Siege of Vienna 1683 (photo story)

[DintheDin]

Wonderful, thanks a lot. Really have to do some siege of Vienna project some day, too. May I ask which miniatures you were using?

The figures are mainly 15mm Essex, there are also some Polish and Ottoman from the fine range of Fire and Sword.
I don't know where the Ottoman gunners are from.

[DintheDin]

Wonderful stuff and congratulations on completing the project. A great report and figures also.

I am slowly working on the same project myself so I know how much effort it takes.

Much time spent not only for constructing but also for waiting some infidel  (not literally) painters to finish their commission...
I wish you good luck to your project! May I ask what scale are you planning to use?

[traveller]

Splendid work! Very impressive!

[DintheDin]

Splendid work! Very impressive!

...and imagine that all this started when, five years ago, I bought from a friend two units of Polish infantry and four bases of well-painted winged hussars... 

[Gangleri]

The table was not enough to give more space for the troop deployment and I also had to make many concessions, mainly concerning the setup of Vienna. I put only a small part of the walls and other defenses constructed. I have even constructed the great Burg Neustadt building, (it was a prominent feature and took much damage by Ottoman cannonballs) which would be very huge to find place in such a small part of Vienna shown. I would need more depth, maybe when we play the actual battle - who knows...  

If you get a chance to visit Vienna, there are a few buildings that still have the Ottoman cannonballs embedded in their walls.

I would love to see just the city and the defenses you built on their own.  I'm sure they look great.

[DintheDin]

If you get a chance to visit Vienna, there are a few buildings that still have the Ottoman cannonballs embedded in their walls.

I would love to see just the city and the defenses you built on their own.  I'm sure they look great.

Ok, this is not Vienna, but maybe you haven't seen a previous post of mine: A city and its Vauban defenses.

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=98709.0

[Anderson Collection]

Fantastic set up well done.

[Colonel Tubby]

I think that was 4 years well spent. What a great collection and report.

[DintheDin]

Fantastic set up well done.

As I have visited many times your great wargames collection,  it is a honor to receive a compliment from you!

[DintheDin]

I think that was 4 years well spent. What a great collection and report.

Polish winged hussars charging, was a great source of inspiration...

[DintheDin]

If you get a chance to visit Vienna, there are a few buildings that still have the Ottoman cannonballs embedded in their walls.

I would love to see just the city and the defenses you built on their own.  I'm sure they look great.

The only decent picture I found from my Burg Neustadt is this (cropped, because I used it as a backdrop to shoot some Napoleonic Bavarian troops, irrelevant here). My own papercraft, just having taken an idea from old and contemporary pictures. My intention was to make a section of the building with part of its roof damaged, but it still remains a distant dream  

[TNugent]

Much time spent not only for constructing but also for waiting some infidel  (not literally) painters to finish their commission...
I wish you good luck to your project! May I ask what scale are you planning to use?

I am doing it in 10mm. I more or less have enough figures to do it and they are mainly painted, but I haven't started on the construction yet. I suspect I will settle for something very basic with the terrain. I am not sure I can make anything as good as you have or that others have posted.

[Youngster]

Polish winged hussars charging, was a great source of inspiration...

Fair bit of that footage in the Sabaton video:
Stirring stuff!

[DintheDin]

Fair bit of that footage in the Sabaton video:
Stirring stuff!

...its a desperate race against the mine and the race against time

All described in one phrase

[DintheDin]

I am doing it in 10mm. I more or less have enough figures to do it and they are mainly painted, but I haven't started on the construction yet. I suspect I will settle for something very basic with the terrain. I am not sure I can make anything as good as you have or that others have posted.

10mm have the advantage that you can field massed armies on the table and even have enough space for maneuvering. I've painted a vast number of ACW 10mm figures and we have enjoyed big battles at corps level. Perhaps, you may focus on the main battle (Kahlemberg) and let a small portion of the Vienna defenses (a bastion and some walls) at the edge of the long side of the table.