The Combat at St Ulrich 7YW

Yes, it’s an Honours of War game and I seem to have been looking forward to it for ages.

I had to remind myself what was important in this era, leave enough space to deploy, secure your flanks and deliver a devastating first volley.

The Austrian vanguard is on the move and the Prussian rear guard intends to give them a bloody nose before retiring.  Here, is how things stand.

The Austrian commander having considered some unusual options decides to play it safe.

He prioritises getting his troops deployed and his guns up. 

His cavalry will protect against their Prussian counter parts.

The Prussian commander is intent on a more daring strategy. He intends to rush his infantry forward and dish out some punishment before the Austrians have full deployed.      

Let’s see how they get on.

The Austrians have mostly deployed and up come the Prussians.  Is that echelon accident or design? 

Is IR Botta going for the Prussian flank?

The full picture so far.

IR Haller

I seem to have recovered my Seven Years War painting mojo.  Here are a couple of pics of IR Haller.  I’ll complete another Hungarian regiment and see how I’m going.  

All the toys are Blue Moon 15/18mm.  They are very nice but it is as well to carefully clean them up before painting as very fine wires of flash cling to the castings and may only become visible during painting.

The lovely flags are from Kronoscaf.  http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Main_Page

As Honours of War requires five bases per unit compared to Field of Battle’s four I’m making up the difference with a base of Grenadiers.  These of course can happily be brigaded together for Field of Battle games.  Also painting 6 grenadiers at a time is not an overwhelming task.  Once again I'm appreciating the six figures per 30 x 30 base effect.

All good.