As a contrast to the massed ranks of off-white Austrian troops, I thought I would showcase some more colourful* and less known units - the Landwehr. The Landwehr were raised in 1809 and were present at many of the battles with the French, albeit sometimes fleetingly!
Whilst the regular Austrian army regarded most volunteer and irregular troops with suspicion, some Landwehr did aquit themselves well. Most Landwehr units, sadly, did suffer from desertion and a tendency to depart the field of battle at high speed once the firing started.
So, the first set of figures - Inner Austria. Grey coats, red facings.
Side shot - showing the flag. Landwehr units had flags (probably) that were old model Austrian eagles on the right hand side and a local emblem on the left, which was usually a coat of arms. In this case, I chose Zwettl.
Figures are Baccus, I gave them a more "ragged" look by removing some of the bayonets, to suggest poorly equipped troops. The flag was downloaded from Napflags (for the eagle) & the internet for the coat of arms. Based for BBB on 1" square 2mm mdf from Warbases.
*OK - grey - but it's NOT white!!
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