"Project Done: 1877 10mm Russian Infantry Division" Topic

Hello all

After three months I finished my 10mm model of a Russian Division of the 1877-8 Russo-Turkish War. Please enjoy it here

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With Respect
KTravlos

Impressive!

Congratulations!

Smart! I really like the white-coated units. I hope you get to spend more time using them than it took you to paint them!

Chris

Very nice work. Thanks for sharing.

Just out of curiosity, what motivated you to pursue this conflict? Uniforms, location, weapons, ancestors, etc? I reference this conflict as an aside as I think that no one (almost) has ever heard of it. It has been intriguing to see the recent interest in companies making figures and people creating armies for it.

Quite nice! Figs for1877 have been around for quite awhile. I have been working on it for at least 15-20 years. There have been articles on it in various wargaming mags. It may not be mainstream, but not known about by most folks? Nah…….

Thanks,

John

Thank you all for your fine words.

Hey panzerCDR. I have known about this war for a long time simply out of an interest in military history and especially the 19th century. It was one of the 19th century wars I wanted to do.

Interest in war-gaming it has been built up by movies like Turkish Gambit, the Osprey book on it, but coming to Istanbul locked it as I found other people interested in playing it. Initially I wanted to do Ottomans because I love zouave uniforms and this is a whole army of zouave uniforms.

But since my Turkish co-players wanted to do the Ottomans I opted to do the Russians. Finding an affordable and good range in Pendraken locked it in for me.

The war is actually well known to anybody who studies 19th century Europe and 19th century European diplomacy or the Great Game.

In many ways it is the 19th century European war most similar to the ACW. Both armies relied on infantry and artillery and cavalry played no role on the battles itself, instead used for deep raids and strategic missions.

John,

Probably ignorance on my part. I read about first in the book "Waterloo to Mons" MANY years ago and just haven't run into often since then; too US centric in my tastes/interests I imagine, though I do admit to having a copy of the "Last Fight for Pleven" diorama in my office . . . how odd.

KTavlos,

Thanks for your thoughts. It always is of interest to me why a particular conflict is compelling to others. I personally am taken by tanks and machine guns but that is probably due to growing up watching too many WW2 movies. I certainly haven't been to many WW2 sites. Going to the US Civil War battlefields is certainly motivational. Thanks for your comments.

No problems. I have an unhealthy interest in the 19th century!

Very nice.