Since my last post, I have been busy re-making
my terrain features for DBA and DBA-HX use. The latest, Dry terrain can be seen
at my other blog with Moghul Indians and Ottomans crawling over two double size
boards.
The Prussians
I decided to take a further step and
photograph samples of the completed Prussian and Austrian armies on the new
Arable terrain.
The trees in the background are from the Busch
large pack of 25 trees. These are smaller and shaped better to fit four or five
trees to a base. I also shortened the trunk by 10 – 15mm bringing the cluster
closer to the ground.
Displayed are one-fifth of all the
Prussians, but you can see a number of elements with regimental colours. This
will ease identification of brigades within a command for either horse or foot.
All general officers are based as per their type with the exception of the CinC
who is based on a 40 x 40mm square. All have Leibfahne or colonel’s colour to distinguish
them from standard horse or foot types.
The Austrians
Like their blue-coated opponents, the
Austrians are just as diverse a collection of types. Grenzers fill the village
in the foreground and the boggy area on the opposite flank. Cuirassiers (Kn)
and Dragoons (Cv) cover the flank, while German and Hungarian infantry are
deployed in two lines with battalion guns interspersed. The larger 12 pounders
(Cn) are deployed in battery on the hill.
The Austrians shown here represent only one-sixth
of the total collection. Both Prussians
and Austrians will be organized after a historical order of battle, which will
mean some minor uniform distinctions will need to be added. In the meantime, we
will enjoy playing a few large size battles this month.
Cheers,
