Monday, 29 September 2025

"Next"...!

Recruitment in Maillinger's 8th Bavarian Infantry Brigade continues at pace with a battalion passing through the uniform store at the rate of one every four days at the moment. 

This post highlights the arrival of III/11th Battalion (von der Tann Regiment), identified by its black facings.




To get a bit more variety in the unit I have altered the arrangement of the command stand, placing the officer and standard bearer in front, then two drummers and two riflemen behind.




At the current rate of throughput the whole brigade, and division for that matter, will be completed early next month, leaving an attached jäger battalion and some skirmish stands to finish my Bavarian infantry contingent.

20 comments:

  1. Another fine unit for the next game.

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    1. Thanks Joe. It will be nice to see these guys on a table...maybe later this year?

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  2. Churning out your Bavarians at a great pace Mark, another cracking looking regiment, the black facings work well, they look a resolute bunch, very focussed!

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    1. Thanks Donnie...Half way through the last line battalion now...

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  3. You set a good pace with 24 figures in 4 days, especially with the quality of your painting, not forgetting the basing as well.

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    1. Thanks Peter. Thankfully the uniforms are pretty straightforward!

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  4. Very nice work as always Mark, I like the odd Feldmutze added in for some variation

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    1. Thanks Keith. I'm not really sure that they wore the Feltmutze in the field in 1870, but the faces are much more easily seen. The opposite applied in 1866, where the Feltmutze was worn universally by the Bavarians.

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  5. Another lovely looking miniatures sir!
    Best regards

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  6. You really are on a roll with these Mark and another cracking unit off the production line as it were:)!

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    1. Thanks Steve...there us light at the end of the (Bavarian) tunnel now!

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  7. For fine looking Bavarians! I finally received a long delayed order of Bavarians from Lancashire Games last week.

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    1. Thanks Jonathan...looking forward to seeing your Lancastrian Bavarians on parade.

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  8. You are a painting machine, in my best days I could never paint that fast plus they look just great too. Looking forward to a Franco-Prussian AAR!

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    1. I have slowed down considerably these days...in the mid-1980s I was completing 28 figures in a day. Hopefully one day soon this now very large collection will take to the table.

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  9. You don't see many units with black facings. They look great and it is always fun posing Perry figures.

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    1. Yes black is a different facing, although there are a couple of regiments with black facings in the Bavarian army...one with white and the other with yellow buttons.

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  10. Splendid looking Bavarian unit, a lovely finish!
    Best Iain

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