Baden Army Kickstarter by Piano Wargames

Lucas Luber launched his Baden Napoleonic Army Kickstarter yesterday

As regular readers will know, I am a huge fan of his work; this Kickstarter reached all of its stretch goals within 8 hours! These are superbly sculpted and cast 28 mm figures. The price of the sets (tariffs excluded, ahem) has not changed over the past several years. They are available as STL files for digital printing as well. 

I have found the army of Baden the least well documented of the larger German minor states, but they saw plenty of action in 1809, in Spain, and in the Russian campaign.

There are limited manufacturers for Baden figures as well, Murawski being the main other option in 25/28 mm

Unfortunately, I already have a large (for Baden) army myself - 4 Line Infantry, 1 Jager, the Light Dragoons, artillery and command. Unfortunate because these figures are awesome, right?

Of course the superb painting by Stephen Huber shows them to the best possible advantage!

Although there was only the one battalion, this is such a cool unit!

As he usually does, Lucas has covered the entire army, including command and artillery; Limbers are the only thing he hasn't done with his Kickstarters

Great selection of foot and mounted ADC's!

More Baden goodness!

I especially love this famous unit, having done it with  the Murawski figures several years ago. 

Different pose options. 

Now these guys I want... may be enough tp break down and support this KS!

They arer most famous for there actions at the battle of the Berezina crossing in 1812, but evidently did see action in the Tyrol and Voralberg in 1809 as well. 

Yeah, I am feeling my resistance weakening here!

Two different crew sets

Lucas even did the Horse artillery. Another image on the Kickstarter shows amazing details on the canon barrel!

The Howitzer...

Like all the stretch goals, the casualties were already unlocked yesterday within hours of the KS opening.

Great skirmish gaming options!

Lucas gets great photos of his work too, doesn't he?!

Now these fellows saw little action, but did fight in the Vorarlberg in 1809, so I don't relly "need" them.

 

They look pretty awesome though. Hmm, I do have a strong collector streak!  :-)

Shots like this are just cruel, eh?

Another unit I don't "need", and which saw little action, but looks so impressive!

Yeah, definite eye candy!

As always, Lucas provides some freebies.. including free flags!

This fellow is free with pledges of 75 euros or more

Along with French General Kister at 150 euros.  Hmm, we'll see if my resistance to this one can hold up for the next 15 days. Delivery is anticipated circa January 2026; Lucas has consistently delivered on time or early. What's Lucas' next project? The 1806 Saxon Army is on tap for 2026! That one I'll go for hook, line, and sinker for sure, LOL!

I've seen examples of Lucas' figures printed at anywhere from 13 mm to 90 mm, and the look fantastic in all of them!

Bad-ener Generals

The Murawski Miniatures order that brought the Light Dragoons and the Artillery also included some new mounted officer figures. 

The line infantry officer on foot wears a greatcoat, and is a reassigned figure from the ephemeral Pontoonier miniatures Baden range. 

All the Baden officers wear the silver, red, and gold sash common to their nationality. 

Look sharp men, here comes the "Emperor of Battles"!

The third of the Murawski Baden officers is paired with a Light Dragoon figure wearing the fatigue cap. 

The higher officers all wore dark blue coats with red collars, cuffs, and turnbacks. 

Epaulets, as well as the lace on the collars and cuffs for higher officers, were all silver. 

Dark blue saddle cloths with silver trim were regulation for higher officers as well. 

Both of these are re-based Pontoonier figures.

Note the red within yellow cockade of Baden.

My Baden contingent is thus well supplied with Leaders!

Baden Artillery Train, 1809

The Baden Artillery contingent needed some transport. of course, no one makes dedicated baden train figures!

Some Bavarian Train figures are close enough, though;  just somewhat different uniform colors. 

These are Lancashire Games Bavarian Train, painted as Badeners - dark blue coats, light blue facings, and red turnbacks. The Limbers and equipment is dark grey with black metal fittings, just like the Artillery carriages themselves. 

Badeners that go BOOM! - Foot and Horse Artillery

In 1804, the Army of Baden included 2 Foot batteries, rather logically designated as batteries number 1 and battery number 2.  A Horse Artillery battery was raised in late 1806, and became the new battery number 1, with the foot batteries now being designated as numbers 2 and three; a third foot battery, designated as battery number 4, was added in 1808. 

Until 1806, the carriages were painted yellow ocher with black fittings (rather like the Austrian ordinance), but thereafter the carriages became dark grey with black metal fittings.

The Foot artillery wore dark blue jackets with black facings and brass buttons, and red turnbacks. Until 1806, the button holes were decorated with yellow lace, but thereafter they were left plain. 

The breeches were supposed to be white for parade and grey for campaign, with dark blue overalls with a red stripe down the outside seam introduced in 1811. In Spain, like everyone else, brown pants made of local cloth would be common as well. 

So, of course, I just painted mine with worn dark blue trousers!  :-) These are Murawski figures (and guns)  once again. 

I use 3 crew figures per gun (OK, four for 12 lbers), and 8 figures for my cavalry units. Murawski come with 8 artillery crew per pack and 3 Cavalry per pack.

So, what to do with the extras?  Why make a section of Horse Artillery, of course!

The horse artillery wore essentially the same uniform as the Foot did, except with white plumes on the Raupenhelm. I couldn't be bothered with adding plumes, so I just gave most of them white pants so that they would stand out. 

For some reason, my Murawski order had SIX Baden Dragoon trumpeters in it (but no extra horses, darn!). So, the mounted figure is a trumpeter, and a nice uniform he has, too! 

Anyone needing a spare Baden Dragoon trumpeter rider (or 4...), please feel free to contact me...

The officer, like all Badener officers, wears the silver sash interwoven with gold and red threads.