Dismounted Prussian Hussars

Over the weekend I painted the two sets of Minden dismounted Prussian hussars so that I can put pictures of the sets in the Fife and Drum Miniatures web store. The figures are all sculpted by Richard Ansell in 1/56 scale (approximately 30mm tall).

The two sets are MP-018 (wearing busbies) and MP-019 (wearing mirlitons). Each set includes four "action figures", one horseholder and one standing horse with hussar horse furniture.

MP-018 Dismounted Prussian Hussars in busby hats.
Painted as HR2 von Zieten Hussars.

MP-019 Dismounted Prussian Hussars in mirliton hats.
Painted as HR5 von Reusch hussars.

These were really fun figures to paint and I am eager to paint more of each style so that I can have a 12-figure group of figures for skirmish style games. I use formed cavalry squadrons of 12-figures, so I will have the same number of dismounted hussars for each hussar squadron.

A close up view of the MP-018 set of hussars in busbies.

Sometime in the near future I would like to add two more poses to each set: standing firing and kneeling firing. I am also considering adding hussars wearing their pelisses as they would have done in battle, rather than the flashy "wearing it on the shoulder" that was more likely used on the parade ground.

Next in the painting queue are the Prussian jäger. I am considering building up some small skirmish parties of Prussian hussars and jagers to fight the Croats in a smaller game. I'm noodling another idea to work in a "horror" scenario with the skirmish figures. More on this in the future.