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| Zieten Hussars, coming right at you! Click picture to enlarge and get ridden over. |
I finished this 12-figure squadron of Zieten Hussars back in April 2016, but forgot to post any pictures, so here they are. The bases have subsequently been finished with static grass and tufts. I used to two existing Minden light cavalry horses (legs bunched and legs stretched) and added a couple of charging horses from the Fife & Drum AWI range of light horses to create some more variety among the brutes. I believe that the officer figure on the stand with the trumpeter is one of the F&D horses.
I organize my SYW cavalry into two so-called "squadrons" of 12 figures, or 24 figures per normal sized cavalry regiment. At a 20:1 figure to man ratio, my cavalry units should probably be around 30 to 36 figures with an actual squadron represented by six figures, but I don't want to go that small. Twelve horse seems about right for the minimum size unit on the table top. The Zieten Hussar regiment actually had ten squadrons, which would be around 60 figures in my game organization of forces. I really do not want to paint 60 hussars.
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| Zieten Hussars (HR2) - Minden Miniatures. |
Between preparations for the big Sudan Toy Soldier game on July 23rd, and the arrival of the Fife & Drum Hessian castings from the caster, I have been too busy to get back to the painting table to finish the second squadron of 12 hussars.
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I like them. Do you think that the average number of men per squadron during campaign could be estimated at around 90 men/squadron?
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Most excellent looking hussars!
ReplyDeleteThey are brilliant. May I ask if there is any reason for having chosen the Zieten Hussars? Colour unit? Colour history? The Prussian cavalry offers plenty of good choices for both of course.
ReplyDeleteI already had one regiment in mirlitons, the Black Hussars, and so I wanted a regiment wearing busbies and narrowed the list down to the Green or the Zieten hussars .
DeleteHussars... everyone wants them, no one wants to paint them. Splendid work as always Jim.
ReplyDeleteHussars look harder to paint than they actually are, especially if you have developed a few tricks to paint them.
DeleteThey look superb...and dynamic, great job!
ReplyDeleteWonderful job Jim - these really look fantastic.
ReplyDeleteA fine looking unit, Jim. I really like the mixed horse poses of the Minden & F&D ranges...seems just right for a wild hussar charge! Cheers, Rohan.
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