I've made a quick return to my Battle of Vienna 1683 project in 15mm for today's post.
And start with some Saxon's, a small 6 figure Dragoon unit to be precise.
Now here starts the nightmare about Saxon Dragoons in 1683, what did they look like? what did they wear? Well they were two very difficult questions to answer.
Most info gives red coats, but they didn't come in till a few years after Vienna. Most of the info came from references during the Great Northern War, some 17 years after. But a did find a little snippet, but can't remember where, that gave a Dark Grey Coat with red cuffs for the Graf Ruess and Grey with blue cuff for the Oertzen Dragoon regt.
I chose the red cuffed Graf Ruess.
Again there wasn't any info on the flags so I'm afraid this is my best guess. Its the Saxon coat of arms on a white field.
The figures are from my goto for this period, Essex Miniatures.
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/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 XXXX
Pancerni Bullet, Lance, armour Drilled 6 figs XXXX
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 XXXX
Pancerni Bullet, Lance, armour Drilled 6 figs XXXX
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
They look good in those colors.
ReplyDeleteI think so too, Alex.
DeleteLovely looking Dragoons Ray and the uniform you have done looks great, I only really know the Saxons from the later periods so it's nice to see the earlier army take the field. The Essex figures look great.
ReplyDeleteI do like Essex figures, they're so easy to paint.
DeleteExcellent! What prompted the return to this project? Do you have a game on the horizon?
ReplyDeleteOne day, yes Jon. I wanted to get the whole 2 armies painted up during the Painting Challenge but failed. So now I want to finish it off before the next Challenge starts.
DeleteThey look great Ray and if you can't find info on their uniforms, no one else can tell you they are wrong!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely Keith, that's my plan and I'm sticking to it.
DeleteVery nice, I have these in my GNW collection and went with the white flag as well
ReplyDeleteGreat minds eh, Neil?
DeleteI like the look of these guys. The red cuffs pop nicely.
ReplyDeleteIndeed they do, Dai. The dark grey makes thexred pop even more.
DeleteTop stuff, Ray. I like your choice of uniform and frankly don't think you can beat Essex for 15mm historical. I do wish they'd consider doing them as STLs tbh.
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