My wargame buddy, Brent Burnett-Jones had recently mentioned the possibility of taking photos of the army I had painted up for his daughter, Caitlin, about 10 years back. Of course, this army had to belong to some country or another, and so the political circle of the Wholly Romantic Empire and its environs expanded to accommodate the Landgravate of Jotun-Erbsten. It's name suggests that this country was once indeed the mythical land of the Giants (Jotun), but in fact it is an anagram of 'Burnett-Jones'.
The army comprises Napoleonic French (?) infantry of mostly unknown manufacture (probably Revell), though the Garde Jager are Italeri, and the Feldpionierkompanie Airfix Guard pioneers with an ESCI artillery officer. The cavalry are Airfix, as are the artillery.
1st (Leib) Infantry Brigade
General......................... 1 fig
1st Infantry Battalion..........19 figs
2nd Infantry Battalion..........19 figs
8th Fusilier Battalion..........19 figs
The fusilier battalions are differenced by having green coats instead of blue. In each Brigade, the 'middle battalion' is differenced by having white pompoms on their shakos.
The 1st Brigade is differenced by having red cuffs, red drums.
2nd (Landgrafin) Infantry Brigade
General......................... 1 fig
3rd Infantry Battalion..........19 figs
4th Infantry Battalion..........19 figs
9th Fusilier Battalion..........19 figs
Second Brigade is differenced by having light blue cuffs on their coats, and light blue drums.
3rd (Erbprinz) Infantry Brigade
General......................... 1 fig
5th Infantry Battalion..........19 figs
6th Infantry Battalion..........19figs
10th Fusilier Battalion.........19figs
Third Brigade is differenced by having yellow coat cuffs and yellow drums.
Cavalry Brigade
General plus his ADC ............ 2 figs
1st Cavalry (Leibgarde zu Pferd).15 figs
2nd Cavalry......................15 Figs
1st Hussars......................15 figs
Army Troops
7th (La Garde) Jager...........19 figs
1st Feldartilleriekompanie (3 sections (models) and 14 figs
(To be upgraded to 1st and 2nd Feldartilleriekompanie each with 2 sections and 10figs)
1st Feldpionierkompanie........ 7 figs
General Officer Commanding and staff
Marshal-General Count Bernhardt von Schwerin und Kussin
2 ADCs
Unfortunately, the picture doesn't do him justice...
A final overview...
A nice little army, it seems to me, totalling 249 figures including generals and ADCs, designed not only for pick-up battles but also for campaigning...
A very tidy force indeed . . . one worthy of giants.
ReplyDelete-- Jeff
Very nice army indeed!
ReplyDeleteThe marshall-general count's name is great. (need some good names for the other officers and units - I know it can be tricky coming up with lots of good names)
I'll leave naming the other 4 generals to Brent ... or Caitlin. But for the purposes of this blog a name for the GoC seemed to be required... :)
ReplyDeleteOne of the things that surprised me about this whole gig was just how well (and easily) Airfix cavalry paint up. The burnished metal of the cuirasses, by the way, was achieved by mixing gloss black and silver - which I discovered about 15 or so years ago, and still always use for iron or steel (no drybrushing or highlighting needed).
Pity Airfix didn't think a bit longer about how they were to be fixed to their bases. Mind you, after the box had been dropped several times (Brent tells me) over the 10 years since they were painted, casualties were remarkably few.
A very nice little army indeed!
ReplyDeleteAccording to my experience as a father, I suspect that 10 years later, Landgrafin Caitlin's main interests switched to other fields...
A commendable little army!
ReplyDeleteI particularly like the kittens on the flags.
PS: very nice flags!
ReplyDeleteA nice army. I still have a tin of Airfix Napoleonics from my early wargaming days, flaking paint and all.
ReplyDeleteThanks, guys, for all your comments!
ReplyDeleteConrad Kinch - check out the flags on my daughter's army (earlier posting): "Ursus Theodorus or displayed". Teddy bears.
Cheers,
Ion