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Latest edition to my Habsburg Army Hungarian Grenadiers IR 37 Weidenfeld

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These are the eight figures I've painted recently, I had two others already painted but based them horizontally...It could not change that without breaking the figures so I just kept them like that and did the others vertical since it results in a better formation. And the conversion of the flag bearer carrying the  Ordinärfahne (Pattern 1806)  I am pleased with the end result and think that a flag really adds to the unit! So more flags to come in the future!  And some small wooden fences I've made :-)  And off they march! I painted these with the intention of being Hungarian Grenadiers of IR. 34 Davidovich but they have silver buttons and I gave mine yellow or gold/copper buttons...So now they will be IR 37 Weidenfeld. 

Paint desk update, October-January what I have painted/done

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The last months work for the final phase of my bachelor in photography has sooked up most of my time (writing my thesis, graduation work etc). Though I did manage to occasionally paint here and there, making a slow process on certain projects. Two weeks ago I finally managed to document the paintwork I have done since roughly the first week of October. Enjoy some pictures and some toy soldier rambling! A call to Arms Life Guards converted to Austrian Light Dragoons.  I think these deserve to go first to stick to more or less chronological order. I think I converted these A call to Arms British life Guards somewhat by the end of September into Austrian Light Dragoons or Chevau Legere...To be precise the 5th Regiment Klenau as they would have looked more or less by 1809. I digged these up out of my collection, both the figures on the left had no sabres anymore. So the 2nd from the left I gave a new sabre, the other received a pistol. All men received the typical detachab