| lemansir | 10 Jan 2012 2:11 p.m. PST |
Can anyone point me to sites or have the information on the Swedes in the 7 Years War?
Specifically, organization/OOBs and uniforms Thanks |
| Connard Sage | 10 Jan 2012 2:13 p.m. PST |
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| lemansir | 10 Jan 2012 8:26 p.m. PST |
Connard: Thank you very much for the information! It is exactly what I was looking for. Regards, |
| Cardinal Hawkwood | 11 Jan 2012 4:04 a.m. PST |
and Pengel & Hurt
1-18230 Pengel, R. & Hurt, G.R. SWEDISH ARMY IN POMERANIA, 1757-1763 8x12, packed with b/w line drawings of Uniforms,Equipment, Standards etc.1 vol, 42 pgs 2003 HOPEWELL, OMM PUBLISHING
NEW-softcover ……$12.00
at
onmilitarymatters.com/pages |
| Travellera | 11 Jan 2012 9:54 a.m. PST |
lemansir, please let me know if you need help. I wrote some of the stuff on the Swedes on Kronoskaf. If you want one battle I would recommend the Action at Güstow: link I was in Güstow two years ago. The walls and church from Hovels are perfect for setting up the cementary :) |
| Buckeye AKA Darryl | 11 Jan 2012 10:24 a.m. PST |
What 15mm figures would one use for Swedes? Prussians? Essex makes Prussians, Russians, Brits, Austrians, and French. Of all those I would guess that the Prussians would be the closest, or are there manufacturers making Swedish specific figures for the Seven Years War? Cool website, that (Kronoskaf Project SYW)! |
| Travellera | 11 Jan 2012 11:00 a.m. PST |
Buckeye, I am not into 15mm but if you cannot find specific SYW Swedes, then you should go for GNW Swedes. In 15mm it would be impossible to tel the difference since the uniforms were very similar. Prussians should be avoided since they have usually have lapels. |
| Swampking | 11 Jan 2012 2:20 p.m. PST |
Buckeye, Agree with Travellera. If I were doing 7YW Swedes, I'd probably buy Dixon GNW Swedes in 15mm as they are cool, failing that, Minifigs. But since you're located in the States, Blue Moon Manufacturing makes suitable figures [though I'm not a fan of the march/attack pose for the GNW, it would be appropriate for the SYW]. Dragoons were similar to the GNW, artillery could come from other lines like Brits, hussars – Prussians or any other 7YW hussars in busby. |
| lemansir | 11 Jan 2012 5:14 p.m. PST |
WoW. Thanks everyone. Your responses are generous and greatly appreciated. I like the comments on the 15mm troops. I generally play 15mm, and have War of Spanish Succession armies in 15mm. I wasn't sure about the GNW figures but you certainly helped with that as well. I will have to "scare up" some Prussians to do the action at Gustow. Or, I might have to eventually build some – darn!!! |
| Swampking | 12 Jan 2012 3:22 a.m. PST |
Lemansir, If you live in the States, you might want to see if you can get a hold of the special issue of the 7YW journal that covered the Swedes. It has a wealth of info that would help immensely. I've got a copy running around here and I'll have to look to see what it says about the hussars, as I'm fairly certain there was also a regiment in mirliton as well. |
| Tricorne1971 | 17 Jan 2012 10:41 p.m. PST |
We fought a SYW game last night using several hundred 28mm Swedes painted by Juergen Olk, hussars and all.
As to uniforms, get the Pengel book. |
| KTravlos | 20 Jan 2012 5:34 p.m. PST |
Freikorp15 have a dedicated Swedish line for the SYW IN 15MM |
| Tigernaut | 21 Jan 2012 5:32 a.m. PST |
I'd recommend the FreiKorps Swedes too and the days of brittle metal are so long gone these days.
All my Swedes are FreiKorps apart from the Blue Hussars – I just used some spare Russian Hussars from Essex instead. |
| spontoon | 21 Jan 2012 7:24 a.m. PST |
The Pengel and Hurt book on the Swedes is probably their best. Perhaps too much emphasis on their Colours, and a few consistent typos. For years I thought the Swedes spelled "kurrassier" with a "j"! |
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