Based Pendraken Hungarian Grenadiers
Even though I only had one base-worth,
I decided to base the Pendraken Hun-
garian grenadiers from Post 122. The
loading figure was a bit of an odd one.
As grenadiers were the Habsburg army’s
assault troops, an attacking pose might
have been more appropriate. And odder
as it was the only loading pose in
Pendraken’s 1809 range, an attacking
pose being twinned with a firing pose in
four other Pendraken packs and nine
other Pendraken firing-figure packs
missing out on a second pose altogether.
Aside from that, I liked the multi-poses
of the base.
At 1:50, all my Austrian grenadier
battalions worked out neatly as 12-figure
units on two bases (see Post 21). An
Austrian grenadier battalion in 1809 was
created by combining the companies of
three regiments – each with its own
facing colour. For my battalions with two
bases, my plan was to simplify this by
using only two facing colours per
battalion, painting all the figures on each
base the same facing colour. Therefore
from the three historical facing colours of
a battalion, I could choose whichever
two I preferred.
I added to my painting list (see Post 120)
the four grenadier battalions that were
sent to attack Essling. My completed
base was now no longer the grenadiers
of IR2 as I stated in Post 122 but became
the grenadiers of IR31, also with emperor
yellow facings, who combined to form
d’Aspre’s Scharlach Hungarian grenadier
battalion that attacked the Granary.
d’Aspre’s Kirchenbetter Hungarian
battalion
IR34
with madder red facings
IR37
with poppy red facings
IR48
with steel green facings
Lindenhau’s Georgy battalion
IR17
with light brown facings
IR36
with mauve facings
IR42
with orange facings
d’Aspre’s Scharlach Hungarian battalion
IR31
with emperor yellow facings
IR32
with light blue facings
IR51
with dark blue facings
d’Aspre’s Scovaud battalion
IR4
with light blue facings
IR49
with pike grey facings
IR63
with light brown facings
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