Hungarian Infantry Regiment No. 33
The Hungarian regiment that featured in my 100th Post was painted as
Sztaray Infantry Regiment No. 33 that formed part of IV Corps that
attacked the village of Essling. Originally I had planned not to paint the
lace on Hungarian pointed cuffs – the white lace (gilt for officers) with a
fringed end known as a Bärentatzen or ‘bear’s paw’. Fair enough on
yellow and light coloured facings where they might simply end up
looking like messy highlights. However, the dark blue facings of the 33rd
just called out for the detail. So I relented – even after already having
stuck a few figures on bases.
Three large battalions were present at Essling, represented by three 18-
figure units, giving a total of 54 figures in the regiment. In my 100th post,
the images of a further 46 figures were added by cutting and pasting. The
flag was also added. It was a drawn image that I edited to look three-
dimensional, darkening it to match the shadowed area beneath the
branches of the model tree. I obviously chose to have 100 figures to
match my 100th post, and I wanted them to be formed in three ranks just
as the Austrian infantry fought. A slight problem as my basing was in
two ranks. Having the figures in three ranks didn’t exactly help seeing all
100 figures in the image! But it was good trying to recreate the depth of
formation in which the infantry would have fought.
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