15mm SYW British Army

I love when Sam Mustafa comes out with new rules. It always results in more work coming our way. His rule set Maurice, a set of rules for fighting battles of the Seven Years Wars, is no exception.

 A customer sent us a commission of a 15mm British SYW army. The army loosely represents the British Army in Germany at the Battle on Minden, August 1, 1759.  It contains a mix of British, Hessian, Brunswick, and Hanoverian units.

His Britannic Majesty's Army in Germany

The Cavalry

The British and Hanover Infantry

The German Infantry and Commanders

Casualty Markers

The British Infantry

The Hanoverian Infantry

The Hanover Irregular Infantry

The Brunswick and Hessian Infantry

The British and Hanover Artillery

The Army Commanders and Sub-commanders

The British Cavalry

The Hanover Cavalry

The Hanover Irregular Cavalry

All figures are made by Old Glory 15's and the flags are from The Flag Dude. Astute scholars of the Seven Years Wars will notice that some figures may not have the exact correct uniform for the exact date. We worked with what we had to complete the order and in 15mm , at normal gaming distance of 2-3 feet plus, it shouldn't be a problem.

 I had to do the horse furniture borders somewhat abstract. The Hanover cavalry have pretty complex borders that in 15mm are very difficult to paint on and still have them look decent (unless one devotes tons of time to them). So I simplified them somewhat and to fool the eye into thinking it sees the pattern.

15mm Seven Years War (SYW) Austrian Army

We've just finished up a 15mm Seven Years War (SYW or 7YW) Austrian Army. The basing will work for the new Maurice rules. The army includes a nice prtion of infantry, some Croat light infantry, some artillery, a nice representation of cavalry, and of course, the army commanders.

Here's the whole army laid out:

The casualties

The infantry

The light infantry, commanders, and artillery

The cavalry

Here are some close-up views of the army as it is all laid out:

 The infantry is painted to represent the 9'th, 12'th, 23'rd , and the 43'rd German regiments and the 2'nd and 31'st Hungarian regiments. For some regiments there are the 2'nd and 3'rd battalions; these can be noted by their twin yellow flags.

The Hungarian regiments with their colorful uniforms

The German regiments

The backs of the figures- white belts everywhere!

There are two Croat (or Grenzer) regiments represented:  The Warasdin Creuztzer Grenz regiment and Trenck's Pandors regiment.

Here's the Austrian artillery:

The army commanders and generals are represented as a base of 3 for the army commander and singular bases of mounted generals:

The 2'nd Kaiser Hussars:

The 22'nd Kalckreuth Cuirassiers:

The 31'st De Ligne (Lowenstein or St. Ignon) Dragoons:

The Kollowrat Dragoons:

All figures are Old Glory 15's. Flags are from The Flag Dude.