My burgeoning Prussian forces were somewhat lacking in artillery support, so I have attempted to remedy that through the HaT 8007 Prussian Artillery set. You get 4 cannons plus crew in the box with a choice of three different gun barrels which is nice. In this case I have used what I believe is meant to be the 6 pounder on the basis that these would have been the most common (the other options are a longer barrel 12 pounder and a howitzer). The spare gun barrels will go in the bits box!
This is an easy set to build and paint, but I have to say I don't like the crew figures at all! The poses are OK, but the sculpting is just weird - the figures are very thin and seem to have very long legs and the end result are some very gangly gunners. There really aren't other options in 1/72 plastic so these will have to do.
Blucher's boys now number 12 infantry and 2 cavalry regiments, with these bringing the number of guns supporting them up to 8. Sehr gut!
