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).

Battle of Asculum - battle report

As I mentioned before in my posts, there is an annual historical wargaming event in Hungary, called Historikum, that I have participated in several times. This time on Historikum together with other wargamers we managed to set up a large Pyrrhic vs Roman table. The total ammount of figures on the table was 761 and from that 124 were painted by me. According to the setup, the game was the refight of the battle of Asculum 279 BC.

Equites - finished unit

In every battle that I fought so far with my Republican Roman army, the absence of Roman cavalry was a major issue I had to face. Therefore it was crucial to paint some units of cavalry. Now the first step is done to solve this problem: I painted three units of equites. More light cavalry are needed later on to represent the allied cavalry contingent.

Hastati & Principes - finished unit

Two more units were added to my Republican Roman Army. With these hastati and principes finally I can field two complete Roman divisions in the Hail Caesar system. Next task to paint will be the cavalry...

Timarli sipahis - finished unit

My Ottoman Army project was on hold for a long time. But at the beginning of this year I finally painted a new Ottoman unit.

Republican Roman Mounted Generals - Finished Unit

As I went on with painting my Republican Roman Army, it was necessary to make commander figures. I did choose the 'Mounted Roman Generals' set of Victrix Miniatures. This set is designed for early imperial period, but it has parts which are suitable for earlier Roman times too. Also I converted some bits from the Victrix's Republican Roman cavalry box.

Pyrrhic vs Republican Roman - battle report

As I mentioned before in other posts, there is a Hungarian wargame event called Historikum held several times a year. In this September together with my friend we fought a Hail Caesar battle on this event. My Republican Roman army encountered his Pyrrhic force. This battle report is written by him:

Triarii - finsihed unit

The best and most experienced soldiers in the Republican Roman Legion were the triarii. They were recruited from the wealthier and older citizens who had been participated many campaigns throughout their life. Obviously my Republican Roman army needed some units of triarii - in this case two units of them. In contrast with other legionaries, triarii used hasta (spear) instead of pilum and also had more armour.

Republican Roman Velites - Finished Unit

 After a longer pause, I could continue to work on my Republican Roman Legion. This time velites infantry was painted.