Thursday, February 9, 2017

HONVED INFANTRY: STAGE ONE COMPLETE

5 out of 6 units done
I completed 5 units in this project, leaving me 1 more unit on hand to complete. I did 3 units of Honved infantry and 2 of National Guard (the latter are visible in the second rank above).  During the Hungarian Revolt (1848-49), the Hungarian forces started with Hungarian units of the Austrian Army that went over to the Hungarian side.  In addition, there were locally raised units of National Guard and a nationally-raised force (the Honved: which began with 10 battalions but was expanded beyond that as time wore on).  In this post, as usual, you may clix pix for BIG PIX.

Illustrations are once again from the excellent Gyozo Smogyi Honved Army, 1848-49 book. The Honved infantry was intended to be centrally equipped and wear a brown coat with typical Hungarian touches (known as an "attila": above left). Given circumstances, however, there wound up being quite a bit of variety in actual practice. Among these, there were some units that wore a gray attila (above right). I did 2 units in the brown and 1 in the gray attila.  In progress is the 31st battalion (the fellow in the short white coat and kepi in the right hand picture above)--that unit is a conversion and will be covered in a separate post once complete. 
There was a regular issue for the Hungarian National Guard (above) that was basically the regular uniform and equipment but with a blue jacket with black lace.  Although there was much more variety in how these units wound up being uniformed, I choose to go with the above given that the figures I had would work for both.  The figures are all from the excellent Steve Barber Models Hungarian Honved infantry.
                                             Brown and Gray Attila Honved Infantry. 
                                                       Blue-coated National Guard
 

When done, the Honved infantry should present a colorful array. In addition to these and the 31st Battalion, I'll be adding 2 more units in brown attila with different colored kepis  (one red and one white).  I've also commissioned Honved Jagers, who will add a bit more flair to the lookOf course, all the Hungarian cavalry were hussars (speaking of color), but those will be another project...

15 comments:

  1. Dandy brushwork! I like the colorful uniforms and tempts me to consider an earlier Italian War of Independence.

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    1. Thanks, Jonathan,
      Well, not my scale, but Hagen Miniatures has a fairly comprehensive Honved line for the era in 15mm

      http://www.hagen-miniatures.de/index.php/en/component/jshopping/category/view/210

      (in case you needed two or three more irons in the fire, LOL).

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    2. Watch this space for figs for 1st Italian war of independence

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  2. Beautiful paintwork, not a period I know a lot about I'm afraid?

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    1. Thanks, Ray. I stumbled across the Hungarian Revolt in a series of articles that appeared years ago in the old MWAN Magazine. Sort of like the NYW, it has been an overlooked period (but now gaining some attention and popularity, benefitting in part I think from the upswell in interest in 19thC wars).

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  3. These uniforms are splendid (love the "Brown and Gray Attila Honved Infantry"), and the paintbrush excellent, wonderful details and shades...

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    1. Thanks, Phil. Gotta love an army that is basically hussars (foot and mounted versions).

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  4. Ed, you really nailed the coat color for the National Guards! They all look cool.

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    1. Hi Mike, Even a blind chicken gets a worm every now and then. Humbrol World War One Blue and a brush over of Humbrol Light Blue and shazam!

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  5. The blue National Guard are my favorites!

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    1. Thanks, AJ, I'm surprised myself at how the color scheme worked for those. Not flashy, but very neat combination.

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  6. Love what you have done, I was the main sponsor of those figs

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    1. Thanks for sponsoring them! Hope to see the ones I sponsored coming soon.

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  7. Ed, what is your basing size and what rule system are you planning to use. If it is homegrown please let me have a copy..because it may also eork for my Italian project.
    cheers,
    Geoff

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    1. Cash Scrapped, it is a home grown system thatis still in development. I have the basing system and basic organization done. Now I have to put the notes all together to get the mechanics hammered out. It should work for the Italian Wars of Independence, as well as others, once completed. I'll try and send you an email and see how that works.

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