King Louis II in the Battle of Mohács

In our Battle of Mohács scenario, King Louis II will lead the Hungarians. I wanted to represent him in a dignified manner, so I tried my best when painting him.

Hungarian Commanders in the Battle of Mohács

 I am preparing for our Mohács wargaming scenario as part of the 500th anniversary commemorations. I have started creating representations of iconic commanders and historical figures from both sides.

Azab Infantry - finished unit

There is only a short time left until the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Mohács. Until the 29th of August I am trying to paint us many figures as I can. This time two units of azab infantry archers are ready to face the Hungarians.

Ottoman Sipahis - finished unit

 As I mentioned in a previous post, I am preparing for the 500th anniversary of the battle of Mohács. The newest unit for my Ottoman Turkish Army is a unit of sipahis. They were the hard hitting cavalry force of the Turks.

3rd Brandenburg Uhlan Regiment - finished unit

 The first cavalry unit of my Napoleonic Prussian Army is the 3rd Brandenburg Uhlan Regiment. This unit was one of he most experienced among the Prussian cavalry of the time, because from 1813 to 1815 they were present on every campaign. They fough in the following battles: Lauterseissen, Lowenberg, Coldberg, Katzbach, Bunzlau, Hochfirch, Rothnauslitz, Modern, Leipzig, Montier-en-der, La Chaussée, Châlons, Montmirail, Meaux, Laon, Sézanne, Paris, Ligny and Waterloo.

Silesian Landwehr Infantry Regiment - finished unit

Two battalions of an other Silesian Landwehr Infantry Regiment were painted by my friend Krisztián Takács. Check out his blog: https://miniaturesoldiers.blogspot.com/ I only did the basing of the figures.

The first battalion has white, and the second has red shoulder straps.

Ottoman Turkish heavy infantry - finished unit

One of the favourites among my wargaming stuff are the Ottoman Turks. I have started to paint them as an enemy for my Hungarians, but I fell in love with the topic. As the 500th anniversary of the battle of Mohács (1526) arises I would like to improve my Turkish force for the purpose of the event. Together with a couple of other Hungarian wargamers we are planning to replay the battle on the anniversary.

My second Silesian Landwehr Battalion - finished unit

I had painted one battalion of Silesian Landwehr earlier this year. Normally Landwehr regiments had 3 or 4 battalions and Landwehr troops made up the bulk of any Prussian Army between 1813 and 14. Therefore I need to paint many of them.

Somewhere in Saxony, 1813 - Battle report

 As I wrote several posts about it - there is an annual historical wargaming event in Hungary, called Historikum. This time together with my friends we set up a Napoleonic game.

Prussian 6pdr foot artillery battery - finished unit

 Artillery is an essential part of any Napoleonic era army. The next unit of my Napoleonic late Prussian army is a foot artillery battery.

Silesian Landwehr Battalion - finished unit

The Landwehr made up the bulk of the Prussian troops after 1813. Many infantry and cavalry regiments were raised. The biggest proportion of Landwehr came from the Silesian part of the Kingdom of Prussia, they had yellow facings on their uniform.

1st Battalion of the 2nd West Prussian Infantry Regiment - finished unit

After finishing the second battalion of this regiment I could manage to paint the first one. As I described it in my previous post: the Prussian line infantry regiments after 1808 had three battalions, two of them were line infantry and the third one was a fusilier (light infantry) battalion. The fusiliers will be completed later for my 2nd West Prussians, I have bought the figures already.

2nd Battalion of the 2nd West Prussian Infantry Regiment - finished unit

 The second unit completed for my Napoleonic Prussian Army is the 2nd Battalion of the 2nd West Prussian Infantry Regiment.

Italian Allied Light Cavalry - finished unit

 The lack of cavalry was a constant problem for my Republican Roman army during the games. Last year I managed to paint some Roman Equites medium cavalry, but according to the army list it is compulsory to have light cavalry too. So the light cavalry was always installed by an another player. But this time I could paint my very own light cavalry contingent.

Late Napoleonic Prussians - New project announcement

 As a new wargame project I started to collect a Prussian Army for the late Napoleonic period (1813-15).

Ottoman tüfekçi - finished unit

For several years my Ottoman Army project was on hold and no additional units were painted. However in the last few months I decided to improve my Ottomans. At first two units of tüfekçi were finished.

Republican Roman Generals - Finished unit

Two more commanders of my slowly groving Republican Roman Army are ready to lead their troops.

Ottoman vs Habsburg encounter - battle report

Together with my friends we set up a table at the Wargamecon event in march. The event was a gathering for all kind of wargamers from Hungary. A bunch of historical players were there too.

More Italian Allied Legionaries - Finished unit

 As a second part of my last blogpost I would like to present two more units of allied legionaries. These two are hastati and principes, therefore I finished a full allied legion (2 hastati, 2 principes and 1 triarii). Next I will paint a commander for the legion.

Italian Allied Legionaries - Finished unit

Nearly half of the Republican Roman troops consisted of allied warriors. There is not much information about them, but probably they were similarly equipped as their Roman comrades (maybe except for the allied cavalry).