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| Old Glory AIW Limbers painted up for Austria |
Old Glory does not actually produce Limbers for their 10mm SYW collections, so I decided to try the ones they do for the AIW instead. These are drastically different models as they come with 2 horses inline instead of four set in pairs. The layout is also much more austere.
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| Pendraken 10mm Austrian Limbers |
That said, you get 6 limbers in a pack, whereas Pendraken sells them bundled with 1 gun and six gun crew. Trying to collect enough with my basing scheme is just not economically viable.
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| Painted up as Prussians |
The Old Glory pack comes with 6 limbers, 12 horses and six crew with a whip draped over their shoulder. I save a couple of the mule skinners from the Pendraken packs to plus up a couple bases for visual interest.
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| Comparison of Old Glory Model (L) and Pendraken Model (R) |
Long term, I do want to get a few more of the Pendraken limbers to use with the larger guns. Old Glory also does some other limbers in their Marlburian range, but I can't find any pictures. Does anyone know if they are different? Does anyone know if someone does oxen in 10mm?
Have a great weekend all.
Lol! Nice post title of excellent figures. Apologies too as I am not familiar with 10mm at all.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Part of the fun of posting figs comes from knowing I might be the only source of pictures for someone else in a similar situation.
DeleteNice work! Perhaps that was the style for limbers and teams in the mid-18th century? I know the Old Glory 25mm FIW limbers I have are exactly the same. That is, a limber with two draft animals arranged in tandem. Since the limber crew are dressed as civilians, perhaps a more austere situation was commonplace?
ReplyDeleteWe must be on a similar wavelength. I have three French limbers and teams for the 1859 project on the painting desk now. The difference is that each of my limbers has an entourage of six horses.
I seem to recall reading that most of the limber teams were essentially civilian contractors, so batteries were essentially put in place for the battle and then the teamsters pulled back until after the firing died down.
DeleteI believe that militarized train personnel didn't appear until 1800 in the French army, with exception of Horse artillery, which were militarized shortly after their origin, due to their specialized function.
DeleteIt makes sense. Contracting out the work during campaigns probably saved a lot of money during peacetime
DeleteI admire your discipline doing these Limbers! :-)
ReplyDeleteI enjoy adding them as it helps create the right footprint on the table.
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