My Russian Army...

Hi all,

Over the years I have painted many Russian units, most of this work has been for my brother who collects the Russians but also for another friend who also plays the Russians of 1812-14. This army is fascinating to research, it is large and formidable with a depth of history which rivals any other major European power of the day.

The pictures in this installment are predominately Cavalry, the Artillery and Infantry will follow in the near future. These are units I have painted over the past 10-15 years which I am most proud of. The variety of types is fairly large with a predominance of AB figures used. I will endeavour to add to this section many more pictures as I can.

The following two pictures are two views of a Russian Grenadier of the 1806-07 era. They show the great bushy black plume and the pink facings of the Kiev Grenadier Regiment.











The next set pictures show the Russian Cavalry I have painted on mass, it is pretty close to an entire Cavalry Corps consisting of all types, Cuirassiers, Dragoons, Hussars and Lancers. With our Rules system being one figure equals 40 men these regiments boast roughly 18 figures full strength. However, several of these regiments are in need of one or more figures to finish them off.

































In the next pictures you can see the Heavy Cavalry Regiments I have painted, the Cuirassiers. These are circa 1812-14 showing the men of each Regiment wearing the full Front and Back plates of the cuirass. There are several regiments shown here such as the Horse Garde, Chevalier Garde, Novgorod Regiment and the Little Russia Regiment. Please take little notice of the flags as they are incorrect, we know this and will be fixing that problem as soon as we get the correct ones to replace them.






















In the next set of pictures you can see the Dragoon Regiments of the Russian army, these figures are also AB miniatures and yet again they are very well sculptured. They were very easy to paint and very quick also. The great thing about Russian Dragoons is that the uniform is relatively plain thus an entire Dragoon Division could be painted up in a very short time, at least for our system at least.






















The next set of pictures shows the Russian Light Cavalry, namely the Hussars of the army, namely the Garde Hussars. These figures are once again AB miniatures simply because the sculptures are perfect. The Hussars are painted up in their 1805-07 costume and look magnificent. I must say, they were a joy to paint even if difficult because of the perfection of the figures. I was able to put so much detail into the painting simply because of the level of detail on the figure.












































The next set of pictures shows another Russian Hussar Regiment, the White Russia Hussars. I only have 6 figures painted up so far but hope to have the rest completed as soon as possible.











In this set of pictures I have the Polish Uhlan Regiment of 12 figures. Once again I chose AB miniatures for the figures, they are clearly way above every other brand for detail, proportion and ease of painting. When finished I was astounded with the level of realism in the poses.

My Saxon Army...

Hi all,

Well, my Saxon army is not much of an army as yet, it comprises of just a couple of units so far. The Garde du Corps and a Saxon Infantry Battalion. I have a habit of painting up units on a whim and these two got the nod.

My Polish Army...

Hi all,

This latest instalment is a little preview of my current Polish contingent, it is not much larger than a small Division but I am happy with it so far. The figures are all Old Glory who do a superb job on these particular castings. They paint up very easily and I was very happy with the end results.

My Prussian 1806 Army...

Hi all,

Of late I have been busy painting up the Prussian 1806 army, this army was steeped in the tradition and glory of former years of the 18th century. Its commanders were veterans of the wars of that century and proud of their tradition and honour. This army was highly trained and respected all over Europe to the point of arrogance. If fought in the traditional sense they would have accounted well for themselves but Napoleon did not fight in the traditional sense and thus this army was crushed in a single day. Sad really, for if you paint this army up the time and battles you can fight in are limited to just a few historical conflicts such as Jena, Auerstadt and Saalfield to name the most prominent of them.

These next four pictures show the Prussian Division of von Grawert deployed for battle. The set up is not historical, it is for the purpose of the setting only.























The next set of pictures shows a few of the actual regiments of the Grawert Division. The following two pitures show the Zastrow IR 39 Regiment in Line deployed with skirmishers in front ready to receive the enemy.












The following three pictures also show various Regiments from this Division in the act of deploying to form a battle line. The regiments are the Furst Hohenlohe IR 32 - The Sanitz IR 50 and the Grawert IR 47 Regiment.

My Austrian Army...

Hi all,

This latest post is about my fledgling Austrian Army, well, not really an army, more like a collection of units so far. My favourite army is the French army but the Austrian army is my second choice, it is huge, diverse and full of colour. Yes the uniforms of the Infantry might be predominately white but the array of facing colours is what I like about them. From far away you see a sea of white but close up is a veritable garden of colour which really gives a great look to this army.

They also have the reputation for being the most consistent army to face the French over a period spanning around 23 years. While other countries would come and go over those years in short campaigns the Austrians just kept on fighting against France for most of the period. The only other country to do a similar thing were the Brits in Spain and on the sea. For me the Austrians and their army portray a consistent adversary opposing all things of Revolutionary France after the fall of that country's King and Queen and their persistence in trying to destroy the revolution before it spread and their belief that they would succeed. This trait to me signifies their stubbornness in battles that were among the most hardest fought of the entire wars, even when all was going wrong they fought with a total determination til the last.

I have not as yet painted up too much of this magnificent army but I do intend to rectify that. I have put up a few pictures to show what I have done so far: These two pictures are of an Austrian Grenadier Btln, clearly can be seen the cuff and colour colours of the various parent formations.






















The next four pictures are of various Austrian Officer stands, they do not depict any officers in particular but more so they are here to show the variance of figures on the stands :