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6mm Napoleonic Russians commission.

I was asked to do some more Napoleonics, this time Russians. The owner will base and add his own flags.

tarted these 10.30 Friday night, did the assembly, base coats and ink washes by about 1.
Saturday started at 09:30, worked through until 2ish when I walked the dog for two hours, then did another hour tidying up.
Machine mode?

As usual, the owner will be basing these, ready to fight Leipzig at the weekend!
Artillery batteries


Can you tell where I've reused tongue depressors?


Gunners stand ready


Limbers and teams


Limbers closer


Trip trop


Five cossack regiments


Top down


Fair amount of lancers


Off they go


Charge!
 

Batch 2 of the current order:-
Russian artillery - mixed


Boom?


Boom?


Will someone please man those guns?


Cassion teams

 
Interesting multi-part kits.

Here they are.


Five wheels, two chassis parts, in 6mm!

 
Four units of Russian line in greatcoat


On the march


Going that way?


Back view


That way?

Four units of Russian Grenadiers


A little closer


The owner wil base and add flags


Off they go


Artillery, from the rear


Front view


Five units of cuirassiers (His Maj/Lifeguards, Her Maj, Mil order and two others)


"If we sneak in in column, no one will see us!"


Ready for action


"Has anyone got any idea where we are going?"


Ready to go
 
Three Cossack units and the generals finishes off the army pack. More are on their way I hear, once I post these to their owner.

Cossacks, red = Imperial Cossacks, blue = Don/Ukranian cossacks, green = any old Cossack that was passing...


Front on



Weird blur on the imperials...


Back end of a horse...


Generals


Follow the leader?


If you look carefully, I painted the telescope lens!


What's so interesting over there?
 
Three units of Russian Hussars done today, from the top, Marioupol, Alexandria and Ahtirka


Face on


Trot trot CHARGE!


Back of horses

54 figures in this batch, 6 units of Russian Dragoons, including (closest) St Petersberg Dragoons which captured 4(!) Eagles during the Napoleonic Wars.


Three standards are real, the second one is Irkusk, which not only is a great territory name in Risk, but were also described as the WORST Russian dragoons as their horses were steppe ponies! Three are made up to the 1800 pattern.


Horses


I actually enjoyed painting the saddle cloths on these, I must be mad


Advance in single file!

Infantry, only 240 of them, owner will be basing and adding own flags.


Face on


Top view


Thin dark green line..?


Back view


Artillery


Gun line


Crew

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