Not a lot of blogging time for me recently. Work has been keeping me pretty busy at the computer, and the last thing I've been wanting to do when I got home was to spend even more time gazing at a monitor!
I have been able to get in some painting time- which should trump blogging anyway if I am to make any progress on the heaps of lead and pewter that I have stacked around the house.
I have been able to get in some painting time- which should trump blogging anyway if I am to make any progress on the heaps of lead and pewter that I have stacked around the house.
But I have no intention of seeing my blog go dormant, so while I work on my French and Dutch, here is the plan for the Hanoverian infantry brigade. I will be recruiting these fine fellows from Front Rank.
click on the picture for a bigger viewMonroy's Brigade was present with the Army of the Pragmatic Sanction at the Battle of Dettingen in 1743. It consisted of the following regiments;
- Zastrow (SYW No. 1B Alt-Zastrow)
- Monroy (SYW No. 4B von Stolzenberg)
- Middacten (SYW No.5A von Grote)
- Böselager (SYW No. 7A von Wangenheim)
- Sommerfeld (SYW No. 10A von Post)
3 comments:
A friend of mine (Bruce Brown) often quoted a friend of his:
"A plan gives you something to deviate from."
It sounds silly, I know . . . but you'd be surprised how often it comes into play.
For my purposes, 1B and 7A are too close . . . the only difference in their uniforms is the lace color . . . but then I'm not the one painting the army.
I hope to see photos sometime relatively soon.
-- Jeff
Too true! "Plans, like promises, hearts, and fine china, are made to be broken"!
Actually I find that the white and buff colours can contrast with each other quite nicely on the tabletop, and I like working with both. They look great against red.
The Dutch are looking very nice so far, I'm going for a simpler painting technique this time. So I hope to make good progress over the next week if work allows. The current economic turmoil has resulted in a lot of target revisions!
Ludwig August von Monroy (Huegenot descent) was killed at Dettingen I believe. Head blown off by a cannonball.
seneffe
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