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Title: Austro-Hungarians
Post by: armchairgeneral on August 06, 2018, 07:28:06 PM
Started my Austro-Hungarians which I intend to build up to two platoons eventually with support weapons. Figures are from Brigade Games.

Apologies for the pictures.

(http://i1360.photobucket.com/albums/r660/Armchairsaxon/375D1734-36FA-49F0-9FE4-920CAD5126D4_zpszmayqjlj.jpeg) (http://s1360.photobucket.com/user/Armchairsaxon/media/375D1734-36FA-49F0-9FE4-920CAD5126D4_zpszmayqjlj.jpeg.html)

(http://i1360.photobucket.com/albums/r660/Armchairsaxon/AC3B4006-7DA9-40FD-906D-168C9E8B0F41_zpsm4jtam3n.jpeg) (http://s1360.photobucket.com/user/Armchairsaxon/media/AC3B4006-7DA9-40FD-906D-168C9E8B0F41_zpsm4jtam3n.jpeg.html)



Title: Re: Austro-Hungarians
Post by: Belisarius on August 06, 2018, 09:11:18 PM
No apologies needed, the pics are looking great.
Title: Re: Austro-Hungarians
Post by: Wildman II on August 07, 2018, 05:50:20 PM
Nothing wrong with the pictures. The  miniatures look good. I wish mine looked
 that good.
Title: Re: Austro-Hungarians
Post by: Helen on August 07, 2018, 08:32:34 PM
Love the pike grey coloured uniforms.
Title: Re: Austro-Hungarians
Post by: marianas_gamer on August 07, 2018, 08:42:35 PM
Nice! :-*
LB
Title: Re: Austro-Hungarians
Post by: armchairgeneral on August 07, 2018, 09:09:13 PM
Quote from: Helen on August 07, 2018, 08:32:34 PM
Love the pike grey coloured uniforms.

Thanks for the comments all. They are actually meant to be the later feldgrau uniforms  ::) The photographs make them look lighter maybe. From what research I have done the Austrian field grey was more grey grey so I have used a standard mid grey colour (Foundry Slate Grey).
Title: Re: Austro-Hungarians
Post by: Metternich on August 08, 2018, 01:33:46 AM
Very nice indeed.  Refreshing to see something besides the usual Western Front forces.  What rules are you basing these for ?
Title: Re: Austro-Hungarians
Post by: Abwehrschlacht on August 08, 2018, 07:28:11 PM
Excellent work, these are lovely!
Title: Re: Austro-Hungarians
Post by: armchairgeneral on August 08, 2018, 07:29:12 PM
Quote from: Metternich on August 08, 2018, 01:33:46 AM
Very nice indeed.  Refreshing to see something besides the usual Western Front forces.  What rules are you basing these for ?

Bolt Action. The first picture is of a 10 man section. Both the Russians and Austro- Hungarians had 4 sections to a platoon. 4 platoons to a company and 4 companies to a battalion. So you could easily think of 4 units as companies for a battalion action.
Title: Re: Austro-Hungarians
Post by: Metternich on August 08, 2018, 07:46:54 PM
A section at full strength I see !  A rare sight indeed, by 1916.
 
Title: Re: Austro-Hungarians
Post by: armchairgeneral on August 10, 2018, 11:22:15 PM
Quote from: Metternich on August 08, 2018, 07:46:54 PM
A section at full strength I see !  A rare sight indeed, by 1916.

I am not sure if 10 is full strength? But as I said it could be thought of as a company or even a battalion. The latter would allow brigade level re-enactments as information at this size of action is more readily available.
Title: Re: Austro-Hungarians
Post by: Metternich on August 11, 2018, 04:15:44 PM
Clever.  That way the same base can be used to represent different sized units for different rules sets.
Title: Re: Austro-Hungarians
Post by: Johnno on August 12, 2018, 12:40:42 PM
Nice to see them painted.
I've been planning an order for some time now