BLB - Vienna 1683 - Bavarian Schutz Cuirassiers

 

Staying with my Vienna 1683 project for another post, that you may or not see?

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We have 2 Squadrons of  Bavarian Cuirassiers

From the Schutz regiment

During the historic grand charge down the hills of the Wienerwald on September 12, 1683, the Bavarian heavy cavalry fought alongside the Imperial Austrian and Saxon cuirassiers on the left-centre wing of the Allied advance. They clashed heavily with Ottoman Sipahi cavalry and pushed through key defensive pockets near the village of Nussdorf.

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 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

BLB - Vienna 1683 - Saxon Cuirassiers, Leibgarde-Tebanten zu Ross

 

I wonder when and if this post will appear on anyone's blog list? I'm posting this on Monday 14th  at 0840 in the morning. Let me know what time you see it appear, if it does?

I thought I'd give you, dear reader a break from my 25mm wagons, so its back to my 15mm 1683 Siege of Vienna project.

Here we have 3 Squadrons of the Saxon Leibgarde-Trabanten zu Ross Cuirassiers.

There are 3 units of Cuirassiers to paint up for this project, 1 Bavarian, 1 Imperialist/Austrian and this Saxon. The first 2 have the blackened helmets that you'd usually associate with Cuirassiers but the Saxon's wore floppy hats. Much like the later Nine Years Wars figures, I previously painted.

I've no idea what the flags of any Saxon Cuirassiers looked like for this period, so I've used a later looking flag, but don't tell anyone?

And here's Barry Hilton's army list for the Battle. There's not many units to go!

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 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

BLB - Vienna 1683 - Saxon Dragoon regt Graf Ruess

 

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 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

BLB - Vienna 1683 - 15mm Polish Pancerni

 

I started painting these 4 units of Pancerni during the Painting Challenge, but ran out of time at the very end, so I've only just finished them off.

The armoured companion (Polish: towarzysz pancerny) was a medium cavalry soldier of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from the 16th to 18th centuries, named for their chainmail armour. They were the second most important cavalry force after the hussars and were mainly recruited from middle and lower ranks of the nobility.

They served in units called chorągiew (companies) of about 60–200 horsemen. In 1676, “Cossack cavalry” was renamed armoured cavalry (jazda pancerna), and after 1776 reforms, both pancerni and hussars became part of the National Cavalry.

Their equipment typically included chainmail or similar armour, arm guards, sabre, bow, pistols, and carbines, with earlier use of weapons like maces or lances (later made compulsory under King John III Sobieski).

The term pancerni originally referred, in medieval Poland under rulers like Mieszko I and Bolesław I the Brave, to elite, well-equipped warriors in the ruler’s retinue.

There are no records of units as such, so I have named each unit after 4 Pancerni Commanders who fought at Vienna, again I don't know which weapons each would have used, so this is a guess, if anyone knows any different please let me know.

For the battle 2 units need to be lance armed, while the other 2 can be armed as you like, I chose bows!

Chorągiew pancerna of Stanisław Jabłonowski

Red regt

Chorągiew pancerna of Aleksander Michał Lubomirski

Yellow regt

Chorągiew pancerna of Michał Florian Rzewuski

Green regt

Chorągiew pancerna of Adam Mikołaj Sieniawski

Blue regt

All the figures are from Essex Miniatures, I had to cut and drill to make standard bearers, which was easy for the lance armed troops, but no so for the bow armed troops!!!

And here's the list I'm working from, as you can see, there's more red than black, so hopefully I'll get the finished in the next few months.....or at least by the next Challenge!!!!

After that, I may paint more, it'd be nice to have some Austrian infantry for example?

The list is taken from Barry Hilton's, scenario in, A Taste for Victory, set during the Relief of Vienna in 1683

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 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

AHPC 16 - Empire Bonus Round - Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire , Vienna 1683

For the bonus rounds I always try and paint somthing that I actually need or want. Somtimes this isn't possible, so every show I pick up a few odds and sods figures that might cone in handy. But when I saw Empire, I knew exactly what I'd be painting up.

I'd already decided that I'd start my new 15mm project, the Siege of Vienna in 1683, so all I needed to do was decide what unit to paint up.

I began to run out of time so chose a command stand, instead of a unit.

The figures are old Minifigs, that I picked up at Broadside Wargame Show last June and were a pleasure to paint up to be honest. The base is a 60mm circle from the fab, Warbases. The base represents Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha, the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, Commander in Chief of the entire Ottoman army. Pasha personally directed the siege and bore the full responsibility for its conduct and outcome. Due to the failure of the siege and campaign he was executed on 25th December 1683 in Belgrade, by being strangles with a silk cord, which was the traditional method for high ranking Ottoman officials!!!

After that cheerful bit of information its onto the points, 50 pts for the bonus round and 4 pts each for the cavalry, so another 16 pts, giving a total of 66pts.

If you feel the need, you too can vote for who you think painted the best "Empire" figures, here!

AHPC11 - In Hoc Signo Vinces

 

Or "In this sign thou shalt conquer"

In February's edition of  Wargames Illustrated Barry Hilton of League of Augsberg/Donnybrook and Warfare Miniatures fame wrote an article "In Hoc Signo Vinces" where he revisits the Battle of Aughrim in 1691. Eighty member of the Catholic clergy were killed during the battle, they were all attached to Jacobite regiments providing encouragement to the units.

He goes on to say that 

"If 80 were killed it is safe to assume that as many survived the slaughter after the route began, in which casualties ran as high as 25%. Losses amongst Officers and leaders were always proportionately higher in battle and General and field Officer casualties were particularly steep at Aughrim ". 

If those ran at 33%, not an unreasonable estimate, up to 250 Clerics may have been present on the battlefield, that's as many as 6 to 10 per regiment"

So I dug through my box of despair and found these 7 figures from various companies to represent some of the 250.

North Star (Bishop of Munster), North Star and Front Rank (with a head swap)

Redoubt, dunno?, Col Bills and Front Rank

I do already have a selection of Clergy that I've previously painted up, so I'll add these to the pile if I ever get to do the scenario. The Scenario is actual for Beneath the Lilly Banners rules, But its easy to convert it over to Donnybrook.

Rear view!

Out of the mag, what you can expect if there are Clergy attached to a unit.

Its not gonna be fun for the Williamites!!

the 7 figures will provide me with 40 points

15mm Hovels - European Buildings

Its about time I put up something new up that I've painted during the lockdown.

I've had these collection of Hovels buildings for a few years now, I bought them at a show all prepainted. I've given them all a new coat of paint as they were all previously painted the same dull beige colour.

What with the plastic houses I picked up at a show a while ago, I've enough buildings for a extremely large town.

Stacks more than I actually need, but you know what its like........