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September 08, 2009
| | 28mm Austrians 1792-1798 | The Austrians were undoubtedly Republican France’s most consistent opponents – at least on land – between the outbreak of the Revolutionary Wars in 1792 and the Peace of Amiens in 1802. During this period Austrian armies confronted French forces in Flanders, Germany and Italy in multiple front campaigns on an almost annual basis, with varying degrees of success. What began as something of a half hearted attempt to restore Louis XVI to the throne of France soon evolved into a desperate fight to save the Imperial territories from French expansion, and ultimately even the Hapsburg monarchy itself from the ambitions of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Our new figures wear the short coat with large turn-backs, and the characteristic false fronted hat (casquet) common to all the Austro-Hungarian fusiliers from as far back as 1769. The grenadiers in their famous bearskin caps are also fully represented. Although this uniform was officially replaced by (principally) a new style coat and neo-classical helmet in 1798, it appears many units continued to wear elements of the old uniform (including the casquet hat) as late as the Marengo campaign in 1800 – so the Austrian infantryman’s appearance remained relatively fixed for almost 30 years. However, there had been some subtle changes in the years leading up to the French Revolution as the Austrian Army underwent a long, drawn out process of reform. For example the elaborately curled and powdered hair, common to soldiers in the great wars of the mid 18th Century, had been finally abandoned for the rank and file in the late 1780’s and replaced with a simple queue. Curls and powder were only retained by officers (and perhaps some NCO’s) who continued to wear wigs. Meanwhile officers were told to stop wearing showy waist sashes under their coats in 1785 – with just the sword belt now representing their status. (Although it should be noted that this may not have been universally popular and senior officers at least may have kept them. Sashes were to be reinstated for all officers with the new uniform in 1798). The range reflects these subtleties and includes fusilier and grenadier versions with all appropriate command figures and musicians – for both Austrian and Hungarian units. Available poses include the ubiquitous march-attack, as well as ‘advancing’ figures, and firers and loaders.
Here are the catalogue details for the new miniatures – plus details of our New Release Special Offers.
NEW 28mm Wars of the French Revolution – Austrian Infantry (c.1792-1798)
Sculpted by Alan Marsh; further conversions by Kosta Heristanidis
Number in parenthesis denotes the number of variants. Variants are supplied randomly
Austrian (c.1792-1798)
100WFR500 Austrian Fusilier, march-attack, casquet (6)
100WFR501 Austrian Fusilier NCO, marching, casquet (2)
100WFR502 Austrian Fusilier, advancing, casquet (3)
100WFR503 Austrian Fusilier, firing and loading, casquet (3)
100WFR504 Austrian Fusilier drummer, marching, casquet (1)
100WFR505 Austrian Fusilier fifer, marching, casquet (1)
100WFR506 Austrian Fusilier standard bearer, marching, casquet (2)
100WFR507 Austrian Fusilier officer, marching, casquet (1)
100WFR508 Austrian Grenadier, march-attack, bearskin (6)
100WFR509 Austrian Grenadier NCO, marching, bearskin (2)
100WFR510 Austrian Grenadier, advancing, bearskin (3)
100WFR511 Austrian Grenadier, firing and loading, bearskin (3)
100WFR512 Austrian Grenadier drummer, marching, bearskin (1)
100WFR513 Austrian Grenadier fifer, marching, bearskin (1)
100WFR514 Austrian Grenadier standard bearer, marching, bearskin (2)
100WFR515 Austrian Grenadier officer, marching, bearskin (1)
100WFR516 Austrian officer, marching, bicorne (1)
100WFR517 Austrian officer, mounted (2)
100WFR518 Hungarian Fusilier, march-attack, casquet (3)
100WFR519 Hungarian Fusilier NCO, marching, casquet (2)
100WFR520 Hungarian Fusilier NCO, advancing, casquet (1)
100WFR521 Hungarian Fusilier, advancing, casquet (3)
100WFR522 Hungarian Fusilier, firing and loading, casquet (3)
100WFR523 Hungarian Fusilier drummer, marching, casquet (1)
100WFR524 Hungarian Fusilier fifer, marching, casquet (1)
100WFR525 Hungarian Fusilier standard bearer, marching, casquet (2)
100WFR526 Hungarian Fusilier officer, marching, casquet (1)
100WFR527 Hungarian Grenadier, march-attack, bearskin (3)
100WFR528 Hungarian Grenadier NCO, marching, bearskin (1)
100WFR529 Hungarian Grenadier NCO, advancing, bearskin (1)
100WFR530 Hungarian Grenadier, advancing, bearskin (3)
100WFR531 Hungarian Grenadier, firing and loading, bearskin (3)
100WFR532 Hungarian Grenadier drummer, marching, bearskin (1)
100WFR533 Hungarian Grenadier fifer, marching, bearskin (1)
100WFR534 Hungarian Grenadier standard bearer, marching, bearskin (2)
100WFR535 Hungarian Grenadier officer, marching, bearskin (1)
100WFR536 Hungarian officer, marching, bicorne (1)
100WFR537 Hungarian officer, mounted (2)
Click here to see detailed pictures of the all the Austrian infantry or to place an order.
Click here to see colour pictures of this range.
Future Plans
You can have a say in what we prioritise for release in this range by visiting the special Wars of the French Revolution section in the 100 Club on our website where you will find a provisional list of possible releases for this range which you can ‘vote’ for by placing pre-orders. The most popular items will be produced first. The normal 100 Club rules will be waived for these orders – we simply want to gauge what the most popular releases will be, but if you confirm your purchase once the miniatures are ready you will receive them at a 10% discount and an advanced delivery prior to their official release. Can’t see what you want? No problem – you can add items to the list by placing a new 100 Club request with us for the type and quantity of figures you would like.
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