Sunday, 1 March 2026

from RayR - Vienna 1683 - Polish Winged Hussars 15mm 56pts

  


Sticking with my 15mm project of Vienna 1683 once again.
The Crème de la Crème of the Allied army The Polish Winged Hussars are my next entry.
Unfortunately in the scenario there are only 2 6 figure units, which seems a bit mean to me, so I will be painting up more after the Challenge. I mean why would you not??? 


The figures are from Essex Miniatures


But once again, come with no command, so figures from the Generals packs have been used and converted into standard bearers, but I suppose I could have just used a normal Hussar figure instead?


The photo's I've taken really don't d these figures the justice they deserve.


The pennants and the flag on the left were bought from Ebay from Wargame Designs, while the flag on the right was found online, sorry, I can't remember where?


Two Winged Hussars, the wings were a pain in the butt to glue in place, I had to you a small blob of Greenstuff to hold them in place. Then when I started painting them, I wished I hadn't glued them in place, because they were a bugger to paint the inside of the wings as they were so close together.


One Winged Hussars, we're a doddle to paint up!!

Onto the points 12 figures at 4 points each gives me 48 points!

Ottoman Army under Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa Pasha


1st Line (Independent Commands)
Irregular Tribal Raw 12 figs
Irregular Tribal Raw 12 figs
Irregular Tribal Raw 12 figs
Irregular Tribal Raw 12 figs

2nd Line indie command
Timariot Sipahis Blade, Lance Drilled 6 figs XXX
Timariot Sipahis Tribal, bow/carb drilled 6f XXX
Timariot Sipahis Blade, Lance Drilled 6 figs XXX
Timariot Sipahis Tribal, bow/carb drilled 6f XXX
(Already painted before the Challenge)

3rd Line indie commands 
Sekban musket, loose Raw 12 figs XXX
Tufeckci musket, loose Drilled 12 figs XXX
Sekban musket, loose Raw 12 figs XXX
Tufeckci musket, loose Drilled 12 figs XXX

Janissary Brigade & Brigadier
Janissary Orta All Musket Drilled/Elite 12
Janissary Orta All Musket/Flintlock Drilled/Elite 12
Janissary Orta All Musket/Flintlock Drilled/Elite 12
Janissary Orta All Musket Drilled/Elite 12

Reserve & Brigadier

Sipahis of the Porte Blade, Lance Veteran-Elite 6 figs
Sipahis of the Porte Blade, Lance Veteran-Elite 6 figs
Vizier's Guard All Musket, Flintlock Guard 6 
Great Gun Drilled 1 model 
Great Gun Drilled 1 model 

Holy League under King Jan III Sobieski

Polish Cavalry Brigade
Lipka Tartars Tribal Cav now Raw 6figs
Pancerni Bullet, armour Drilled 6 figs
Pancerni Bullet, Lance, armour Drilled 6 figs
Hussar Banner Blade, Lance, armour Veteran-Elite 6 figs

Polish Cavalry Brigade
Lipka Tartars Tribal Cav now Raw 6figs
Pancerni Bullet, armour Drilled 6 figs
Pancerni Bullet, Lance, armour Drilled 6 figs
Hussar Banner Blade, Lance, armour Veteran-Elite 6 figs

Imperial Cavalry Brigade 
Dragoons Regt Dragoons, Flintlock, Drilled 12 figs
Cuirassier Regt Bullet, Armour Veteran-Elite 12 figs

Bavarian Cav Brig
Dragoons Regt Dragoons, Flintlock, Drilled 12 figs
Cuirassier Regt Bullet, Armour Drilled-Elite 12 figs

Saxons Cav Brigade 
Dragoons Regt Dragoons, Flintlock, Drilled 6 figs
Cuirassier Regt Bullet, Armour Drilled-Elite 18 figs

Field gun 1 model

From DaveD . A great start to the day here Ray. Just be thankful they ain’t 3 winged I reckon . I agree that far too few , you need a whole lot more - I know you will ! . That’s a lot of work involved so I’m giving you 56 mate . 

Sunday crew checking in

Here we go again , I am well on the mend following my bout of lurgy last week  . I have a fresh ground coffee in hand while I work my way through the Sunday crews endeavours . 

 

Paul’s Production line is still producing 
Ray has taken wing 
Tim’s Saxons are late 
Adam is building a Balkan park 
Darrell has his archers 
Graham and Ian have points bombes 
Lee is abandons things 
Tim gets his teasers one 
And more besides .

On a plus  I have finished my posting for this week and am cracking in with some extra stuff today .

We are well into the home straight for the challenge as we cross into March , so keep those brushes twirling people . 
Have a good one you lot .




Skull Update

 Skull Tally

  • StuartL 239
  • TeemuL 171
  • BruceR 171
  • MattT 127
  • DavidB 91
  • Barks 44
  • ErikP 35
  • MikeW 20*
  • PaulOG 13
  • TomL 11
  • GregB 8
  • SteveA 7
  • Curt 2
*Formal count pending

Notable Skullz


AaronP here to steal your skullz.

StuartL maintains his lead.

I love the attitude in GregB's figure.

Lots of skullz from DavidB

Classical skullz from MikeW.

Fantasy and historical combining from MikeW.

GeoffT's lovely ladies

AndrewG always has a spare.

Other news

We were blessed with a field report from PeterD.

I'm sure many of us were entertained by Red Dwarfvale Rob Grant.

A skull with skullz. Red Dwarf 1992.

Skull of the week


90s skull helm from DallasE

To enter, tag your post with 'Skull Duel' and state in the post both how many skullz you have painted, and what your running total is. Feel free to enter the duel at any time in the Challenge.