 Der Alte Fritz  | 20 Sep 2015 7:41 a.m. PST |
I have posted some pictures of the first 10 Warfare Miniatures GNW Swedish Kavalrie regiment Ostgotland, that I have painted, on my blog. Please click the link, take a visit, and feel free to leave any comments on my blog. link Here they are in wedge and in line:
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| Supercilius Maximus | 20 Sep 2015 12:03 p.m. PST |
Very nicely done. Are these new releases, or are they the "old" figures? The latter were originally done as test figures for the Swedish/GNW sub-range, but are due to be replaced at some point by more up-to-date bods – possibly including troopers with cuirasses (either over or under the coat), as there has been some new research done on this. |
| Der Alte Fritz | 20 Sep 2015 1:37 p.m. PST |
I think that these are the "test figures" that were put into production. My understanding is that Warfare will eventually add to or replace these with other figures. Since one needs up to 50% of the Swedish army as cavalry, I want to get a head start on painting them, so I'm happy to use these figures. |
| clibinarium | 20 Sep 2015 3:59 p.m. PST |
Nice looking unit. Yes the Swedish troopers are the original test figures, so there's only the one variant, though the separate arm has helped with variety.
Currently I have had to take a slight diversion away from the Swedes, with some work to do on LoA dragoons. This last week has be used to clean up the thirty or so masters of the Russian infantry (x3 of each so 90 figures- euchh I hate cleaning masters with a passion).
I am eager to get back to GNW cavalry, Swedes especially (plus their grenadiers). I am thinking for Swedes some standard troopers, and some hell-for-leather types, like "WLOA34 Enthusiastic Cavalry Troopers" |
| Der Alte Fritz | 20 Sep 2015 4:24 p.m. PST |
Yes, between the different horse poses and all of the arm options, the end result produces a nice sense of variety and movement to the Swedes. I'm excited to hear about the future plans for the range. |
jurgenation  | 20 Sep 2015 7:48 p.m. PST |
Beautiful as always! Bring them to the SYw con! |
| Costanzo1 | 21 Sep 2015 2:17 a.m. PST |
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| Der Alte Fritz | 23 Sep 2015 6:07 a.m. PST |
Update, 18 figures now completed. Time to order more figures:
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| Bill N | 24 Sep 2015 11:29 a.m. PST |
The figures look great even with the minimalist bases. In your site you mention the Swedes having cavalry and dragoons. My understanding was that the primary distinction between the two was where they were raised. Dragoons were raised in Germany and cavalry in Sweden-Finland. I'm not sure whether any horse units were raised in Sweden's Baltic possessions, or if so what they were called. |
| Der Alte Fritz | 25 Sep 2015 6:31 p.m. PST |
I haven't based the figures yet. They are just placed on the wood stands for picture taking purposes. |
| Old Contemptibles | 25 Sep 2015 8:09 p.m. PST |
Great, another period to add to the list. These figures are terrific. Well done! |
| Daniel S | 26 Sep 2015 4:01 a.m. PST |
There existed cavalry regiments recruited in the German and Baltic provinces as well, provinces of Bremen and Pommern supplied one each (both were pre-war units raised in 1688) while the Queen's liferegiment of Horse was a regiment based in Estonia which had it's origin in units raised there during the Scanian war. These units were smaller than their Swedish and Finnish counterparts with a paper strenght of 800 rather than 1000 men. The Baltic provinces supplied a number of dragoon and landdragoon units as well as numerous recruits to the "German" dragoon regiments. Sweden and Finland supplied some dragoon units, mostly the so called "stånddragoner" raised during the war but there were a unit of Karelian Landdragons as well as a half-regiment of regulars in the shape of the Bohus dragoons. Main difference between cavalry and dragoons were the horses and equipment with the cavalry having better horses, breastplates and carbines while the unarmoured dragoons had to make do with muskets and a more mixed quality of horseflesh. As the war progressed most of these diffrences disappeared with the breastplates getting discarded (though used a lot longer than conventional wisdom has assumed) and units making do with whatever horses they could aquire. Quality is hard to judge base soley on type, some of the German dragoon regiments became very experienced as the war progressed. The post-Poltava period the surviving veteran German dragoon regiments were an invaluable asset for the Swedes and did sterling service during the 1712-1713 campaign. |
| spontoon | 27 Sep 2015 12:27 p.m. PST |
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| Der Alte Fritz | 04 Oct 2015 8:05 a.m. PST |
I have now finished the basing and flagging of the unit as shown below: link
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| spontoon | 04 Oct 2015 4:43 p.m. PST |
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| Gunfreak | 13 Oct 2015 12:33 p.m. PST |
Wonderful i have a feeling i have to reactivate my GNW project (have been waiting for warfare to do atleast some Russians before i started ) |
| Der Alte Fritz | 14 Oct 2015 10:11 a.m. PST |
My understanding is the Russian infantry will be released within a few more weeks. |
| jocknroll | 24 Oct 2015 9:55 a.m. PST |
I have been in communication with the casters over the last day. The first 5 Russian codes will be with me in production volumes over the next 10 days so will be available to purchase within two weeks. Some new pictures will be available on the LOA blog over the next day or so. Love the cavalry Jim!… but you already know that :) |
looks at the new U.S.S. Constitution for Black Seas.
