Austrians Marching to the Sound of the Guns

With a second regiment of Sardinian grenadiers recently called to arms, the Austrian command counters by calling up additional Austrian infantry.

Stepping off the painting desk today are two battalions of infantry from IR#32.  These battalions arrive in a mix of dress having both kittel and greatcoat.  Each battalion musters 18 figures from Lancashire Games' 15mm 19th Century range.  Excellent figures that I really enjoy painting.  I find the mix of white kittel and grey greatcoated infantry appealing.

The two battalions of the IR#32 comprise only two of the four battalions present in an Austrian infantry regiment.  With each battalion having a strength of 18 figures (72 figures regimental strength), I decided to break this effort into two parts.  The second two battalions will work their way into the painting queue later.

In the meantime, the painting desk saw increased activity as I bore down on the end of the first half of 2019.  Getting into the books as painted in the first six months of the year were 620 figures.  Having completed that total, I find myself two-thirds of the way to my 2019 goal of painting 900 figures (see Project Plans 2019).  Thus far, work remains on task with the 1799 and 1859 projects in 15mm and 28mm Celts seeing the bulk of production.  A handful of completed units remain to be photographed while painting continues.