Grenz Guns and Gunners for 1799

 

With the ochre paint still close by after recently painting two Austrian guns and a German Pak 40, adding another pair of Austrian guns for the 1799 project seemed appropriate.  That is what I did!  The guns and crew are AB's from the French Revolution War range of Austrians.  Well sculpted range and great fun to paint.  Unfortunately, these two guns exhaust The Lead Pile of Austrian artillery for the earlier Napoleonic period.  More guns and crew in the earlier uniform will be needed for a 1799 battle unless I want to dip into the vast stockpile of painted Austrian guns and crew painted for the 1809 and later campaigns.    

The workbench is busy with an assortment of figures seeing activity.  Glancing at the workbench, seven battalions of infantry are approaching the finish line to add to the 1799 project.  Two more squadrons of Prussian cuirassiers for the SYW are marching through the production line too.  Even after painting six squadrons (36 figures) of Prussian cuirassier in 2018, a small pile still remains in inventory.  Why did I order so many cuirassiers?  Well, a fellow was selling off a bunch of unpainted Eureka Prussian cuirassier at bargain prices.  He made an offer I could not resist!  There still might be another 4-5 squadrons worth of Prussian lead in The Lead Pile.  Already the Prussian cavalry arm is huge but more remains to muster.  Back to work.