The Flossian Regular Army Rebuilt

As referenced previously, I have completed the main battle components of the army of the Union an dem Flosse. Just as with the Böhnstadters, I used 6mm Commission Figurines lasercut figures. I have a third complete army in the making, that of Medvetland, along with another large irregular component.

Now as you can see the original plan of fielding one militia, two musketeer/fusilier and one grenadier battalion per brigade, along with light cavalry support, kind of did not come through. Organizational blame is to be put on arguing electoral subordinates. Still, the most important thing is that they are ready for the campaign.

The Flossian army currently stands at:

6x line infantry units in bicorne/tricorne, 24 figures each

2x grenadiers in bearskins, 24 figs each

2x light infantry or militia, 16 figs each

4x field guns with 4 crew

3x8 dragoons

2x9 cuirassiers

2x9 hussars

1x command stand

Painting these figures is very, very easy and good results can be achieved with little effort. I made another order with Commission Figurines in fact, to bolster light cavalry with hussars and boys in tarletons, and then some militia types. Hopefully they will arrive at the theater in time to make a difference.

On to the main parts of the army, here are the two proud Grenadier battalions. My plan is to use the figures in various roles: these can, for example, be Napoleonic Spanish or Austrian grenadiers on a whim. One unit has blue pantaloons, a feature of Hungarian grenadier battalions, making them less suitable for other purposes, but that's life.

On the army's right flank two hussar and two cuirassier units are deployed. The hussars wear colpacks, again Hungarian style. I'm proud of the black nags on the rearmost cuirassier regiment, and the bay ones the hussars ride are looking good too. In most cases I just use successive layers of brown drybrush to paint the horses, then pick the detail on the riders.

Here's the queen of arms, the humble infantry. The regulars, again, have some variation between them, and could be used as French Royalist, 1806 Saxon or early Peninsular Spanish, quite a lot of possibilities. The irregulars are Austrian types and could be used as Grenzer.

To differentiate between cuirassier and dragoon units from a distance, I paint the breastplates on the cuirassiers and add one extra rider per unit. These three on the army's left flank are the Flossian dragoons, not as dashing as the heavy metal dudes on the right, but useful nonetheless.

The irregular division shall have two more hussar and light infantry units, along with some pesky Cossack types. They are painted and placed on bases so they will be able to join the fray just in time to launch their raid into the Valley.