BLB - Vienna 1683 - Bavarian Red and Blue Dragoons

 

The Blue and Red Dragoons? That doesn't sound very Bavarian does it?

In the 1683 Battle of Vienna, the Electorate of Bavaria under the command of Elector Maximilian II Emanuel provided a significant contingent of troops to the Imperial alliance to lift the Ottoman siege. Among these forces were two distinct cavalry units known as the Red Dragoon Half-Regiment and the Blue Dragoon Half-Regiment

Rather than operating as full standalone regiments, these dragoons were organized into two "half-regiments," each consisting of 4 companies. At the Battle of Vienna, they were integrated into separate cavalry brigades, The Red Dragoon Half-Regiment: Positioned under the brigade of Generalwachtmeister (GWM) Marquis von Beauvau, The Blue Dragoon Half-Regiment: Positioned under the brigade of GWM von Munster

The Blue Regiment 

The Red Regiment

They are of course Essex miniatures and like the last Allied unit in the series the banners are unknown so I've made them up, all on my lonesome!

Ottoman Army under Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa Pasha

1st Line (Independent Commands)

Irregular Tribal Raw 12 figs

Irregular Tribal Raw 12 figs

Irregular Tribal Raw 12 figs

Irregular Tribal Raw 12 figs

2nd Line indie command

Timariot Sipahis Blade, Lance Drilled 6 figs 

Timariot Sipahis Tribal, bow/carb drilled 6figs

Timariot Sipahis Blade, Lance Drilled 6 figs 

Timariot Sipahis Tribal, bow/carb drilled 6figs

(Already painted before the Challenge)

3rd Line indie commands 

Sekban musket, loose Raw 12 figs 

Tufeckci musket, loose Drilled 12 figs 

Sekban musket, loose Raw 12 figs 

Tufeckci musket, loose Drilled 12 figs 

Janissary Brigade & Brigadier

Janissary Orta All Musket Drilled/Elite 12
Janissary Orta All Musket/Flintlock Drilled/Elite 12

Janissary Orta All Musket/Flintlock Drilled/Elite 12

Janissary Orta All Musket Drilled/Elite 12

Reserve & Brigadier

Sipahis of the Porte Blade, Lance Veteran-Elite 6 figs

Sipahis of the Porte Blade, Lance Veteran-Elite 6 figs

Vizier's Guard All Musket, Flintlock Guard 6 

Great Gun Drilled 1 model 

Great Gun Drilled 1 model 

Holy League under King Jan III Sobieski

Polish Cavalry Brigade

Lipka Tartars Tribal Cav now Raw 6figs

Pancerni Bullet, armour Drilled 6 figs 

Pancerni Bullet, Lance, armour Drilled 6 figs 

Hussar Banner Blade, Lance, armour Veteran-Elite 6 figs

Polish Cavalry Brigade

Lipka Tartars Tribal Cav now Raw 6figs

Pancerni Bullet, armour Drilled 6 figs 

Pancerni Bullet, Lance, armour Drilled 6 figs 

Hussar Banner Blade, Lance, armour Veteran-Elite 6 figs

Imperial Cavalry Brigade 

Dragoons Regt Dragoons, Flintlock, Drilled 12 figs

Cuirassier Regt Bullet, Armour Veteran-Elite 12 figs

Bavarian Cav Brig

Dragoons Regt Dragoons, Flintlock, Drilled 12 figs

Cuirassier Regt Bullet, Armour Drilled-Elite 12 figs

Saxons Cav Brigade 

Dragoons Regt Dragoons, Flintlock, Drilled 6 figs

Cuirassier Regt Bullet, Armour Drilled-Elite 18 figs

Field gun 1 model

Retreat from Moscow - Yes I know....More 25mm French Wagons

 

How many French wagons do you need for the Retreat from Moscow??

I thought I'd give the 15mm a rest for a brief time.....

Another two of course!

This one is from Warbases, with a Warbases wagon load a Redoubt horse and another Depot Battalion 17th century driver with a Napoleonic head.

If I remember correctly, this ones one of the newer Warlord, Black Powder MDF wagons.

Again with a Depot Battalion driver with a green stuff blanket wrapped around them, the load is made of of some odds and sods of boxes and barrels I glued to a piece of card, so it would fit into the quite small footprint of the wagon.

Vienna 1683 15mm - Sipahis of the Porte

 

The Sipahis of the Porte (known formally as the Kapıkulu Süvarileri or Household Cavalry) were the elite, salaried regular cavalry guard corps of the Ottoman Empire. Acting as the mounted counterpart to the famed Janissary infantry, they served as the personal battlefield guard for the Sultan.

The figures are again from Venexia via Lancashire Miniatures, there only flaw is the spears are very soft metal, which normally I'd cut out and replace with wire, but the arms of the spear wielding chaps are separate and need to be glued onto the body of the figure, so this doesn't make that job easy, without lots of burnt bloody fingers, so bendy spears it will have to be.

As far as I'm aware the Turkish Cavalry of the period didn't have uniforms and wore their own clothes, I painted all the other Cavalry this way and used some of the same figures too, so to differentiate them and make them look, more Elite, I've painted the two units up in a uniform, the first a light blue.

The second in red.

These two tick off another 2 units from the list below, there's only the Viziers Guard and artillery left for the Turks and the Imperial Cuirassiers, Bavarian Dragoons, Commanders and Artillery left for the allies.

Ottoman Army under Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa Pasha

1st Line (Independent Commands)

Irregular Tribal Raw 12 figs

Irregular Tribal Raw 12 figs

Irregular Tribal Raw 12 figs

Irregular Tribal Raw 12 figs

2nd Line indie command

Timariot Sipahis Blade, Lance Drilled 6 figs 

Timariot Sipahis Tribal, bow/carb drilled 6figs

Timariot Sipahis Blade, Lance Drilled 6 figs 

Timariot Sipahis Tribal, bow/carb drilled 6figs

(Already painted before the Challenge)

3rd Line indie commands 

Sekban musket, loose Raw 12 figs 

Tufeckci musket, loose Drilled 12 figs 

Sekban musket, loose Raw 12 figs 

Tufeckci musket, loose Drilled 12 figs 

Janissary Brigade & Brigadier

Janissary Orta All Musket Drilled/Elite 12
Janissary Orta All Musket/Flintlock Drilled/Elite 12

Janissary Orta All Musket/Flintlock Drilled/Elite 12

Janissary Orta All Musket Drilled/Elite 12

Reserve & Brigadier

Sipahis of the Porte Blade, Lance Veteran-Elite 6 figs

Sipahis of the Porte Blade, Lance Veteran-Elite 6 figs

Vizier's Guard All Musket, Flintlock Guard 6 

Great Gun Drilled 1 model 

Great Gun Drilled 1 model 

Holy League under King Jan III Sobieski

Polish Cavalry Brigade

Lipka Tartars Tribal Cav now Raw 6figs

Pancerni Bullet, armour Drilled 6 figs 

Pancerni Bullet, Lance, armour Drilled 6 figs 

Hussar Banner Blade, Lance, armour Veteran-Elite 6 figs

Polish Cavalry Brigade

Lipka Tartars Tribal Cav now Raw 6figs

Pancerni Bullet, armour Drilled 6 figs 

Pancerni Bullet, Lance, armour Drilled 6 figs 

Hussar Banner Blade, Lance, armour Veteran-Elite 6 figs

Imperial Cavalry Brigade 

Dragoons Regt Dragoons, Flintlock, Drilled 12 figs

Cuirassier Regt Bullet, Armour Veteran-Elite 12 figs

Bavarian Cav Brig

Dragoons Regt Dragoons, Flintlock, Drilled 12 figs

Cuirassier Regt Bullet, Armour Drilled-Elite 12 figs

Saxons Cav Brigade 

Dragoons Regt Dragoons, Flintlock, Drilled 6 figs

Cuirassier Regt Bullet, Armour Drilled-Elite 18 figs

Field gun 1 model