With San Martino on the table and expectations for a lengthy engagement, I found one additional battalion of Sardinian Bersaglieri could be pressed into service. Rather than paint only one, twelve figure battalion, I opted to push two battalions into the painting queue.
The two Bersaglieri battalions off the painting desk today muster out as the 7th and 8th. With their completion, the Bersgalieri components of the Sardinian OB for the 1859 campaign are finished.
Figures are from Lancashire Games and seem to be a little larger than other figures in this range. Sculpting style is slightly different too. I wonder if the Bersaglieri have a different sculptor than some of the other figures in the 15mm 19th Century, European Wars' line? For Bersaglieri, I much prefer the figures from Mirliton. I have several battalions of those in my Sardinian Army and they are quite good. No matter that the Lancashire are a bit larger. Good figures that fill a niche in the Sardinian Order of Battle.
Next off the painting desk expect to see a return to Ancient Celts.
Another fine unit for the table. I fear the blue tide will sweep away the Austrians by pure mass alone.
ReplyDeleteThank you! With luck and mass, perhaps, that is possible.
DeleteQuality work there Jonathan!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Fran!
DeleteI really like these Jonathan,top brushwork!
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked me them!
DeleteThey do look rather dashing in those hats!
ReplyDeleteI have some Bersaglieri... in 28mm... for World War Two... and it's all because of their headgear!
Tim, you are not alone in painting units based upon "coolness" of uniform alone. I have done it more than once!
DeleteFirst class unit, no doubt!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteYou seem to keep finding battalions all over the place. Good luck in the upcoming battle. I’ll be rooting for you. 😀
ReplyDeleteStew, it is easy to "find" battalions in The Lead Pile. In the midst of a target rich environment, the pickings are easy. I will need some luck in the battle when facing my arch nemesis across the table.
DeleteTop work again sir!
ReplyDeletewarm regards
Thank you, Michal!
DeleteAnother pair of nice looking Sardinian units, lovely painting!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Glad you like them!
DeleteAnother fine looking regiment Jonathan!
ReplyDeleteChristopher
Thank you!
DeleteYou are a machine Jonathan!
ReplyDeleteVery nice work.
No machine but persistent!
DeleteThanks for your comment!
A great unit with the hats turned up to 11!
ReplyDeleteThanks! Good to see you back!
DeleteVery nice Jonathan. I have just found the same issue regarding style in some Carthaginians I am currently completing. Certainly not the end of the world, but mildly annoying all the same.
ReplyDeleteRight. Unusual figures are not the end of the world but radical differences in sculpting style and size tend to skew the aesthetics for me. These differences tend to disappear once on the gaming table though.
DeleteLovely unit with a stylish uniform, Jonathan. I agree wholeheartedly about the differences disappearing once the gaming starts too!
ReplyDeleteThe Italians are fashion trendsetters!
DeleteWell done. I think that the Bersaglieri uniform is the best of the Italians from this period. Between them and the Austrian Jager regiments there must have been a lot of frightened chickens on the Italian peninsula trying to conceal their tail feathers.
ReplyDeleteThanks! The Bersaglieri uniform is a handsome one, for sure. Were the feathers chicken feathers? I figured something more exotic.
DeleteLate to the Dance, as I am still in Historicon Recovery m,ode, but fine additions to your Sardinian forces, Jon!
ReplyDeleteNever too late for a comment, Peter. I’m sure you are wiped out after Historicon.
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