Württemberg Mounted Jaegers

Here are my 2 regiments of mounted jaegers for the Wurttembergers. I painted those units on their 1812 regulations, which limit their facing colors mainly to their collars and pipping.

Those are HaT sculpts - overall, very nice designs, both men and horses. The crests on some of the helmets were a bit off, not particularly well shaped on the back, so I had to do a bit of trimming here and there to make them look better. Also, the option of arm for the trumpeter was pretty poorly sculpted, the arm was way too long and looked odd on the model, so I chose to do without it and give my trumpeter a sabre-holding arm instead.

Now for the pics: First off, Regiment König, on pink and white facings. You can notice the pink is present only on their collars. I've seen some sources indicate that their cuffs were in their uniform green, which is the way I went with these,  but I've also seen others suggest it was pink, so not really sure here, but I'm happy with the way they turned out, they look very sharp and ellegant! 

Here's the other regiment of mounted jaegers, the Herzog Louis, with their yellow facings. I haven't quite determined which unit I think looks better - both their color palettes are very striking!

Now I need to work on some artillery for this small army, and then I'll call them done - in all, I'll have a full brigade of infantry, supported by an artillery battery, plus a couple regiments of light horses, which feels pretty good for a small force that is to act as support for my french army, and not act on their own against Prussia or Austria!

Wurttemberg Jaegers and General

While painting my Wurttemberg infantry, I also made a command base for the infantry brigade, using some spare infantry models from the HaT kit, and a Baden general from Franznap.

As I had 2 kits of Wurttemberg infantry, I had enough jaeger models to come up with a small formed unit, of 2 bases, and a good number of skirmishers - 12 bases, enough to represent 2 small units, as I usually go with 6 skirmish bases per unit.

Here are the skirmishers:

Now I'll be addressing the prussians again, and paint a couple of (converted) cuirassier regiments, and then back to the Wurttembergers, to give them some artillery and light cavalry. 

Wurttemberg Line Infantry - 5th Regiment

 Here is the last battalion of line infantry for my Wurttembergers, the Prinz Friedrich Regiments, with their light blue facings. With these, I now have 4 battalions of line infantry, which together with some jaegers and artillery will form a pretty strong german brigade to assist my french marshals on their lunatic endeavors to rule continental Europe!

Next up are the Jaegers, then I'll need to work on some cavalry and artillery, and that'll be it for the Wurttembergers.

Wurttemberg Line Infantry - 1st Regiment

Another battalion finished for my growing Wurttemberg force. Here we have the 1st Regiment, with their yellow facings.

 

With the Wurttembergers I'm starting the process of sticking labels on my units, to facilitate their identification on the table. I found that using a brown blackground on the label gives it the most discrete visual, while still being easy to read.

It'll be a long process to label my entire collection, so I'll be doing it over the next several months, probably.

The unit in attack column formation:

Wurttemberg Line Infantry - 4th Regiment

 My second battalion of Wurttembergers, this time the 4th Regiment, with their striking pink facings:

Wurttemberg Line Infantry - 2nd Regiment: Herzog Wilhelm

I took a little pause from the Prussians to start working on the Wurttembergers, as I plan on having some german brigades to add to my French army, so to give them more flavor. First off is the second infantry regiment, Herzog Wilhelm.

These are from the Hat Industries Wurttemberg Infantry set, which I chose to paint on the early uniform pattern, where their lapels were also on the facing color - I think they look more spectacular this way! The colour bearer is a conversion, since the set didn't have such model, and his flag is from Warflag, with some touch up and highlights to give it depth and shadow.

Before their reorganization to mirror the French regiments' disposition, the Wurttemberg regiments had 2 battalions of 4 companies each - the first battalion had 1 company of grenadiers and 3 of musketeers, while the second battalion had 4 musketeer companies. 

My plan is to paint the first battalion of 4 different regiments, and since my infantry units are based on 4 stands, this will be perfect for my Wurttembergers, as it'll allow me to have a full base of grenadiers per battalion, so during games I can combine them on the field.

The unit in assault column: