Regiment of the Day
Today we dive back into some of my 18mm Eureka Saxons from Jena Auerstadt.
The artillery component of the Saxon Advanced Guard Division !
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1 Medium Foot, 1 Medium Horse .. figures from Eureka 18mm range. Limber and team is an AB Jena Prussian limber, from Eureka Miniatures. |
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For the guns, I have used a mix of 18mm SYW cannon, from the Prussian and Russian range. This would be realistic for the bulk of the Saxon artillery to have a mix of imported or hand-me-down weapons from friends and allies. |
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Used a shorter barreled howitzer for the medium horse battery. A big long Russian 8lb SYW cannon makes a good looking Saxon medium field gun. |
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Basic colours on the Saxon artillery - looking at SYW resources, the Saxons favoured a red colour for the woodwork. I have used vallejo 70982 cavalry brown for the woodwork on these - as it gives a distinctly faded red paint colour, which I figured would be realistic in this setting. |
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Limber for the horse gun is straight unmodified AB, with natural woodwork, and green jackets for the riders and horse train crew,. |
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Bit of a quandry with the basing on these ... I have since switched to 30mm frontage bases, and 3 crew for medium guns. These are larger 40mm squares, which I am justifying on the basis that the Prussian and Saxon artillery were a little old-school back in 1806, and would not have drilled in the use of concentrated batteries. A larger frontage on these bases is therefore not a big problem. |
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The SYW Russian cannon - has a heavier gun carriage, and thick iron hoops on the large wheels. Makes a very nicely 'antique' looking device for this somewhat old fashioned artillery corps (by 1806 standards anyway) |
Very nice; I really like the carriage color and the antique look pf the guns! The Saxon artillery wasn't too highly regarded, as I recall, especially compared to their superb cavalry. Also, I think the Saxons later switched to grey carriages, perhaps with the later French Alliance/elevation of Saxony to a Kingdom.
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