could representing two of the five squadrons in the regiment. |
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| The standard is from page 11 of the booklet. |
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| 7PC1 Cuirassier officer |
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| 7PC2 Cuirassier |
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| 7PC3 Trumpeter. The trim is silver with two lines alternating yellow and red. There should be some blue triangles in there somewhere but I didn't bother with them... |
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| 7PC4 Standard bearer. No idea what colour the ribbon should be, probably red, but I've just done it the same as the trumpeter's trim. |
So with a squadron of cavalry finished, perhaps I'll be able to speed up a bit...
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| I'm pretty much treating this army as a glorified DBX unit with 12 figures per infantry unit, 6 figures per cavalry unit - the cavalry representing 2 squadrons in the WRG Wargames Rules 1685-1845. |
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| My complete army so far is one infantry regiment and 3 guns, a limber and 1 gun crew. By putting the crews on individual bases I don't need crews for every gun! |
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| I'm also painting up a unit of cuirassiers - must remember that the trumpeter doesn't have a cuirass... |
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| Naturally my main reference, including copying the flag, is the Greenwood & Ball 1st edition of Uniforms of the Seven Years War. (Well, the book was included with Garrison...) A second, slightly extended, version is available from 18th Century Press. I should note I have no connection with these other than letting them use materials I hold copyright for! When I come to do a Dragoon unit I'll be using a British drummer figure as the book says the Dragoons used drummers ): |
In a bit of a messy period re periods and painting. I've got the Byzantine moulds back so should be getting on with then, meanwhile sidetracked by the 7 Years War...
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| Prussian gun crew, very much basic wargames standard! |
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| There are four artillery figures for each of the powers. |
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| I'm thinking of doing small armies of four nations - Austria, Prussia, Britain and France. Garrison don't do Russians and I probably won't do a Hanoverian army. The Austrian one will be done last because I already have an Austrian army that I bought on ebay - very low chance of doing another... |
One thing I will be looking at is very small armies - 3 12 man infantry units, 2 6 man cavalry squadrons and 1 gun crew with a choice of 3 guns!
