Author Archives: Pancratist

Russian division 1808

As I have already mentioned in previous posts, I have been working on re-basing my Russians for the 1808 setting. This has included expanding some of the units, so that all line infantry is in 24 man units, and the jäger units of 16. I have now come as far as rebasing all of theContinue reading “Russian division 1808”

Russian progress

I have been working on rebasing my 1808 Russians for way too long. But now everything is at least mounted on the new type of bases and I have applied the Vallejo texture goo, which is the more time consuming part of the process. After that I will drybrush the bases and paint the edges.Continue reading “Russian progress”

Some Russian additions

With little painting time, I have at least finished some additional figures and guns for the Russian army of 1808. I have prepared many more. The primary goal is to be able to field a battery of two guns for each of the three brigades. Two of these will be 6-pounders, the third a 3-pounderContinue reading “Some Russian additions”

Of Finnish and Swedish uniforms of 1808, plastrons, officers’ rank insignia etc.

Anyone who has ever tried to understand Swedish army uniforms of the war in Finland of 1808–1809 knows that this is a very diffcult subject indeed. Shortly before the war, uniforms were changed several times in rapid succession. At the same time, old uniforms were still in use. It is therefore not easy to knowContinue reading “Of Finnish and Swedish uniforms of 1808, plastrons, officers’ rank insignia etc.”

Västerbotten regiment flags

I recently added new flags to the second battalion of the Västerbotten regiment which I have now completed apart from the basing. These flags correspond better to the historical information that I have gathered. I managed to salvage the old flag, which I painted after the old 17th century model. It may come in handyContinue reading “Västerbotten regiment flags”

Swedish infantry and cavalry flags for the Finnish war (1808) (October 2025 update!)

Ive been meaning to do this for a long time. As I make my own flags for my Swedish and Finnish figures for 1808, I thought that Itd be a nice thing to share these. Especially since these flags are not available from many commercial outlets, and those that are available do not necessarily haveContinue reading “Swedish infantry and cavalry flags for the Finnish war (1808) (October 2025 update!)”

Österbotten regiment

Moving forward with more troops for my 1808 Swedes. This is the last of the Finnish regular regiments. I will need one large battalion of 30 or 36 figures plus som skirmishers. Painting six at a time go is a good way of working away at large numbers of miniatures at a reasonable pace. HavingContinue reading “Österbotten regiment”

Standard for the Nyland dragoons

I have been adding some figures to my unit of Nyland dragoons, to get them up to 9 figures, which will be rebased to a new and more standard format. When doing so I also added a standard. Some literature, Törnquist in particular, claims that the regiment did not carry standards. Illustrations made ca 1804Continue reading “Standard for the Nyland dragoons”

Gyllenbögel’s free corps

These are my first attempts at making some members of the Gyllenbögel free corps, a volunteer unit composed of various ex-soldiers and civilians. It was created in the summer of 1808 and saw action at a number of battles. The figures are simple conversions from Perry AWI figures and a Brigade Games Canadian 1812 militiamanContinue reading “Gyllenbögel’s free corps”