David Bickley's Wargames Blog

The occasional ramblings of an average gamer, journeyman painter, indifferent modeller, games designer, sometime writer for Wargames Illustrated and host of games in GHQ.



Sunday 29 January 2023

Hanoverian Infantry regiment Hardenberg

Having completed the French part of my SYW expansion project and after due consideration I have made a start on the small Hanoverian contingent I planned to add to the collection. Just to recap at this juncture, the infantry, artillery and command will all be from Front Rank while the solitary cavalry regiment will be made up of Foundry SYW British figures gifted me by Jon last year. 

The first regiment I have completed, less the Grenadiers at this stage, are the Hardenberg Infantry regiment, 6A as they are coded for reference. I confess that I chose them, and their fellows yet to be painted, purely on interesting colour combinations in their uniforms. The flags are made from free downloads I sourced through internet searches, ever the cheapskate we wargamers! Anyway, no more gabbing on, see what you think ~

The Front Rank figures can truly be labelled 'veteran' I'd say but they have a charm of their own I find still. There are one or two issues with the officer and ensign figures being labelled British/Hanoverian in the list but lacking the  pompoms and oak leaves of the rank and file figures. I can live with that as in a game noone will noticed I'd say.

I mentioned the grenadiers' absence, largely due to my not yet having worked out an acceptable way of painting something approximating to the designs on the blank mitre front panels. I need to come up with a finish that is within my meagre talents yet will be acceptable on the tabletop battlefield. Don't hold your breath is all I can advise at this point...

18 comments:

  1. Off to a flying start there, grand looking colour combo it will look great amongst the masses when they hit the table.

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  2. Great start! Having fielded enough SYW French in 2022 to field a respective army, one of my 2023 goals is to begin a Hanoverian army. I will be watching your progress with great interest.

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    1. Thank you Jonathan. Second regiment, Jung Zastrow, underway now.

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  3. A very respectable looking unit David worthy of combat in most armies !

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    1. I will take that as a positive, I think.

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  4. They will most certainly do David…
    A nice choice of colours and a pretty flag… what more could you want?… apart from superb dice throwing.

    All the best. Aly

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    1. Ah, dice, well.... Thanks though for the positive comments!

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  5. A fine body of men David and they look very fetching with their moustaches:).

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  6. Very nice work there Dave... I agree entirely on the regimental choice based primarily on colour, they'll most certainly look splended on the battlefield. You can't go wrong with Front Rank, the figures are exquisite in my view.
    Well done sir!

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