tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65740988856304296962024-03-06T12:03:20.169-08:00Wargaming the Great Northern Warlegatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574098885630429696.post-12194789636728805002015-09-19T16:22:00.000-07:002015-09-19T16:22:13.777-07:00A visit on board the Russian Frigate Shtandart<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The other weekend we were down in Cowes for a long weekend to watch the Cowes Torquay Cowes powerboat race. We were all having dinner on Friday night in the Island Sailing Club when there was a bit of a commotion on the balcony as people were trying to get a photograph of something coming into Cowes Roads. It couldn't just be a powerboat arriving so I sent Guy off to have a look.</div>
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"It's a big Square rigger coming into the Jubilee landing stage" he said.
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This was different, however, as it looked exactly like an eighteenth century ship. "A pirate ship! as the Old Bat declared. Looking at it more closely I saw that it had a large yellow band along the hull and distinctive circular decorated gun ports. It looked just like the sailing ship that had appeared in the film <i><a href="http://greatnorthernwar.blogspot.co.uk/2009/07/sovereigns-servant.html">The Sovereign's Servant</a></i> which I reviewed on these pages some years ago. </div>
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When we went down to look at it the next morning I saw that it was flying a Russian flag and, having spoken to one of the crew, found out that it was, indeed, the vessel that had appeared briefly in the Russian film about the Great Northern War. We got to explore what turned out to be the frigate Shtandart, a replica of Peter the Great's first flagship of the Russian Imperial Fleet which was launched in 1703. </div>
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It looked like a pirate ship because it was from bang in the middle of the Golden Age of piracy (although the effect was increased by the fact that they were playing the soundtrack to <i>Pirates of the Caribbean</i> on board). The ship was designed to be the first of a fleet which would wrest control of the Baltic from the Swedish Navy. This shot demonstrates why I am unhappy with most model pirate ships for wargaming and, especially, most of the scratch built ones you see, which have slab sides. Look at the inward sloping curve on the hull; that's what a pirate ship needs to look like!</div>
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The replica took six tears to build and was launched in St Petersburg (as was the original) in 1998 and had been built from larch, with an oak keel and frames, from forests planted in 1730 specifically designed to be used as ship lumber. All the wood for the vessel came from forests around St Petersburg.</div>
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<i>20 people sleep in here</i></div>
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The permanent crew is six to ten people with twenty five to thirty trainees. The original ship had a crew of 120. In the main cabin they now have up to 20 people sleeping in hammocks which must be very cosy, as there was not a lot of space. </div>
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Not a lot of privacy either; we met several young Russian ladies who were part of the crew coming back from a shopping trip from the new Marks & Spencer food shop in Cowes (at last!). We were told by the Russians that although the lower deck has modern facilities, on several occasions the toilets had failed and they actually had to use the traditional 'head' at the bow (above). Scary!</div>
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The ship is 113 feet overall with just a 23 feet beam and a 100 foot tall mainmast. Everything is very cramped and it is the first time I have got a real feeling for what it must have been like to serve on a frigate in the age of sail. Standing on the deck of HMS Victory or USS Constitution (which is over twice the length and twice the beam) does not really do this!</div>
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legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574098885630429696.post-91767938868771267592010-10-09T05:56:00.000-07:002010-10-09T06:09:02.982-07:00Some more Russian command.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIFxMFVi9Jxy8uh_-8Yxorv0h2njjkrxw8xTpo7y2hoE8II621JYe8Q8cDOaYVjpPQNzfNTEWnBGaECND8JTpDuMK-zTee7RCX5As8kcfyZwdal9zlbETmO0ITXR6g3jZ8ssr-wKdNxA/s1600/P1040420.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 389px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526032427295819186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIFxMFVi9Jxy8uh_-8Yxorv0h2njjkrxw8xTpo7y2hoE8II621JYe8Q8cDOaYVjpPQNzfNTEWnBGaECND8JTpDuMK-zTee7RCX5As8kcfyZwdal9zlbETmO0ITXR6g3jZ8ssr-wKdNxA/s400/P1040420.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="justify">I've managed to finish two more from the relatively new Musketeer Miniatures Russian command pack. There are no flags from LBM yet so I have given the standard bearer a temporary company colour for the Preobrazhensky Life Guards. Hopefully, by the time I finish the unit proper flags will be available. I have some more Russians based and ready for painting so may start some soon but only after I have finished painting some of the part finished units which are taking up space on my table.</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCge75Km92S82Q9XDaxBwd0yQJ3abPDWvTLWIeg4dXeMwDig4fUxIDG1b3mIWJVnjB8rlxr-WXLyVudGEodwQPHgImAAEw3yB3GYilykYOIcxl4JqCXjTCSecTte_ZmV1K02PWzLfDrg/s1600/P1040426.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 315px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526032259219244050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCge75Km92S82Q9XDaxBwd0yQJ3abPDWvTLWIeg4dXeMwDig4fUxIDG1b3mIWJVnjB8rlxr-WXLyVudGEodwQPHgImAAEw3yB3GYilykYOIcxl4JqCXjTCSecTte_ZmV1K02PWzLfDrg/s400/P1040426.jpg" /></a><br /><p align="center"><em>Command so far</em></p>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574098885630429696.post-24219472487262286362010-09-08T09:08:00.000-07:002010-09-08T09:40:59.246-07:00Some Russian command...<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYsXKeyBsIxJEfT8Yba1-1prRQVkSBL30S8K4sbUDyBW3bXEdoamKXPuUjSrlbbyc-66ChjOQlRpbukDd8aVKn13pJVnlrMFKwKJa8SKqnC8cys9oClW7eIltL3xOaiX9sKuTEjegvGA/s1600/P1040311.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 289px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514581418350557666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYsXKeyBsIxJEfT8Yba1-1prRQVkSBL30S8K4sbUDyBW3bXEdoamKXPuUjSrlbbyc-66ChjOQlRpbukDd8aVKn13pJVnlrMFKwKJa8SKqnC8cys9oClW7eIltL3xOaiX9sKuTEjegvGA/s400/P1040311.JPG" /></a><br />I picked up some more Musketeer Miniatures Russians on eBay recently, so will try and get some more done soon. In the meantime, I have painted a couple of figures from the relatively new command pack. They represent the Preobrazhensky Life Guards. I also have an officer and a standard bearer nearly done but, as yet, there are no flags for the Russians, as there are for the Swedes, from Little Big Men. </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCh1tYCgBzvsyURp2I4gkMS8cW_jrqFoSc8tt7xQTDUrsrnbx7CrkeSHvSt_oGeG4Xhbfi98sDFRzTCPZFFFLG2IVZZupfPj8ZsiWkOQ9J3lCVMU2S9qptExygqI-uhdLWQXD4EUcC1g/s1600/Copy+of+2009_07_10+-+211.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514581189679559282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCh1tYCgBzvsyURp2I4gkMS8cW_jrqFoSc8tt7xQTDUrsrnbx7CrkeSHvSt_oGeG4Xhbfi98sDFRzTCPZFFFLG2IVZZupfPj8ZsiWkOQ9J3lCVMU2S9qptExygqI-uhdLWQXD4EUcC1g/s400/Copy+of+2009_07_10+-+211.jpg" /></a>I based the uniforms and drum colours on this group of St Petersburg re-enactors. Partizans in the Russian army at the time had single spear-like points rather than the trefoil designs seen in the west. </div>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574098885630429696.post-79860319089631683202009-07-10T14:16:00.000-07:002015-09-19T12:52:37.385-07:00The Sovereign's Servant<div align="justify">
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I really enjoyed this film, despite the historical inaccuracies (although they got some things right; like Charles XII getting a foot wound just before the battle) and think that it will be a long time before we ever see another film set in the Great Northern War.</div>
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legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574098885630429696.post-85349580563925522082009-06-03T22:31:00.000-07:002009-06-03T22:39:02.097-07:00More Russian Musketeers<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDn4iTF0A61g7tNj3L_3wPTndTCVlCiXInadku-TKBmkDSqtpCcg8aIwhrDRbQ-Dq0JnCYHndhyPTIqk34-10OsaRFEyIoIWAvvajgX3CtAKNLTb-0YwkqRQImVu_9p0lZiGXnfS-lCw/s1600-h/IMG_2199.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343342638383330082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDn4iTF0A61g7tNj3L_3wPTndTCVlCiXInadku-TKBmkDSqtpCcg8aIwhrDRbQ-Dq0JnCYHndhyPTIqk34-10OsaRFEyIoIWAvvajgX3CtAKNLTb-0YwkqRQImVu_9p0lZiGXnfS-lCw/s400/IMG_2199.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify">I've now painted the four I have got and have ordered some of the new pikemen. Hopefully command and Grenadiers won't be too far behind! One thing I'm not sure about. On my first figure I just gave him the single sword like the pikemen have. I'm not sure if this is right or not or why I did it so I have given these most recent three the bayonet/sword combination. I must count out what I have left unapinted to see what is right.</div><p></p><br /><div align="justify">Hopefully Musketeer Miniatures will also commission flags for the Russians as well.</div>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574098885630429696.post-57612023457151132942009-04-25T15:07:00.000-07:002009-04-25T15:10:40.209-07:00Russian Musketeer<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhft_4Et8G_mJe9b78KG6gkXWKZo43RHMBwDounoJUGMpzDrpo_tawORXokdCR1V9M3Z16VtFkpWKQWlq2Fq4dQRXPzjbfLp3Oy7TCq2rd_hkkYGhCKvP83cH5QryIE8eZM5NgWNQMqqg/s1600-h/P1000041.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328754384379382578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 257px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhft_4Et8G_mJe9b78KG6gkXWKZo43RHMBwDounoJUGMpzDrpo_tawORXokdCR1V9M3Z16VtFkpWKQWlq2Fq4dQRXPzjbfLp3Oy7TCq2rd_hkkYGhCKvP83cH5QryIE8eZM5NgWNQMqqg/s400/P1000041.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify">All this talk about Russians has made me remember that I actually finished one Russian infantryman ages ago. Here he is and I hope he will have a lot more companions shortly! Let's hope I can remember what shade of green I used on him. It's so long ago I have forgotten!</div>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574098885630429696.post-46286289378720616252009-04-25T14:46:00.000-07:002009-04-25T15:01:02.556-07:00Musketeer Russian pikemen are out!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbtEHS1RTOafufPgB0AeT9SvCvo8K4TRJcOaDVXY-jN7wR_24jKPRHB7s4ebP6o-ipuFgrjIoqANp59IHefAK1mej9YqgYRmv-hlD8JRjwXWZq8p4VNGjTbFxdRRJh0QUQST1Hodom3A/s1600-h/pikemenjw3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328752170394125618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbtEHS1RTOafufPgB0AeT9SvCvo8K4TRJcOaDVXY-jN7wR_24jKPRHB7s4ebP6o-ipuFgrjIoqANp59IHefAK1mej9YqgYRmv-hlD8JRjwXWZq8p4VNGjTbFxdRRJh0QUQST1Hodom3A/s400/pikemenjw3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify">It's a shocker but they are actually on sale on the website! I first saw the green at Colours in Newbury last September (at least I think it was last September but it could have been the year before!) and they have taken ages to arrive.<br /><br />I was talking to someone at the club during our Roman battle last week and he said that he was glad that he hadn't started the Great Northern War as he had intended as the line had petered out. This line is getting a bad reputation on the net so I hope Bill can deliver on things like the Swedish cavalry he has promised. </div>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574098885630429696.post-42453329701373017642009-03-20T02:19:00.000-07:002009-03-20T02:51:05.830-07:00A word about colours...<div align="justify">Grimbsy Mariner has made a comment about the colours of the reenactors uniform in the post below.<br /><br />Colours are always a tricky thing. I based all my GNW uniform colours on a visit I made to the Army Museum in Stockholm about 18 months ago.<br /><br />Pikes seemed to vary in colour but I never saw white ones. Old wood turns a dull pale grey but I suspect this was a trick of the light. I tend to go for a pale woody (!) brown or sometimes a yellowy colour. The key thing, from observing ECW reenactors is that all the pike shafts were different colours depending on the wood and the age of the wood used. Pikes had to be made of strong wood and Ash was often used which is a yellow wood.<br /></div><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizD_XSZlhlFKdCfcN3m3tiR7s-HAyelpyRZ-M8NCv7SOnXNb5nw3FfulBteeGZ5MTHFhosxQlT-1_C6gbrQ4HAlBXhC5woMUG0XGicJ19RmELpKwjkvZr0pBjVWQzHyX0Pa8T0OBdQRA/s1600-h/swedish_guardsman.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315200586501007026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 144px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizD_XSZlhlFKdCfcN3m3tiR7s-HAyelpyRZ-M8NCv7SOnXNb5nw3FfulBteeGZ5MTHFhosxQlT-1_C6gbrQ4HAlBXhC5woMUG0XGicJ19RmELpKwjkvZr0pBjVWQzHyX0Pa8T0OBdQRA/s400/swedish_guardsman.jpg" border="0" /></a><em> Current Swedish Guardsman</em></p><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">As regards coat colours I don't think that the blue used by these reneactors is right. I have seen comments to the effect that recent research has shown that uniforms from this period were lighter than thought. The current Swedish army uses a dark shade in their ceremonial uniforms and this may have influenced people.<br /><br />The Army Museum has some reproductions of GNW uniforms as seen below. The flash actually makes it seem darker than it was in reality.<br /></div><p></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114053915654366306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnRxq-Ug4SDJw8NQ2SYJ_PEz4wPVCgREU18j6uJSTmtLanm7xokWPNbr5hOXhmlPyLm2JsYgwkE_vhPxQACJq-Dk0tN8kQsBh0bF4Z806tX47JyweRRFKaMc_BXEQChX66Vm-dmu0qtQ/s400/swedish+inf.jpg" border="0" /> </p></a><br />Below is a genuine Swedish uniform coat from the slightly later period of 1756 but this is what I have based my colours on. The colour reproduction in this is spot on. My painted figures are all photographed in flash and so have a slightly turquoise cast that isn't there is real life.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-AWlc2XYmxsa1B3br9M27gUCf6E-gA49z5KojjwUmTUCZQtO1BedhjFpbYsu9B5LW5kZh-Q-o3rFGQt4nj4RvTNV20_ilxBbWXP-f0mqyIVx9OA595AJG9dydOUw5nOF91daj_qnhUA/s1600-h/DSCN2275.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315201048104659330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-AWlc2XYmxsa1B3br9M27gUCf6E-gA49z5KojjwUmTUCZQtO1BedhjFpbYsu9B5LW5kZh-Q-o3rFGQt4nj4RvTNV20_ilxBbWXP-f0mqyIVx9OA595AJG9dydOUw5nOF91daj_qnhUA/s400/DSCN2275.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p align="justify">The yellow cuffs etc are very pale, as you would expect from natural dyes, not the bright yelllow some people use.<br /></p><p align="justify">As regards the buff equipment it should be...buff.</p><br /><p align="justify"></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimfZDTLDufTZ6KjdxdAftBg4m4qCeE5vfJGU3DzPG7hTyofwN2QzxaNJW1yviYf38AqFU_b3Gdkh0f0FoxBFKZCMJvDUVCeOEIM6qtl31fyFR3b7ZjSt_9r0NxQMUebOVWu8hIiyzq1A/s1600-h/carolina_cavalry.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315204227520429858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 312px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimfZDTLDufTZ6KjdxdAftBg4m4qCeE5vfJGU3DzPG7hTyofwN2QzxaNJW1yviYf38AqFU_b3Gdkh0f0FoxBFKZCMJvDUVCeOEIM6qtl31fyFR3b7ZjSt_9r0NxQMUebOVWu8hIiyzq1A/s400/carolina_cavalry.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><p align="justify">Again these uniforms are reproductions but the buff leather equipment is not that different in shade from the yellow facings.</p><p align="justify">Always interested to hear from people who know more, of course...</p>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574098885630429696.post-82737544280572358152009-02-27T08:24:00.000-08:002009-02-27T08:36:59.338-08:00Pike and Musket Organisation of Swedish battalions<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRnTR3YX4WZSPgFvvwwfsCmY29Cn_D8kqWs1DE1-frXhvSxaRHhdijNOfWL7mmsvzo6JEQo3ftu88oQaIA0jQubV0u-cYfFG5pfc7mrIfT8MptYh2FfZNNU14cRUYWBxJrm5mTpfIg9Q/s1600-h/swedish+pikeman.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307516829205314546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 154px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 342px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRnTR3YX4WZSPgFvvwwfsCmY29Cn_D8kqWs1DE1-frXhvSxaRHhdijNOfWL7mmsvzo6JEQo3ftu88oQaIA0jQubV0u-cYfFG5pfc7mrIfT8MptYh2FfZNNU14cRUYWBxJrm5mTpfIg9Q/s400/swedish+pikeman.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify">Grimbsy Mariner, on his blog last week, threw me into a panic over the organisation of a Swedish battalion in the Great Northern War. In particular he had, like me, put his pikes in a block in the centre with grenadiers on the flanks. He had read that this was wrong, however, saying that: "Poltava, The Battle That Shook Europe" makes reference to pikes scattered through the battalion. However, Pat Condray in his booklet "Swedish & Russian Armies of the Great Northern War" (1990) is less clear. He talks about pikes being a third of the company strength and deployed either in the center of the battalion, the center of the company or across the width of the battalion."</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">After a lot of web trawling I cam across this which offers two alternative deployments:<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battalion_(Sweden)">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battalion_(Sweden)</a></div><br /><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">I will happily stick to my pikes in the centre approach as a result, as the alternative smaller pike blocks would only work if you were using 6mm or 10mm figures I reckon.</div>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574098885630429696.post-38209136339626897922009-02-02T12:20:00.000-08:002009-02-02T12:47:31.250-08:00More GNW Swedes painted<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7o5ujaBpfTmob5W5tPsT7ATW-T00aWK2g3_eDYceNRf-Lbl3STcl50u28dpxUwGpw3QUgcxe4fOt0uIJpCDQVYX_QLf2URpVf0CY9l3IJHH_mp2oOfBPmnnxxeZHzIkYOubIO-VsE5g/s1600-h/P1020564.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298302404251165730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 164px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7o5ujaBpfTmob5W5tPsT7ATW-T00aWK2g3_eDYceNRf-Lbl3STcl50u28dpxUwGpw3QUgcxe4fOt0uIJpCDQVYX_QLf2URpVf0CY9l3IJHH_mp2oOfBPmnnxxeZHzIkYOubIO-VsE5g/s400/P1020564.jpg" border="0" /></a><em>The story so far. I've actually got more painted than unpainted which must be unique for me!</em> </div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="justify">I finished another ten figures over the last two days so my regiments now look like this (yellow are completed).</div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqKt4azl8cD0yplOZ5ACWDc5k-SvoXXXQ7uMHB3aM2WMWgdhxWRncSbHr9zlO6NnV4GH4AdGuNVpvjdaqrMS6C2AgBoKiprF8twQhXPmO4-SppDvj8t18ky6wfqq5WofkJx943YDliew/s1600-h/kalmar+rgt+3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298299725721104130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 177px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqKt4azl8cD0yplOZ5ACWDc5k-SvoXXXQ7uMHB3aM2WMWgdhxWRncSbHr9zlO6NnV4GH4AdGuNVpvjdaqrMS6C2AgBoKiprF8twQhXPmO4-SppDvj8t18ky6wfqq5WofkJx943YDliew/s400/kalmar+rgt+3.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifybpCRA4WwcCwG_WHwK2VYo2FdxwHtwLyF_ZEN182s22wqoHartDwZsIRz363ameEfp05ndXhNgKxvZlASZRRWtIe1g1TaTwGZ4iSXSyiwkSh4TA9J5xjVYxVhkVIK3PH90YePuFLhw/s1600-h/bjorneborgs+3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298299574669179218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 178px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifybpCRA4WwcCwG_WHwK2VYo2FdxwHtwLyF_ZEN182s22wqoHartDwZsIRz363ameEfp05ndXhNgKxvZlASZRRWtIe1g1TaTwGZ4iSXSyiwkSh4TA9J5xjVYxVhkVIK3PH90YePuFLhw/s400/bjorneborgs+3.JPG" border="0" /></a> I intend to get another five of the Kalmar Regiment ready for painting so they can catch up a bit. </p><p> </p><div align="justify">I need to buy a few more figures to complete them but still have enough to be going on with for a bit. Maybe I will pick them up if I go to Salute this year. Musketeer Miniatures keep promising Russians so lets hope they can actually deliver. I keep reading about people on the internet who, like me have started off the period with Swedes but are growing disillusioned by the lack of opposition. I would be very happy to start on some Russians this year, although what I really want to see are Danes. </div>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574098885630429696.post-17821992792723570302008-09-02T14:30:00.000-07:002008-09-02T14:39:43.343-07:00Standard Bearer and more Grenadiers for the Kalmar Regiment<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBaiBTed6Tu1LpRPyzsc5hdeyA3kzXr0r218yFAwReK5Pu29de9XphQlin4ece4ofDQcImYycQcped8WxRhKMDhVaN2wc3tEZiB8UQFVi_TGoTithCx7NqmdAU7lvpyjTQNjKzlMAkJw/s1600-h/standard+kalmar+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241541491095734898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBaiBTed6Tu1LpRPyzsc5hdeyA3kzXr0r218yFAwReK5Pu29de9XphQlin4ece4ofDQcImYycQcped8WxRhKMDhVaN2wc3tEZiB8UQFVi_TGoTithCx7NqmdAU7lvpyjTQNjKzlMAkJw/s400/standard+kalmar+1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify">I finished a few more figures for the Kalmar regiment including the first of the two standard bearers, using the Little Big Men flag, of course. Actually I was tired when I did the flag and didn't do a great job on it but hopefully the second one will be better. The large rock on his base is needed because the weight of the staff, finial and the tomato puree tube flag made him overbalance!</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiubjdnmea-PCYh_FfqTWrGM0XbCNJu9tXNa0txJHTcZUrVyCacC9PeXGEZ-Jye-CVtz86qLymbkAD_SKj7RMEBkph5nNQekgctutlfBxz82jzGb45pdB2jfmy5MRJhU3mtPchMDSO5Gw/s1600-h/kalmar+rgt+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241541580260019858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiubjdnmea-PCYh_FfqTWrGM0XbCNJu9tXNa0txJHTcZUrVyCacC9PeXGEZ-Jye-CVtz86qLymbkAD_SKj7RMEBkph5nNQekgctutlfBxz82jzGb45pdB2jfmy5MRJhU3mtPchMDSO5Gw/s400/kalmar+rgt+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">I have five more musketeers under way so hope to get them done this month.</div><br /><div align="justify">I am hoping that Musketeer will be at Colours in ten days time so I can pick up the missing figures I need to complete the first two regiments.</div>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574098885630429696.post-64731263773135924952008-08-31T14:01:00.000-07:002008-08-31T14:27:54.236-07:00More for the Bjorneborgs Regiment<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJnJJtezNWmz-AygKHa5-10EbpTKtbHKkPI0oM85eh5H4WezeiBTtqcq3f4BpSCtUwnPgSAWNKKM35DZSOQQ4v4q77DaFrVElYi1Hh8l8hon-6ESBt_9t9CQuvv-hAMF1DGJ7XciQ-yw/s1600-h/bjorneborgs+r+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240793700229612754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJnJJtezNWmz-AygKHa5-10EbpTKtbHKkPI0oM85eh5H4WezeiBTtqcq3f4BpSCtUwnPgSAWNKKM35DZSOQQ4v4q77DaFrVElYi1Hh8l8hon-6ESBt_9t9CQuvv-hAMF1DGJ7XciQ-yw/s400/bjorneborgs+r+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="justify">I have finished another batch of figures and have now completed two of the five "companies" for the regiment. So here is the right flank grenadiers and musketeers. </div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji-we5DNM7M2zgwc9TuGj8o-X-tybpTlIY62gHKuWlmwhwdMSbaP1KLIwSOP0eoZXwuKSYIEu0KXE7bRRvBLXTURSOlWE_5dIeiTuxQ8vnn7ALRKBTbMSoaDoJ3jHyb2wsN8_4os_78A/s1600-h/bjorneborgs+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240796486058100658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji-we5DNM7M2zgwc9TuGj8o-X-tybpTlIY62gHKuWlmwhwdMSbaP1KLIwSOP0eoZXwuKSYIEu0KXE7bRRvBLXTURSOlWE_5dIeiTuxQ8vnn7ALRKBTbMSoaDoJ3jHyb2wsN8_4os_78A/s400/bjorneborgs+2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><p align="justify">I have also painted half of the 10 pikemen I will need so I am just one figure away from having the unit half completed. I have now started work on the last five pikemen so hope to have them done in a week or so, as they are much quicker to paint than the musketeers.</p>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574098885630429696.post-73000642215674354142008-07-23T05:55:00.000-07:002008-07-23T06:07:26.457-07:00Back painting the GNW<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGHjC2uXSdZIQKcw6dgrihBELvX7OFcQriGD1XrJpAz1o_5LLGTSkRvRuDiBpoQJon61S1lLxFvFXWKZYI13moFgEa5GK-bfl9o0AxKxdQRTf-S5aySAMP6lKZKJEVNUEBNpIF5wCiIQ/s1600-h/SwedishInfantry.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226194641441200834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGHjC2uXSdZIQKcw6dgrihBELvX7OFcQriGD1XrJpAz1o_5LLGTSkRvRuDiBpoQJon61S1lLxFvFXWKZYI13moFgEa5GK-bfl9o0AxKxdQRTf-S5aySAMP6lKZKJEVNUEBNpIF5wCiIQ/s400/SwedishInfantry.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Well, I am back painting some GNW figures after a six month break taken up by lots of Darkest Africa and gladiators (mainly).<br /><br />Musketeer Miniatures are claiming that the Swedish Cavalry and the Russian pikemen and grenadiers are imminent, but then they've been saying that for months! It doesn't matter so much as I have still got a lot of figures to do!<br /><br />I have six more figures varnished and they just need metalwork, bayonet and sword scabbards, pikes and a flag to be done so I hope I can post pictures of them them on Saturday. I have now based another six as well.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">I am due to go on holiday shortly and I always take some figures to paint so it might just be I take the GNW Swedes with me as they are easy to paint and therefore as relaxing as they should be!</div>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574098885630429696.post-536648677615155972008-01-27T13:04:00.000-08:002008-01-27T14:13:34.897-08:00Bjorneborgs Regiment: Pikemen<u><span style="color:#0000ff;"></span></u><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCKV8cTmbniiNTHK9pSKJvSaQ_BRTBGJi_H5UqrxB-LqbvnhH8iVb7le_8EUop2Es1POyVctQpsJxRY2qrJNhgZ5OblDrcOOXokn_KZlGa_TCHhxDA1-kiXLfr3mEsdXsTZRB7eVC6Jg/s1600-h/bjorneborgs+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5160266568918341970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCKV8cTmbniiNTHK9pSKJvSaQ_BRTBGJi_H5UqrxB-LqbvnhH8iVb7le_8EUop2Es1POyVctQpsJxRY2qrJNhgZ5OblDrcOOXokn_KZlGa_TCHhxDA1-kiXLfr3mEsdXsTZRB7eVC6Jg/s400/bjorneborgs+1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="justify">I finished two pikemen, a musketman and another grenadier for the Bjorneborgs Regiment today. I had painted the first four figures in a generic way, with yellow flaps on their karpus', as I never actually intended to build a unit, but Bjorneborgs had blue hats so I repainted the first four I did. I have nine out of 36 figures done. I have just based another five figures; three for Bjorneborgs and two for Kalmar so will try and get them done in the next few weeks.</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSRN4TQlJwPEVBpF9ioG7wLjn_OXtycVSaBzMS4ESn1Z-PNNdRZv5KEhhyphenhyphenizexMQYi2kAS3sGo1C8CTRCMrylzdviBNpuJvCpAu-JjzelaN3RIzmevoNkaSGzOc33RWKr8lHK1i-2-7A/s1600-h/Bjorneborgs+REGT.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5160282868319230354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSRN4TQlJwPEVBpF9ioG7wLjn_OXtycVSaBzMS4ESn1Z-PNNdRZv5KEhhyphenhyphenizexMQYi2kAS3sGo1C8CTRCMrylzdviBNpuJvCpAu-JjzelaN3RIzmevoNkaSGzOc33RWKr8lHK1i-2-7A/s400/Bjorneborgs+REGT.JPG" border="0" /></a>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574098885630429696.post-24481258854512122872008-01-26T14:19:00.000-08:002008-01-27T14:06:42.758-08:00Kalmar Regiment: Drummer<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCsRiBuLGXLI9ThZgnZMaZbbh2aIriN6j55AGNOVf7bmE_WlUTeADGBQLZ68lOJJSXMgA7ArQcnneFttWdnuZJA8T9NZs3imuxCQJ3QZjX79c-DiQ9SJdk4iu1JIEm2SV0aCZXghqepw/s1600-h/KAlmar+drummer+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159921756058917154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCsRiBuLGXLI9ThZgnZMaZbbh2aIriN6j55AGNOVf7bmE_WlUTeADGBQLZ68lOJJSXMgA7ArQcnneFttWdnuZJA8T9NZs3imuxCQJ3QZjX79c-DiQ9SJdk4iu1JIEm2SV0aCZXghqepw/s400/KAlmar+drummer+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjm-kdLjMi0JaguXToHMKw9K3cc2DZkzAHBke9SwDTYsgmDV7Gdt4nZwo5kQ1PnjMdnNWXt7Y5jDafH2SzMjNHDXJBVL0HX1QaluIONCyyUG4qYfzK3arPkQhItOHW7wo8F_DaFb3pvQ/s1600-h/kalmar+drummer+3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159921635799832850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjm-kdLjMi0JaguXToHMKw9K3cc2DZkzAHBke9SwDTYsgmDV7Gdt4nZwo5kQ1PnjMdnNWXt7Y5jDafH2SzMjNHDXJBVL0HX1QaluIONCyyUG4qYfzK3arPkQhItOHW7wo8F_DaFb3pvQ/s400/kalmar+drummer+3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>The 1644 rules call for one musician per regiment so here is my first drummer. I based the drum on one I photographed in the Army Museum in Stockholm last Autumn.</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjti2MXecR6vG8c8eISDOlDCO47DR7CRVKLENHsK-YdjwCIUgh8OXGGg9dYziwYZ_OktVTtpXuo0ZYoZ7r9j7caDfVzNCrRgPLSltL1oAzx8fTo2OnUlOL82g0eFNoACM83VWLqxfwWw/s1600-h/drum.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159922022346889538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjti2MXecR6vG8c8eISDOlDCO47DR7CRVKLENHsK-YdjwCIUgh8OXGGg9dYziwYZ_OktVTtpXuo0ZYoZ7r9j7caDfVzNCrRgPLSltL1oAzx8fTo2OnUlOL82g0eFNoACM83VWLqxfwWw/s400/drum.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="justify">I have now painted nine out of the 36 figures I will need for this regiment. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioYFQU3s4-ssvKMvpeQWhkY8EMHLCKRquJ-PYHtlor6pG-sreRUZFtDxk68m6mEBXl4zrI3tzX5tsQUhJ-1joZ_WdGAsFbXd1uCKgrKXJ5yt25ZMwAY0pom4UL6FUQalxWIVjR7OR0Xw/s1600-h/Kalmar+REGT.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5160280884044339570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioYFQU3s4-ssvKMvpeQWhkY8EMHLCKRquJ-PYHtlor6pG-sreRUZFtDxk68m6mEBXl4zrI3tzX5tsQUhJ-1joZ_WdGAsFbXd1uCKgrKXJ5yt25ZMwAY0pom4UL6FUQalxWIVjR7OR0Xw/s400/Kalmar+REGT.JPG" border="0" /></a>I still need to buy a few more for it but I am starting to get there, I think. Should finish off a few for the other regiment I'm working on tomorrow, before I go and see my sister's new house (which is five minutes walk from a Games Workshop, worryingly).</div></div><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCnH7IIBmcXPbrEQyMlRwJAkVsY-2Wg0ADDSejjGSDb6bZl5IxKQ5A9k2WvetxGF_BME-zBXuZsxTwyesCr1WKpCKKHhXl4id7yPDxllyPLIrP5Q0Yni24Stg8iRF_qt6KTasin_i3jA/s1600-h/kalmar+9+of+36.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159921893497870642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCnH7IIBmcXPbrEQyMlRwJAkVsY-2Wg0ADDSejjGSDb6bZl5IxKQ5A9k2WvetxGF_BME-zBXuZsxTwyesCr1WKpCKKHhXl4id7yPDxllyPLIrP5Q0Yni24Stg8iRF_qt6KTasin_i3jA/s400/kalmar+9+of+36.jpg" border="0" /></a>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574098885630429696.post-57324859487674878742007-12-31T06:24:00.000-08:002007-12-31T14:14:49.908-08:00Five more Swedes<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgImuw0zlKH32qfvyG0KrfqI5nsjA_jmnz6eQ7w5Me968I2_Q_IYPASlKiAkyxDdDDfQvHWz85WH4d-0LHujqqshkhNBmlKptAwM2JtrvKg8ga7y8MhrvlM-QG1sLSdFVB7Fkm1detO6Q/s1600-h/swdes+dec+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150143904537386610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgImuw0zlKH32qfvyG0KrfqI5nsjA_jmnz6eQ7w5Me968I2_Q_IYPASlKiAkyxDdDDfQvHWz85WH4d-0LHujqqshkhNBmlKptAwM2JtrvKg8ga7y8MhrvlM-QG1sLSdFVB7Fkm1detO6Q/s400/swdes+dec+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;">I finished these yesterday. Four more for the Kalmar Regiment and one Grenadier for the Bjorneborgs Regiment.</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0UOfyU353Cm33svQIkQqoMxE7bmk0Dgk7Limkg5ejjlmiBPlI_EZp45hIJAvCh1EkOVy-ipcmnUpEpp5_GE9G9tfjMN5ErAGsg2VNXPfqU-XW1L5cKtCdYbLu757XezD6SAu300GJ0A/s1600-h/swedish+grenadiers+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150143990436732546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0UOfyU353Cm33svQIkQqoMxE7bmk0Dgk7Limkg5ejjlmiBPlI_EZp45hIJAvCh1EkOVy-ipcmnUpEpp5_GE9G9tfjMN5ErAGsg2VNXPfqU-XW1L5cKtCdYbLu757XezD6SAu300GJ0A/s400/swedish+grenadiers+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;">I hadn't painted any Grenadiers and they did take longer with the "C" symbol on their bags. Some of the people on the Musketeer Miniatures forum have said that the mitre caps were never worn in battle but only for ceremonial duties or by lower grade troops. In Hoglund's book, however, he tries to deal with the fact that records show both hats and mitre caps are ordered for the same troops by saying that maybe the caps were worn for ceremonial purposes and <em>in action</em> (the theory was always that they were designed to allow for throwing grenades). Given this and the fact that no-one seems to be able to prove it either way I have decided to give the Bjorneborgs regiment mitres simply because they look nice!</span> </div><div align="justify"><br /> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJbmlqUQH-A_lH9r5NNy0lgkRSLqHhD47Kt3FafZ3W3gICbZOSvga-9pDlsBNSftWpAeoiW3GlauSFD1T-wd9VQhTdt5Ru8MFlI8YxF6NjbSduC6Lt9j238GaRg8F1HCk3PBhf8YKfQ/s1600-h/swedish+grenadiers.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150263386232594082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJbmlqUQH-A_lH9r5NNy0lgkRSLqHhD47Kt3FafZ3W3gICbZOSvga-9pDlsBNSftWpAeoiW3GlauSFD1T-wd9VQhTdt5Ru8MFlI8YxF6NjbSduC6Lt9j238GaRg8F1HCk3PBhf8YKfQ/s400/swedish+grenadiers.jpg" border="0" /></a>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574098885630429696.post-45987161153613658992007-12-11T15:02:00.001-08:002007-12-31T14:14:19.827-08:00Regimental organisation<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSxFbAnOeCTzcDqIbJJ_ewqwjTSc3BQsG5w3riM5CGQeVOd8hP4DAyEIbEXtoCGsx-qARLtxbGIuPR9Frs_bU31Bjl7sPRNPPy8088Fps4AfeJVkbdwcLgLE9ll3z8OJePiLJaJ_BB_Q/s1600-h/bild_mark_177.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5143942092021045890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSxFbAnOeCTzcDqIbJJ_ewqwjTSc3BQsG5w3riM5CGQeVOd8hP4DAyEIbEXtoCGsx-qARLtxbGIuPR9Frs_bU31Bjl7sPRNPPy8088Fps4AfeJVkbdwcLgLE9ll3z8OJePiLJaJ_BB_Q/s400/bild_mark_177.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:85%;">John has come up with an organisation for the Swedes as follows: Each regiment to be 36 figures to consist of 8 Grenadiers, 16 Shot, 10 Pike plus 2 Ensigns (with the Pike block) and including command figures with the shot. Command figures consist of an officer, an NCO and a drummer.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:85%;">36 is a good size for a unit; I can't deal with 16 man units for this period. Good job Musketeer have an offer on at the moment!</span></div>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574098885630429696.post-82925309110166535712007-12-11T13:26:00.000-08:002007-12-11T15:04:05.415-08:00Pikemen: Kalmar Regiment<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9NNW7Nb59jD14sDe4IhJ7RjQjzX6GEjbtenPA9ws2H6_TTY5-jPoikQHvXDIjtCpUWLYyjXtJFFrFrpQYr8vjdhj3QsABfaWvM4DRHM-_bhxbrcaofrDyx8gAeVAVC72nc1CJIIhy-A/s1600-h/swedish+pikeman+6.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142852196140184370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9NNW7Nb59jD14sDe4IhJ7RjQjzX6GEjbtenPA9ws2H6_TTY5-jPoikQHvXDIjtCpUWLYyjXtJFFrFrpQYr8vjdhj3QsABfaWvM4DRHM-_bhxbrcaofrDyx8gAeVAVC72nc1CJIIhy-A/s400/swedish+pikeman+6.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;">Now that we are looking at units for actual gaming rather than as a painting exercise, I have had to decide what units to start work on. I also have to make sure that I don't clash with John's regiments. </span><span style="font-size:85%;">The choice of regiments for me is driven by the Little Big Men flags produced to complement the Musketeer miniatures range. There is no point for me, at this stage, in producing a regiment if there is no corresponding flag.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:85%;">I have decided on three initial regiments: <em>Kalmar, Bjorneborgs</em> and <em>Jonkoping.</em></span></div><div><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">One will be a regiment with karpus: this will be the <em>Bjorneborgs</em> who didn't get hats until 1711.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">One will be a regiment with hats: <em>Kalmar.</em></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;">One will be a regiment with non-yellow facings: <em>Jonkoping</em>.</span> </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKhAAMn0Y6f1hAlixC3G_Uo04_MU-aTim6HU4UAsj-TLBS7VN8GsluOj0v61_91pYsAjxKY0kSCTGx7vOAdTJHSNikBteqhKaeJrkgx0TGB8X-ZCZOBcDGfapipND2yoTWUUQOM8igdQ/s1600-h/swedish+pikeman+4.jpg"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142852458133189442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKhAAMn0Y6f1hAlixC3G_Uo04_MU-aTim6HU4UAsj-TLBS7VN8GsluOj0v61_91pYsAjxKY0kSCTGx7vOAdTJHSNikBteqhKaeJrkgx0TGB8X-ZCZOBcDGfapipND2yoTWUUQOM8igdQ/s400/swedish+pikeman+4.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;">The <em>Kalmar</em> pikemen I have just painted are wearing their uniform of blue coats with yellow facings, buff leather breeches and blue stockings. They wore hats, but with a blue and white twisted braid rather then the more usual white braid.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl9b2UrDBXkDf3wCSQfMoD98DrvDByLyfHPSCexsCGJwBj8Ic-jLnIfe-ohw4PAt2Kz7OHouNT2ld1Y0zZmPseEMArh6XwFtHPapWMjKVJIhmCuWVsso8VdJLNpTSJ1oud_btvS_Iz4A/s1600-h/swedish+pikeman+1.jpg"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142853063723578194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl9b2UrDBXkDf3wCSQfMoD98DrvDByLyfHPSCexsCGJwBj8Ic-jLnIfe-ohw4PAt2Kz7OHouNT2ld1Y0zZmPseEMArh6XwFtHPapWMjKVJIhmCuWVsso8VdJLNpTSJ1oud_btvS_Iz4A/s400/swedish+pikeman+1.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;">Swedish pikes were long: 6-8metres. I have done mine at the equivalent of about 6.5 metres as they looked ridiculously long at full size and I am sure the Swedes cut them down just as much as the English did in the ECW!</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWc3elNRZ1Ni_iyR8Eah9b6A2pSZkXkXBDjhkJKP01gdledE8Co_OOi-8Yz26T40ru3YsUCra-TaI92om9yGp2yYYwiIt1pN_mFxSxIilYTUysSGHwZ21aIBGeYJdr5LbCIMygb1-HtQ/s1600-h/swedish+pikeman+3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142853682198868834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWc3elNRZ1Ni_iyR8Eah9b6A2pSZkXkXBDjhkJKP01gdledE8Co_OOi-8Yz26T40ru3YsUCra-TaI92om9yGp2yYYwiIt1pN_mFxSxIilYTUysSGHwZ21aIBGeYJdr5LbCIMygb1-HtQ/s400/swedish+pikeman+3.jpg" border="0" /></a>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574098885630429696.post-43465121175295682762007-12-11T08:26:00.000-08:002007-12-11T08:29:52.651-08:00Swedish Infantry group<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVGhZ8YB4IP0uQIK1EbbNBY31e4Ir9-51DHB3RTgiQjQk1AwqmyCs4SLgub58whK8YTGjsonewSX-dniTSCUgJLG2NONgOM8eMe8YpKx916Juac_AN6SwPrlP_B47LpxTe0Lrz-d3o-A/s1600-h/DSCN2633.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136931985414630002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVGhZ8YB4IP0uQIK1EbbNBY31e4Ir9-51DHB3RTgiQjQk1AwqmyCs4SLgub58whK8YTGjsonewSX-dniTSCUgJLG2NONgOM8eMe8YpKx916Juac_AN6SwPrlP_B47LpxTe0Lrz-d3o-A/s400/DSCN2633.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;">I finished three more Swedish Musketeers this week and so have now painted my original pack of four. </span><span style="font-size:85%;">A number of people at Guidford, principally John, are now saying they are interested in getting some units done for some armies. This is good news and bad news. Good news in that my figures will have some purpose. Bad news in that I will have to do some proper research and paint some units. </span></div>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574098885630429696.post-57279547906689259252007-12-11T08:17:00.000-08:002008-01-09T06:17:26.212-08:00Swedish Infantryman: completed<div align="justify"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114053164035089458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdR3TG5BrU9VrZ-67PoKRfWDROYGZlqbl-zd-hTo6glPA8bQ7a1YPR6YqbdljKG7tMw35rYBnGyzXlpVruONKgOVZo9aTaEE3d8ilQM0YvNp1b6N368FK5yW9WMQ9tGe1bLrokTBRQGw/s400/First+Swedish+musketman+3.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">I finished this first <em>Musketeer Miniatures</em> Swedish infantryman in October. </span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><div align="justify"><br /></div></span><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;">As to colours I had a look at the displays in the Army Museum in Stockholm. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;"></div><p></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114053915654366306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnRxq-Ug4SDJw8NQ2SYJ_PEz4wPVCgREU18j6uJSTmtLanm7xokWPNbr5hOXhmlPyLm2JsYgwkE_vhPxQACJq-Dk0tN8kQsBh0bF4Z806tX47JyweRRFKaMc_BXEQChX66Vm-dmu0qtQ/s400/swedish+inf.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">They have several reproduction uniforms, such as the one above, and a few real ones. The level of detail and quality of the reproductions indicates to me that these are very carefully researched indeed and are not just knocked up for show. Certainly the colour on the reproductions matches the original examples. The blue did not look nearly this bright in natural light: this is closer to pure Humbrol 25 in the picture which it certainly was not in reality.</span> </p><p align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin50BdvfjLEt_JNZ3Py85xI13Pvu_20URxnD_pjW_Sue0d29QViJTr9d8hKRUh_5hUydFE7IsKzA-PPhsYNseoc1-85umTKUDV-3ulNZCH8fPoC1d2-I4AUQcD7g6s8bFdKHQ490qtDg/s1600-h/DSCN2275.JPG"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114054701633381490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin50BdvfjLEt_JNZ3Py85xI13Pvu_20URxnD_pjW_Sue0d29QViJTr9d8hKRUh_5hUydFE7IsKzA-PPhsYNseoc1-85umTKUDV-3ulNZCH8fPoC1d2-I4AUQcD7g6s8bFdKHQ490qtDg/s400/DSCN2275.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />This is an original coat from 1756, slightly later than the Great Northern War, but the uniform had hardly changed other than the coat turnbacks. The colour in this photograph is pretty spot on to what was there and this is what I based my colour scheme on. It is always hard to tell how much things have faded in 250 years but this sort of tone is justifiable and to me, anyway, looks right. Note how pale the yellow coat is in the background.<br /><br /></p><br /><p align="justify"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114053494747571282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqLie2BenFjd1aW9Gw9Ixyd1GY2IAvY0lzMvNWwrXLKwN6qDGFRmZk9o-DJkLzBGE1rDkAGSlGXTgh1YduwjFs-II-G1EjMB0iACc2aS54DPHWUTP0cns_k6jI7G90sQIooyhG-r-uRQ/s400/First+Swedish+musketman.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">For the coat I had originally imagined quite a dark, navy blue, like the current Swedish Guards uniforms. Comments on the Musketeer Miniatures Forum indicated that the coats were "lighter than had been thought". Certainly the ones in the museum were what I would call a mid-blue. I had to mix a colour specially: one third <em>Humbrol 109 WW1 Blue</em> and two thirds <em>25 Blue.<br /></em><br />For the yellow facings I wanted to avoid bright yellow; these were pre-chemical dye times. One of the reasons I prefer enamels over acrylics is that they offer a more muted palate. I used <em>Humbrol 81 Pale yellow</em> rather than the brighter 24 Trainer yellow. I think that this gives a good approximation of what I saw in the museum<br /><br />All in all I really enjoyed painting this figure, particularly after a rather fallow period, and I have now based and undercoated the other seven figures I bought at Colours. I have started work on a Russian infantryman. I bought these figures just as a painting exercise but I am now contemplating three units of infantry, a unit of cavalry and a cannon for some skirmishes. There are, apparently, a couple of very good books on uniforms which I will have to get<br /><br />So far, Musketeer have enough Swedes (musketmen, grenadiers, pikemen and command) so that you can build an infantry unit. Flags from Little Big men studios are also under way. They only have two packs of Russians, both musketeers. Somewhere on the forum they say that the Russians aren't selling so well, but if you can't build a unit it's not surprising. They are promising more Russians and cavalry in the New Year. After that they are promising Danes (hooray) and Saxons. It is quite good to be getting into a range as they are released as hopefully my painting can keep up with their releases! The danger is, of course, that they never finish the range<br /><br />My next challenge will be to find a set of rules. There are some specific GNW rule sets out there and another to come from the League of Augsburg club but they all have element basing which I don't like. I wonder if anyone has any patches for Warhammer ECW?<br /></span></p>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574098885630429696.post-9175007141411635162007-12-11T08:09:00.000-08:002007-12-11T08:16:51.539-08:00Musketeer Miniatures Swedish musketeer<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZYHXsTlM_H8GvYmM81M6BiH94Z6zmtnzl2yztuVMKq9Coc_5GHOr3acZynrRISbVwj67MceAwcdvxQChZPVq8YYYzX4Iygfg2DCvveGKSz_V-0DXf2tusPViqHwfA3gMjZ8lzUNsFfA/s1600-h/swedish+infantry+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113079512128955058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZYHXsTlM_H8GvYmM81M6BiH94Z6zmtnzl2yztuVMKq9Coc_5GHOr3acZynrRISbVwj67MceAwcdvxQChZPVq8YYYzX4Iygfg2DCvveGKSz_V-0DXf2tusPViqHwfA3gMjZ8lzUNsFfA/s400/swedish+infantry+1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">I bought a few Musketeer Miniatures Great Northern War Swedes at Colours in Newbury in September mainly knowing that I was travelling to Stockholm the following week and had planned to visit the Army Museum.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">I like to get all the base colours down first and then shade over them so here is the first "test" figure. The colours aren't right in the photo; the blue is darker than this but it is the best I could do with a flash.</span></div>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com0