Monday, February 3, 2020

Ferdinand of Brunswick

Finished Ferdinand of Brunswick yesterday to lead my Hanoverian contingent.
In portraits he always seems partial to pie, and a tad rotund, so I gave himsome added girth, as seems so typical of the officer class at this period.


Here, Ferdinand inspects IR2a Von Sporken, now fully recruited with a separate converged grenadier contingent.


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