Battle of Austerlitz 1805

[michaelozzie]

Hello everybody. Its been a while since ive made any Napoleonic mocs but this new contest has got me revisiting my custom army. My entry will be a scene from the battle of Austerlitz. I will show you some of the different troops in little scenes like this as a lead up to the final moc, like here for instance theses are my latest Old guard. I have given them new torso decals on front and back that have a bit more accuracy than the old ones.

Here are the Old Guard receiving orders while stationed along the channel coast, where they had been waiting for the invasion of England. Instead now they must march east to contend with the Russian and Austrian Empires declaration of war against them.

Next up will be the Austrian and Russian infantry

[Captainkiwi]

This is one of the battles I was hoping for and it looks like it will be done well. Your french guard look great and I can't wait to see the Austrians and russians. Good luck on

finishing it.

[RoryoCox]

Looks great so far.

The scene behind looks good.

Well Done

[General Redwater]

Everything that you have done so far looks great. I can`t wait to see the Austrian and Russian infantry.

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General Redwater

[xilefsson]

All your hats are beautifully painted!

Can't wait to see the Austrian army, little bit of patriotism

Edited May 2, 2010 by xilefsson

[Bonaparte]

I this so much! This must be the most realistic looking Napoleonic army every made into LEGO.

One small remark, we only allow pictures with a maximum width of 800 pixels to be posted. Could you resize them? If you need help, you can find here tutorials.

[Joey Lock]

Here are the Old Guard receiving orders while stationed along the channel coast, where they had been waiting for the invasion of England. Instead now they must march east to contend with the Russian and Austrian Empires declaration of war against them.

Yeah, you run away Frenchies! You'll never invade England!

I'm liking the uniforms, only problem is, making the customs is probably going to take you longer than the contest allows!

[Capt. Stabbin]

Nice Job! Your army looks amazing!! Can't wait to see the rest!

[the_green_avenger]

Detail, ahead of size, is the attribute ascribed to all my favorite MOCs

Not only is it very highly detailed, the size of the army is also very significant...

I can't wait to see the accual battle part!

[Commodore Hornbricker]

Off to an amazing start. The army looks magnificent.

[michaelozzie]

Ok guys heres a look at the Russian and Austrian army marching to the Pratzen Heights

These are some of the Russians

Here are Austrian Grenadiers and Hungarian infantry with the blue trousers

[Alex the Great]

Thanks a lot! I was hoping to do well in this contest. But really, these are amazing, can't wait to see the finished product.

[the_green_avenger]

if I had to come up with a definition of "over the top", this would be it.

Fantabulicious MOC!

Edit: in the second pic there's a hungarian standing in the creek... kinda funny...

Edited May 4, 2010 by the_green_avenger

[Admiral William]

Amazing MOC! I just love those green uniforms...

[BrickPerfection]

I LOVE your minifigs . The lanscaping could use some more attention though. It's quite significant how much less detailed it looks compared to those great soldiers.

Can anybody explain, why michealozzi has no "customizer" tag? IMO he's the best customizer out there....

-Perfectionist

[Aalak]

Great Customs, I really love the way you customized the Shakos and Bearskings of the Old Guard. What Did You use for the feathers? I'm unable to identify it.

What kind of printer did you use for the decals? If got a good Ink Jet, and still some of my darker decals didn't look as good as yours...

The Russians look great as well. I'm not a fan of the Austrian Uniforms in white. but I really love your Troops, specially the hungarians infantry with the markings on the trousers.

Great work. Can't wait till you post the actual battle...

P.S. I loved your Sharpe on your MocPage,too

[michaelozzie]

I LOVE your minifigs . The lanscaping could use some more attention though. It's quite significant how much less detailed it looks compared to those great soldiers.

Can anybody explain, why michealozzi has no "customizer" tag? IMO he's the best customizer out there....

-Perfectionist

Thanx for comments. The background landscape is only a prelimenary. The real one is under construction now.

Great Customs, I really love the way you customized the Shakos and Bearskings of the Old Guard. What Did You use for the feathers? I'm unable to identify it.

What kind of printer did you use for the decals? If got a good Ink Jet, and still some of my darker decals didn't look as good as yours...

The Russians look great as well. I'm not a fan of the Austrian Uniforms in white. but I really love your Troops, specially the hungarians infantry with the markings on the trousers.

Great work. Can't wait till you post the actual battle...

P.S. I loved your Sharpe on your MocPage,too

Ive been using pipecleaners for the feathers. Just cutting them to length and gluing to the headwear. The printer i have is a HP but what ive found is that using a glossy paper like photo paper to print on improves the colour and look. I also use a gloss spray to finnish the decal so the print will not smudge with use.

[Aalak]

Ive been using pipecleaners for the feathers. Just cutting them to length and gluing to the headwear. The printer i have is a HP but what ive found is that using a glossy paper like photo paper to print on improves the colour and look. I also use a gloss spray to finnish the decal so the print will not smudge with use.

Thanks for the info. I'll try the Photopaper with my next Customs. Great tipps.

[michaelozzie]

Heres a look at the french army ready for the battle scene. In front are men of Saint Hillaire's division who spearheaded the assault on the Pratzen Heights. Behind are a few of the buildings ive been making to create the village of Pratzen which was central in the battlefield.

[BrickPerfection]

Sweet!

Please, just make sure, you finish before May 31 and you can still improve a bit on lanscaping although it looks much better than before already. I like your MOC trees, however they are a little small...

Anyways, I wish you much sucess completing this lovely battle scene and also some luck in the competition.

-Perfectionist

[Aalak]

Wow, I really love the new pics. The Trees look great, Now I really wanna see it all :)

[Capt. Stabbin]

Nice update! You have a very formidable army. Good luck in the contest.

[the_green_avenger]

BRAVO! BRAVO!!!

oh wait... your not even done yet

[Captain Green Hair]

This looks great Michael, do you think you can finish in time?

[michaelozzie]

Heres some latest pics. Just about finnished just adding last touches to the scenery. This shows Saint-hillaires division moving through Pratzen village and about to move onto the heights where waiting Austrian and Russian soldiers are suprised by this sudden appearance of French infantry advancing on their position. Here at the centre they were now thinly spread on Pratzen heights as the bulk of the army had moved south against the villages of Telnitz and Solkonitz or were engaged in a holding action to the north against Marshall Lannes corps.