"Upplands GNW Painted Pix" Topic

I have kicked off my GNW project with the Upplands regiment that fought at Poltava. The figures are from the new Warfare Miniatures range of Swedes and are organized into battalions of 32 figures on five stands. The bases are 60mm frontage by 80mm deep to accommodate the leveled muskets and pike block.

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Nicely done!

Interesting that the Swedes kept the pikes even after they started using bayonets

Beautiful as always.

Very nice!

I've always felt the reason the Swedes, and Russians, hung onto the pike so long was that they couldn't afford to equip the large armies of the GNW with firelocks.

Spontoon,

That might be the reason for the Russians, though they were importing firelocks and making their own by the time the GNW rolled around, though the Russian-made ones had a tendency to misfire.

For the Swedes, it was more their tactical doctrine, which was highly aggressive. Furthermore, when facing the Russians [at the very least], the pikes were useful against the masses of cavalry that most Russian armies of the period employed, though the problem with the pike was shown at various battles, such as Lesynaya in 1708. Admittedly, Sweden was a small country but it did have it's own production facilities and government contracts for firearms, uniforms, etc. were numerous. One of the problems Sweden had during this period [and later, for that matter] was supplying its troops and navy, as corruption was rampant and the army and navy were highly neglected [depending on the ruler of the time]. Charles XII was very much of a 'military' monarch but still, supplying the army was a major problem.

DAF – awesome job as always. Please stop posting – you're making me green with envy. :)

… and now I have two regiments completed (other than finalizing the bases), having recently finished the Ostgotland regiment (on the left in the picture)

Lovely work, they really look the part.