Author Topic: Hungarian Revolutionary War of 1848- a 28mm project (Read 25676 times)

Freddy · « **Reply #75 on:** 08 April 2023, 07:39:47 PM »

Quote from: Emir of Askaristan on 08 April 2023, 06:13:54 PM

Nice work.

Thanks! I will need an officer figure too, then I will be able to make proper command for the Honvéd battalions.

Freddy · « **Reply #76 on:** 17 July 2023, 08:33:38 PM »

Been a long time since the last update- I was working, thing is that painting these Hussars took forever, 10 of them has more details than the 80 Russian infantry from before.

As I already wrote, they are the 12th Nádor Hussar regiment who were recruited from the Kunság region of Hungary, so my ancestors served with them. (The regiment owner Nádor was not a name but a title, sorta second-in-command after the king of Hungary. The Kuns/Kumans, people of the Kunság were adoring him because being only judgeable by the Nádor was one of their -our...- privileges above the other parts of the country.). The figures themselves are ~~First~~ Front Rank Napoleonic Hussars, Napoleonic Austrian Hussars are perfect for 1848, only the shako plume needs to be modified.

As the Hussars of the Habsburg army were all recruited from Hungary (a long Habsburg tradition up until 1918, dragoons and heavy cavalry were Germans, lancers Slavs), the standing Hussar regiments of the Empire all sided with the revolution. Unlike most ex-Habsburg soldiers they proudly kept the yellow-black embroidery as a sign of their regimental history. They changed their shako badge of course, and I also painted the trumpet embroidery and the banner similar to the Honvéd hussar regiments. Hussars rarely carried the banner into the battle though.

A Hussar regiment had 4 sections, with 2-2 companies each (154 men/company), so 5-men sections will be good base units to match my 10 men infantry battalions. I already have half the 12th regiment

Emir of Askaristan · « **Reply #77 on:** 17 July 2023, 10:30:23 PM »

Lovely....

Fromt rank hussars ....with added plume??

Freddy · « **Reply #78 on:** 17 July 2023, 10:42:12 PM »

Quote from: Emir of Askaristan on 17 July 2023, 10:30:23 PM

Lovely....

Fromt rank hussars ....with added plume??

Thank you!

Yes, they are from Front Rank, I had to remove the bigger, napoleonic style plume and add a smaller one, otherwise Napoleonic era Habsburg hussars are ok for 1848 Hussars, the uniform was the same and they kept the insignia too save the Hungarian shako badge. They even kept the name badge of the king/emperor V. Ferdinand as he was seen as the rightful king (up to May 1849) despite the Habsburgs switched him to Franz Joseph in late 1848. The carbine was a little weird, it also was the same model (save the modification for percussion), but Front Rank gives a different type. It is almost entirely hidden, so I did not bother that.

(This applies the 1-12 ex-imperial regiments, the newly founded 4 Honvéd hussar regiment had a little bit different uniform).

juergen c. olk · « **Reply #79 on:** 17 July 2023, 11:12:56 PM »

Absolutely beautiful.

Freddy · « **Reply #80 on:** 18 July 2023, 09:01:04 PM »

Quote from: juergen c. olk on 17 July 2023, 11:12:56 PM

Absolutely beautiful.

Thank you! Luckily, I put my hands on some painted Austrian heavy cavalry (needs some small updates though), so I will need to get some Russian cavalry models soon.

Freddy · « **Reply #81 on:** 26 July 2023, 08:12:41 PM »

Honvéd officer sculpt. With the drummer and the standard bearer shown earlier, now I am able to make proper commands for my Hungarian battalions. ...will be able, when this one comes back from the resin casting.

Emir of Askaristan · « **Reply #82 on:** 27 July 2023, 12:07:29 AM »

He's very nice.
Reminds me of Somogi's illustrations

Freddy · « **Reply #83 on:** 27 July 2023, 10:11:50 PM »

Quote from: Emir of Askaristan on 27 July 2023, 12:07:29 AM

He's very nice.
Reminds me of Somogi's illustrations

Thanks! Yes, he is a great inspiration to me, drawing a little bit in ,,heroic scale"

Freddy · « **Reply #84 on:** 18 October 2023, 11:11:01 PM »

At this point the weakest army was the Austrian one, but now the Emperor got some reinforcements too.

These figures were not painted by me, they were made by Gyula Homoki, who is a professional Hungarian modeller- he is in the wargame scene too, but his job is actually modeling, you can see his dioramas in many Hungarian musems, they are beautiful. He decided to sell some parts of his 1848 collection, it was not cheap, but I put my hands on his Austrians: some cavalry and a cannon.

The dreaded heavy cavalry was the elite of the elite in the Austrian army, and they were true to their reputation in Hungary too. In the model collection there were 16 of them, based in pairs, I had to do some cutting to fit them into my 5 man cavalry battalions- now I have a complete heavy cavalry regiment, apart from one battalion being from an other regiment

Beyond the rebasing and the movement trays all I did was some repair in the painting, Gyulas painting stlye is a bit different from mine, but I did not want to alter his work, just corrected the damaged parts (transport, mostly). One guy had his sword broken, so things like that.

I also got an artillery piece and a new Austrian general.