Kingdom of Wurtemberg Division by Piano Miniatures #1

My mate Togs from the LaSW group 3d printed me a modest collection of Wurtemberg troops to round off my allied contingents for my French army. These are all off .stl files from the wonderful Piano Miniatures. 

Shown here are a battalion of jäger, light infantry skirmish bases, foot and horse artillery and the 2nd Chevau Legere regiment of cavalry.

A few bases of light infantry.

Chevau Leger Regiment

Horse and foot artillery 

The Jäger battalion. I’ve done them in skirmish order.

Some commanders.

And some more commanders.

I have a couple more battalions to do that are wearing the earlier casket helmet which was replaced around 1806-1807, maybe a bit later? Somewhere in the Shed of Despair there is a unit of light infantry also in the Rumford’esk helmet. Might as well get them done.

The ONLY thing I would say is that the minis are a little fragile. However a bit of care sorts that out. 

#2 to follow soon with line and light infantry and the guard, just as soon as I’ve finished their bases.

Russian Imperial Guard, 1807

So here we have a bonus. I forgot I had these three battalions of the Semonyevski Guard Regiment for my early ((1805-1808) Russian Napoleonic army. Now, thanks to my current basing activity I have squeezed them in among the various Baden and Wurtemberg troops to get them finished. 

They are wonderful castings from Elite Miniatures, depicted as they are stoically standing to attention under enemy fire. They will of course be incredibly unwieldy on the table but one doesn’t expect clever manoeuvres from Russians; either stand and do not move, or at them with the bayonet! Hurrah! 

With 20+ battalions already I don’t really NEED this regiment but I’d regret it I’m sure as who had a Russian army WITHOUT the Imperial Guard. They will be brigaded with the Guard Jäger Battalion.

Grand Duchy of Baden Napoleonics #2

My basing frenzy has now resulted in  the completion of the Baden infantry contingent for my Napoleonic collection. I’ve included them solely because they were involved in the siege of Danzig in 1807 (my Napoleonic stuff being more or less focussed on 1805 to 1808). They are a mixture of metal and 3D printed figures. The metals are Murawski Miniatures. The 3D ones were from a guy on eBay who doesn’t appear to be doing it any longer.

IR No3. These are Murowski Miniatures 

IR No 1. Resin 3D prints.

All three battalions, from the left IRs 1, 2 and 3. 

These chaps can now join their artillery and cavalry buddies in barracks. I probably lay ought to get a battalion of IR No4 at some stage …… now where’s that latest Piano Wargames Kickstarter?

Something New: Grand Duchy Of Baden

The first units of my Baden contingent. In this post we have the Baden jäger btn, a battery of foot artillery (guns on the way), a command stand, the Baden Hussars and the Baden Light Dragoons. With the exception of the hussars which are Perry hussars wearing their pelises , and a 3d printed command stand (Piano Wargames) the rest are Murowski Miniatures.  I have three battalions of infantry which are almost based up.  A nice little addition.

More to follow…..It is such a shame that Piano have been running a Baden kickstarter! 

Bath Time !

Another displacement activity (not the Archimedes variety) is this Paraguayan general at bath time, complete with his own standard issue Paraguayan flag bath towel. Thinking now I wonder if I shouldn’t have included this in a larger vignette. ……?
 

Piano Miniatures Hessen-Darmstadt Contingent

Back in 2023 I had these 3D printed while we were in Bangalore. Very good and efficient service but not significantly cheaper than if I’d had them done in the UK. 

Anyway as with all Piano miniatures these are excellent. There are two battalions of musketeers, a battery of cannon, a regiment of light cavalry and a command stand. There are also a couple of skirmisher bases if so required (eg if using GdA).

I am pleased with the way these have turned out. I am also amazed that they survived 15 hours in an aeroplane hold without any causalities.

There’s an awful lot of coffee in Brazil

 

Here we have another displacement activity in the shape of a. Brazilian coffee station. The set is from 1st Corps (their ACW range) but I’ve added some additional ‘customers’. I guess it will make a great objective marker as well as getting in the way!