The first of the new Austrians - The cavalry brigades.

The new collection is rapidly developing. Here we have the first eleven Austrian cavalry regiments. The eagle eyed will note that the painters gave them all French flags, luckily this is easily rectified.

The cavalry wing will develop further, for instance there are another 2 regiments of hussars on the way with 8 more battalions of foot! Here is what we have so far, ready to be based up properly. 

Four regiments of cuirassiers, each 32 strong.

Those heavies again. These could be fielded as one big brigade or two smaller ones; nice to have the choice.
The idea of committing this lot to the line of battle from reserve appeals to me a lot!

An Austrian light cavalry brigade. Two 32 strong regiments of uhlan & 32 hussars.
We will employ a mix of larger and smaller light cavalry for the Austrians to mix things up a bit!  

Austrian light cavalry with French flags & French general!

Lastly we have four regiments of Chevau Legere, each 24 strong.
Here they are pictured riding up the left flank of the Austrian attack columes as a screen.  

The French are now at a similar stage of development (as of last night). However I am on holiday for ten days so our next big post in this series will be our first game. This will feature lots of hills, woods & possibly rivers & marshes plus as many buildings as we can muster by then. We are woefully short of buildings & those I ordered haven't turned up yet. 

I will do a full battle report series with orbats, objectives and fluffy background rationale for the encounter. Hopefully this will demonstrate the scale of game now available to us.

I hope these posts are proving of interest while we get the collection battle fit? All game play has been suspended to maximize time on getting these ready for action.

Best wishes as always,

Jeremy