Sunday, July 20, 2025

1866 JAGERS FOR ONE HOUR SKIRMISH

 

9th Prussian Jagers in action at Gravelotte, 1870

Austrian Kaiser Jager, 1866

Greetings, dear reader(s).  The blogging tempo 'round here has been a bit slacker than it's usual rate (which could best be described as "tepid"). Real life has been interfering with art, but there has been activity on the hobby front, and I've managed to steal a brief interlude to put together a brief "show and tell" post on a recent pair of additions to my One Hour Skirmish "Musket to Rifle" collection.  Specifically, I've added two contingents of Jagers (for those not familiar, "jager" is german for "hunter"), one Prussian and one Austrian.  Each of these sets will provide enough figures to play a substantial One Hour Skirmish game. These figures are former Northstar, now to be found among the Eagles of Empire offerings.  As usual, in this post, you may clix pix for BIG PIX. 

PRUSSIAN JAGERS
Completed contingent of Prussian Jagers.


Study of the figures and my treatment of them: I find these figures not only historically spot on, but superbly suited for conveying vignettes given their realistic proportions and poses.  
Prussian specialty figures: left to right: NCO, Officer, and Trumpeter. 

AUSTRIAN JAGERS
Completed contingent of Austrian Jagers


Study of the Austrians and my treatment of them: like the Prussians (and all the figures in the Old Northstar/Eagles of Empire 1866 line), the dynamic poses and variety are particularly well suited to small unit use where each model stands on its own. 

Austrian Leader figures: Officer flanked by two NCOs. 


Detail of one of the Austrian NCOs.  These were a study in gray tones. I used a drybrush of Humbrol mid blue over the gray of the trousers to render the distinctive "pike gray" that differentiates them from the overcoat gray (refer to the opening picture of the Austrian Kaiser Jager for an illustration).

With these two new contingents, I have expanded my options for One Hour Skirmish gaming to 1866: Prussian versus Austrian "hunters": a classic combination!

Excelsior!

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18 comments:

  1. rrossJuly 20, 2025 at 10:38 AM

    Beautiful figures Ed and you have done a great job painting them too!

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    1. Ed MJuly 21, 2025 at 5:03 AM

      Thanks, Keith: having superior figures certainly makes the brushwork look better :)

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  2. Jonathan FreitagJuly 20, 2025 at 11:33 AM

    Smartly painted, Ed! Your jaegers look superb!

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    1. Ed MJuly 21, 2025 at 5:06 AM

      Thanks, Jonathan: I painted these figures before a few years ago for my Chocolate Box Wars Prussians and Austrians, but not individually mounted. I tried to replicate the same effects on these but couldn't match them, so these are close but have their own look.

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  3. PeterJuly 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM

    A couple of good looking units for your skirmish wargaming.

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    1. Ed MJuly 21, 2025 at 5:07 AM

      Thanks, Peter: I'm happy with the result.

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  4. Michal DwarfCryptJuly 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM

    Excellent work sir!

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    1. Ed MJuly 21, 2025 at 5:07 AM

      Thanks for dropping bye, Michal (and the kind comment)!

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  5. pancerniJuly 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM

    Wonderful color choices and very good brush work
    See them on table soon?

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    1. Ed MJuly 21, 2025 at 5:08 AM

      I seem to be spending more time in production than playing when it comes to my One Hour Skirmish collection--I am looking forward to getting something on the table sooner rather than later!

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  6. RichardJuly 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM

    Nicely painted figures. Good animation in the models.

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    1. Ed MJuly 21, 2025 at 5:11 AM

      Thanks, Richard: I think that these sculpts certainly are among the best in their class (right alongside Perry).

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  7. StewJuly 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM

    Oooohh, that's what Jagers means. I actually never knew it. See! your blog is entertaining AND informative. 😁
    Nice job on the miniatures.

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    1. Ed MJuly 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM

      Just to add a bit more information, if you see units called "chasseurs" on the table (most often in a blackpowder game), they, too, are "hunters" (the French term this time).

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  8. Donnie McGibbonJuly 21, 2025 at 9:42 AM

    Lovely looking figures Ed and very well painted, two really nice units, you must be very happy with them.

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  9. caveadsum1471July 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM

    Lovely pair of units, I particularly like the collection of greys that are your Austrians, excellent painting as always and nice subliminal Napoleonic messaging to Stew!
    Best Iain

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    1. Ed MJuly 25, 2025 at 5:35 AM

      Thanks: the "one color" Austrian jagers took more steps to achieve than one might think. It started feeling like I was living the wargamer's version of Bill Murray in "Groundhog Day"--painting the same figures over and over. As far as messaging, I do like to slip in something as subtle as a white boot every now and then to help the medicine go down.

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