From Gary Amos: AB Bavarians (16x4pts = 64 pts)

 

Got fed up of painting bicornes (back on them now though), so I've skipped a project and done the light cavalry contingent for my upcoming Bavarians. The usual 18mm AB Napoleonics - nothing fancy and there are no blue diamonds in the sadle cloth borders! They'd been prepped and haunting the painting table for about a year.

The first unit is the 2^nd Chevauleger Regiment 'Taxis', which had a chequered career, being a heavy dragoon regiment between 1790 and 1806, then being split and absorbed into the Nurnberg Cavalry Regiment and the Prussian Hussaren Battalion 'Von Bila'. In 1811, however, they reformed as thte 'Taxis' light cavalry regiment.

 

The second unit is the 6^th Chevauleger Regiment 'Bubenhofen' and had a more settled record, simply being renumbered in 1811 from 4^th to 6^th.

 

If you recall, the purpose of my Bavarian contingent is to replace the Hessians in Massena's corps for the 1809 campaign to save me having to paint lots of lace and is another example of letting a bright idea run away with itself. These two regiments never actually  fought in the same brigade and were chosen more or less at random, although Bubenhofen is a hell of a name! The brigade as originally planned has become De Roy's division of 1809, plus cavalry (c1811/12!) and three batteries of artillery. Things to be aware of: don't read too much, if you don't like painting green then avoid light cavalry regiments called 'chasseurs', 'chevauleger', 'dragoons' etc. (and the Russian army in general) and don't talk to Dal Gavan cos he leads you astray.