As a commander-in-chief vignette for my Russians, I have painted up some of the generals on foot from the Perry pack (no. 1 in their Russian range). These are slight overkill in terms of the 1808 Finland campaign, but there were several generals in action at the major battles, and possibly one or two adjutants.Continue reading “Russian commanders on foot”
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Sevsk regiment colonel
Continuing with some Russians, here is a colonel from the Brigade Games range of 1805.
Russian officers in shako
As many readers will know, Russian officers in the early Napoleonic period seem to have worn bicornes (and they continued to do so to some extent until the end of the wars). However, after 1805, officers were allowed to wear a shako, and at least by 1807 there was a distinctive officer’s shako with anContinue reading “Russian officers in shako”
Russian artillery and skirmishers
Cracking on with the last few pieces which I still need to round out a division of 1808 Russians. The artillery is a mix of Perry and Warlord Games figures; the artillery pieces are Perry and Elite miniatures (I think?). The Elite and Perry 6-pounders look very similar, and as I happened to have enoughContinue reading “Russian artillery and skirmishers”
Russian artillery limber
A small step for the Russian 1808 collection. In fact, even though this is just one piece, limbers are always some of the most labor-intensive models that you would do for Napoleonic figures. This 6-pounder limber is the third I have done, which means I have one limber team for each brigade, two 6-pounders andContinue reading “Russian artillery limber”
Chevaux de frise and gabions
Painting is quite slow at the moment, but I did finish some chevaux de frise and gabions. These are metal models made by League of Augsburg/Warfare miniatures https://www.leagueofaugsburg.com/ They are well detailed and were a fun detail to do. They are designed for the early 18th or 17th century, but these things changed very littleContinue reading “Chevaux de frise and gabions”
Skirmishers
Continuing to re-base my Napoleonic figures. Ive now done almost everything, even down to these old figures. First off are the Warlord Games 95th rifles, some of the first Napoleonics I ever painted. Ive had some ideas about doing a brigade or two of British to use for a “what if?”-scenario for the Finnish war.Continue reading “Skirmishers”
Finnish cavalry (once again)
In the past couple of weeks, Ive been re-basing my 28mm Napoleonic figures. The Finnish army was already re-based, apart from the cavalry. I waited with the re-basing as I was planning to add more figures anyway. Now that Ive painted some additional figures to these, getting them up to 9 men per unit, itContinue reading “Finnish cavalry (once again)”
Some field fortifications
Ive recently finished these resin pieces by a maker called Baueda. They are very nicely detailed and of great casting quality. I do have some more fortification type pieces in the pipeline, so Ill do some more hopefully soon. These were easy enough to paint, with the sawn off short ends of the logs requiringContinue reading “Some field fortifications”
Prussian brigade, half-way
As my inaugural post for the new year, here are some pictures of my 1813 Prussians of which about half of the infantry is now done. Ive been busy completing the basing of miniatures I have painted during the past year or two. It has turned out that I had accrued quite a mass ofContinue reading “Prussian brigade, half-way”
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