| My first set of scratch built terrain.
The houses are modelled after some real buildings at our local "folklore museum" here in Uppsala. The style of the buildings are typical for Sweden and western Finland. The habit of painting the houses in this particular red tone is perhaps more 19c than 18c. The models are built out of balsa -wood and pre made roof tiles. The windows and the door are print-outs from my computer. |
Ok, I have to admit that I have had almost
no time to spare for painting the last month's, so I have used a painting
service to get some more units finished. Below you can see the result,
Närke-Värmlands regiment (left) and Jönköpings regiment (right) painted by
Old Guards Painters
www.oldguardpainters.com in Kiev, Ukraine.
 I have nothing to compare with ( except myself), but to me the price, the looks and the speed (about 6 weeks) are all fine by me. I guess that there will be some more figures that will get the chance to see Kiev.
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Three Russian generals. The figures comes from the Irregulars series American War of Independence, AWI 43 Mounted General. The figures gives a rather rough impression but they are well proportioned and has some charm.
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One of the more odd unit in the Swedish army during the war - the Von Zelows Cossack corps. (Learn more about them here) The figures are from three different manufacturers, from the left, Miniature Figurines 37VC, Freikorps15 RSY8 and Quartermaster 7RUS16. The three rightmost are the same as the previous, just turned around to show us their other side. The Minifigs are all identical and looks good. However, they all suffer from a casting error on their laces. They are all of various length. In the Freikorps15 bag there are three figs of the model shown here. I like this one since there is more "action" in this fig, but unfortunately they suffer from the same error as the Minifigs. In the bag there were also a fourth figure. A rider that is just standing still and waiting. This figure has a different head gear, and I don't know if he should be there at all... The figures from the QM are all identical. The casting is ok an there are no errors, but to my opinion the legs of the riders are a bit too short to look really good.
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The latest "recruits" to my Swedish army are these two battalions from the Psilanderhjelms enlisted regiment. The regiment was recruited in the Swedish Pommerania, Germany and served as one of two garrison regiments in Stralsund. These figures are from three different brands. On the flanks (with their muskets on the shoulders) are some RWA4, Continental Line Hatman 1776 from Freikorps15. They come with eight identical figures in the bag. The command groups are also from the Freikorps15, RWA 8, Continental Command. Here are also 8 figures in the bag, but the composition was a bit unexpected. The bag held two officers, one drummer (with a different hat) a piper and four(!) colour bearers. The Freikorps15 figures looks good, but there is not much action around here. In the front there are some figures from the Quartermaster, 7RUS04 Musketeer advancing. This purchase was a bit of a shot in the dark. These seven year war Russians proved to have some rather "old fashioned" uniforms. To some part I can put the blame on the rather blurry photos on the website. The hats are too much "tricone", the coats lacks the turn back and are worn buttoned all the way up. The fig's looks good, but that wont help much. There will be some new manpower to replace them. The third group (in the back) are the Minifigs 120V Continental Infantrymen, Tricorn, Coat
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Finally, my little Danish-Norwegian force have received a gun. It has been delivered by Freikorps15 and is a SYG 2 3pdr Battalion Gun. There are three guns in the bag. The crew is painted by my friend Eric Starnes and are from an older Minifig line. The rest of the force are described further down on this page.
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Some brand new figures from the
Quartermaster. These are Swedish soldiers from the Savolax jaeger corps.
The figures, RSW 18, didn't really turn out the way I have hoped.
Running, slightly tilting forward and apparently trying to fire the
rifle...well try it your self and you will know what I mean. |
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Some more new figures from the Quartermaster. Some Karelian dragoons RSW 17, and a Swedish General RSW20.
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The Nylands- and Tavastehusläns dragoon regiment. To the left you find the three figures that are included in the RSW 13 Cavalry command, and to the right there are two RSW 14 Cavalry Trooper
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Swedish infantry. From the left: Upplands infanteriregemente, Västerbottens infanteriregemente and to the right Sprengportens värvade (enlisted) infanteriregemente. The figs are (by the Upplanders), RSW9 Swedish infantry firing, RSW7 Swedish infantry, march attack and RSW8 Swedish infantry advancing |
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RSW6, Swedish infantry command contains six figures in three different poses. Here you can see the colours of the Västerbottens regiment, Sprengtportens enlisted regiment, Nylands regiment and Upplands regiment. |
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Swedish artillery crew (RSW10) and three guns from the Napoleonic equipment line (EQ-something). Note: It's quite possible that the artillery in those days were painted blue, but with the details in black instead of yellow. |
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Swedish cavalry. To the left is a unit from the Livregementet (RSW15) and to the right are some dragoons (RSW16). The blue dragoon belongs to the Jämtlands dragoon corps and the white figure belongs to the Light dragoon corps.
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RSW1, Russian infantry command. Russians in the Potemkin uniforms of 1786. Colours of the Kexholms- and Viborgs infantry regiments. |
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Russian jaegers (in green) and Russian line infantry. The same three figures are used for booth units. They are from the left Russian infantry, march attack (RSW2), in the middle Russian infantry advancing (RSW3) and to the right Russian infantry firing (RSW 4). |
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RSW5 Russian artillery crew. Russian field artillery manning three guns (EQ-something) from the Napoleon line. |
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Russian cavalry on the move. To the left are some RSW12 painted as dragoons, and the right is a group of, RSW11 Russian cavalry command, painted as Cuirassiers. If there is anyone wondering about the "lancer" among the cuirassiers, you are wrong. He is supposed to carry a standard, but I don't know how what look like. So, if there are any kind soul out there that are willing to share his knowledge... please let me know. |
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Most continental armies were dressed in a more traditional fashion then the Swedes and Russians. The Danish, and the two Swedish enlisted regiments stationed in Pommerania followed the continental fashion. These figs are produced by Minifig UK. The ones to the left represents the Queens liferegiment, one of the Swedish enlisted regiments in Pommerania. The other figures represents the Danish/Norwegian Akershus regiment, recruited in the Oslo area. The infantrymen are Minifigs 120V and the command group are Minifig 129V. Each pack contains eight figs. The 129V contains two of each fig displayed here, but also two 120V. Please note. The look of the regimental flag are just my guess.
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This figure represents an older Minifig series. It is painted as a Danish/Norwegian general. The painter is Eric Starnes (thanks Eric)
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