Russian Amy of the Crimean war. The army itself came from a super buy on eBay years ago. I was able to buy the entire lot, them sold off half the collection which more them played for the entire arms. So almost free! I kept 16 infantry regiments, three cavalry regiments and four batteries. Figures were mostly Wargames Foundry Crimean although a good number were Franco Prussian Prussian infantry painted as Russian. All were heavily gloss coated. Slowly over the years I have replaced about half the infantry with the nice Northern Star miniatures infantry.
Quantity is it's own Quality. Most impressive en mass. Massed columns of infantry bearing down on the defender. One club member referee to them as Zulu's in over coats!
My Russian Infantry is made up of four infantry of four battalions each and each battalion gets a mounted commanding officer. In addition each regiment gets a regimental commander and a artillery battery. An Division has four regiments total. A very impressive force indeed!
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Russian cavalry. Not know for their elan. In fact the entire war was a pretty poor show for them. I have a Lancer regiment, Hussar regiment and Cossack regiment. Just enough to get in trouble!
And a couple mini dioramas just for fun!
Wow! Very impressive Russian parade.
ReplyDeleteExcellent parade of those 'zulus' Mark! I'm in the process of placing an order for some Russians, but having to use Prussians in overcoats, which will work fine in 10mm.
ReplyDeleteCracking looking army Mark, very impressive sight, they loo brilliant.
ReplyDeleteAn impressive army/mob of Russians Mark…
ReplyDeleteThey may seem a bit drab in some ways… but I think they stand out very well on the table… the dull grey- brown coats contrasting nicely with the British red and French blue…
All the best. Aly
Zulus in overcoats is a good description of Crimean Russians. What a grand parade!
ReplyDeleteYour Russian forces look suitably menacing Mark - look forward to seeing you getting this collection into some tabletop action!
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