At the moment, I am working hard to finish the Finnish (sic!) part of my Swedish force for 1808. The aim is three small brigades with 3-4 infantry units and one battery in each.
The artillery lacks a few figures, one cannon and one limber set, the aim being three two-gun batteries with limbers. The pieces are of three different types: a 6-pounder of the 1804 model (made by Perry miniatures); a 3-pounder field gun of an older type and finally a small battalion gun (referred to in Swedish sources as a “partikanon”, i e literally “raiding party gun”). The two latter types I made from a Perry AWI French 4-pounder and a Foundry AWI “grasshopper” (the smallest gun I could find). They are similar to preserved examples which can be seen on digitaltmuseum.se. Most artillery was painted blue and black at this time, but older holdovers from the 18th century would have retained the older blue and yellow scheme.
I used three different base sizes to correspond to three different types of gun, which I think was quite a good solution. Ill do the same for the Russians, although probably only use the larger two bases, as the smallest Russian gun is similar to the mid-sized Swedish one. The Russians also had 12-pounders of course, but I think they will fit nicely on the 6-pounder base – unless I want to differentiate them, by adding extra crew for example.
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