My Finished Austrians

 As promised, here are the photos of my completed Austrian Infantry (1798-1805).

The army all together.

Those of you with keen eyes may have noticed the lack of flag-bearers. Rest assured, they are on their way, the standards take a long time to paint with any detail. So they will receive a separate post when done.

Austrian Light Infantry (left) in their distinctive 'Roman' helmets. 

I'll give a quick review of this kit, before I conclude this post.

They were very simple to paint, requiring only a few colours for the bulk of the infantry. They are well sculpted and the details are very crisp. The plastic is nice and firm with minimal bend (so the paint stays on them unlike squishy Airfix figures!).

The Grenadiers with their bearskin headgear.

Only a couple of flaws I can see, and that is the size of the figures. Each is about 26mm tall. This equates to 1.87m in real life, which is well above the average height of the time. However, this is excusable for the Grenadiers (who were generally tall men) and as they compare well with other Italeri figures of the same scale.

An angle seldom seen during the Napoleonic Wars - Unless you were a cannonball!

In conclusion, these were a joy to paint and I am looking forward to seeing them in their first battle!