Nothing very exciting to report, really. On the painting front things have been very slow lately – we have been moving house and I have barely touched the stuff. I did manage to paint a couple of more flags and do some basing. The Björneborg 2d battalion is interesting in that it is the onlyContinue reading “Another battalion completed”
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More Finnish conversions – and a milestone reached!
With these figures I have completed the first and most important goal of my 1808 Finnish war project. I have painted all the figures I need for the first three brigades of grey-uniformed Finnish troops, i e the core field army that fought the Russians in Finland. Some basing is still to be done andContinue reading “More Finnish conversions – and a milestone reached!”
Tavastehus 2d battalion
Continuing with my Finnish troops, I managed to paint the 2d battalion of the Tavastehus regt. Flags and basing still to be done. Im nearing the fin(n)ish line now, with almost all grey-uniformed units done. The only variation compared to the Perry figures out-of-the-boxes here is the officer, whose body has been taken from oneContinue reading “Tavastehus 2d battalion”
Russian progress
After having painted quite a few Swedes/Finns for a while, I switched over to give the Russian army some TLC. I painted the very few figures that were still missing to complete the 3rd battalion, 3rd jäger regiment and the 1st battalion of the Petrovsk regt. These have been standing almost finished for much tooContinue reading “Russian progress”
Nyland jägers
These are the Perry miniatures Nyland jäger figures. I really dont know how these should be painted. There are conflicting descriptions of their uniform in different sources. I decided to go for a practical option and paint them to look different from the Savolax jägers (who have green facings and a green plume). In thisContinue reading “Nyland jägers”
(Re)basing artillery
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. TheContinue reading “(Re)basing artillery”
Björneborg regiment WIP
I am slowly working towards expanding my figures for the Björneborg regiment. I already had around 12 (now at 30!) painted figures, including one flag. As this is a regiment which featured in many important battles, both large and small, I will be needing many more, at least two battalions. For the additional figures, IContinue reading “Björneborg regiment WIP”
Guide to the uniforms of the Finnish army of 1808
As I have now painted at least one unit of most of the Finnish regiments that took part in the 1808 war, I thought I would sum up what I have learnt in the process, for others to use. Below is a table summarizing the uniform colors worn and the flags carried by the differentContinue reading “Guide to the uniforms of the Finnish army of 1808”
Tavastehus regiment, 1st bat.
I finished the figures for this unit a few days ago, but have been working on the flags. I was very pleased with the king’s colors (livfana) I managed to paint. Unfortunately however, when finished it became clear that it was much larger than the company colors that I had done a long time ago.Continue reading “Tavastehus regiment, 1st bat.”
Germans with Panzerfausts
For the first time in a long while Ive come back to the WW2 stuff. This time some Panzerfaust-armed Germans. Until now I have only had two such figures, and my focus was on the earlier stages of the war, before the PF was introduced. However, in order to be able to play the laterContinue reading “Germans with Panzerfausts”
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