Perry Napoleonic Austrian Landwehr

Here are two units of Austrian Landwehr using a box of Perry plastics and an additional command sprue. Mahrische in brown coats and Salzburg in green coats.

My initial intentions were to paint the box set up as two regular line units - one in shako and the other in crested helmets. However, after seeing the included painting guide I zeroed in on the color examples of the Landwehr. In 1813 the Landwehr uniforms changed to grey coats with facing colors of the line units they were assigned to. So, these will have to be for earlier battles - possibly up to the 1812 Russian Campaign.

The 48-figure Perry set comes with only one command sprue, so added another with the order to build up the two units. The set does come with enough heads to have all 48 in helmets, shako or corse-hut. The latter is worn by the Salzburgers.

As with most Perry plastic Napoleonic sets, there are several marching poses with only heads and backpacks needed to be added onto the figure. I did convert the arms of one of the officers using a hobby knife to change the pose a bit. The Mahrische's officer is the original pose for the figure.

Painting up the previous Victrix Austrian Grenadiers has turned out to have been a bit of a slippery slope. I had no intention of building up an Austrian army, but now feel the need to add a few more battalions of regular white-coated line infantry. Anyway, it's things like this about the hobby which are unexpected and not at all unpleasant. Thanks for stopping by and hope you all are in good health and up to good gaming and painting projects.