On the Road to Austerlitz: A 6mm Early Napoleonics Project
The Austrian Heavy Cavalry
Here are the Cuirassiers, I left the Cuirasses Black since most source pictures I can find have them as Black and metal looked wrong on such small minis.
These men are an amalgamation of the two Cuirassier Brigades of Liechtenstein’s Column. The scenario I am basing this on has amalgamated them since there was only 600-ish men per Brigade.
I originally had the Regiment all with swords down Charging but it looked odd so I swapped the rear rank with the front rank of the rear Regiments.
Again on the paddlepop sticks, I was a bit hesitant about using these coming from 28mm painting while holding a base but this is much easier for 6mm
The same 100mm x 100mm base
I originally had the front Regiment at the Charge with the rear advancing but it looked strange so I swapped the rear rank with the front rank.
They were based in the same way as the Infantry. Let me know if you like or don't like the way I've based these minis, I left the Officers off this one, it didn't look right to have a Brigade Commander riding around when the Brigade is charging.
I left the Armour Black since Metal looked strange and a lot of painting show them in dark metal
I like this angle, those swords stand out which is what I was aiming for
Lloyd Shot
I think you made the right choice with the arrangement of the Cuirassiers – they look suitably intimidating and about to crash through some poor opposition.
Nice work
Did the Austrians used mixed brigades at all?
There was a mixed Light Cavalry Brigade of Lancers and Hussars at Austerlitz (commanded by an Irishman if you can believe it General O’Reilly). Generally no, the closest they came was mixing German and Austrian units together, a good chunk of the army couldn’t speak the same language which was a big enough headache without worrying about organising different types of units. They were however huge fans of attaching Jagers and other Skirmishers/Light Infantry to their Brigades. Earlier on they used Mixed battalions a lot more but by Austerlitz the Austrians are on the back foot and it takes them… Read more »