Austrian and Westphalian Officers

Three 15mm command figures painted up recently, all Old Glory miniatures - one Westphalian and two Austrian Generals.

Westphalian General - one piece casting by Old Glory

Austrian General from Old Glory

Westphalian Line Infantry

Over Xmas I had time to paint up the two battalions of the 1st Westphalian Line Infantry regiment.  Along with other minor German states, Westphalia fought for Napoleon in the 1809 campaign against Austria.  The 15mm figures are by Old Glory and the flag is from GMB.

Russian Pavlovsk Grenadiers

For his birthday present this year, Andy requested that I paint him up some 15mm Old Glory miniatures - 2 battalions of the renowned Pavlovsk Grenadiers.  This Russian regiment was famous during the Napoleonic wars for its retention of the old-fashioned 'mitre' caps.  Tsar Alexnader had allowed the Pavlovsk regiment to keep their caps after their bravery at the Battle of Friedland in 1807.  The photo below shows the Grenadiers in action at Kliastitzi during the 1812 campaign (charging from the right and attacking Swiss infantry in Napoleon's army on the left).  In 1813 the regiment was admitted to the Russian Guard.

Although many (though not all of the sources) suggest that only the rank and file wore the mitre caps, with the officers wearing the usual bicornes or shakos, these Old Glory figures show all alike in the mitres, which if nothing else works artistically.

The figures are painted in acrylics and (unusually for me, but to match Andy's large collection) are varnished in matt.  

I particularly like the 'wounded in action' figure

Scale reference