WIP- Vienna 1683

 Working slowly on adding Saxon infantry units for the Relief of Vienna.  The unfortunate part (for me and my painting!) is that the uniforms for the Saxons at Vienna were different for the Great Northern War- so with the exception of the Guards,( red coat and white cuffs) all the other regiments at Vienna wore grey uniforms. It's unfortunate because I have nine other battalions of Saxons for the GNW but only the Guard is suitable.  More painting!

The cuirassiers are in the same boat- by the GNW they were in red coats, BUT they had the buff koller underneath. At Vienna, they had the buff coat and the lobster pot helmets. I decided that I may 'fudge' a few units so that the Saxons will have some red coated units at Vienna ( without lobster pot helmet) so that I can use them for GNW as well. The Wargame Gods will not be happy and someone will comment about uniform purity on the day of the game- and they will get a swift kick if they do!

Three Saxon Regiments ready to go.

Honours of War- Flank Attack.

 

The SYW Austrians and French came out for a run....by run I mean the opportunity to kick the crap out of each other's forces.

I took a scenario straight out of "Scenarios for Wargamer's" - "Flank attack" and gave the two commanders ( Paul and Ross) their briefs. The French ( Ross) were shown the table- given their deployment area and told to expect an assault from the front. After the French deployed, the Austrians were given their brief and allowed to deploy.

French position.

The very sparse Austrian holding force- primarily place to 'hold' the main French force while the flanking brigades did their job.