Great Northern War: a commission for a friend

Started by Duke Speedy of Leighton, 17 June 2022, 10:20:13 PM

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Duke Speedy of Leighton

Told you I was also working on Great Northen War Swedes too!  :D
First off, five tricorned infantry units, all based for ReG, MeG's renaissance spin-off for Lee.

Sodermanland


Mixing mk I and mkII flags, thanks Leon for sorting those


Top view


Back view


Told you they were Sodermanland! I labelled all the bases as although the units are ROUGHLY similar, they all have subtle differences (hat piping, leg colours, etc)


Kronoberg


Top view, grenadiers are from Marlburian ranges


"What do you mean about face?"


Fresh off the blocks today, Upplanders


Eight loose shot, ten close pike for the visual effects.


I like the effect here


I'm not sure all units had grenadiers attached, certainly some were consolidated to assault parties. Lee decided he wanted them intergrated into units, so I enjoyed trying to find their mitre details, Uppland is one I definitely found and is correct.


The line fires.


Player's eye view


Skaraborg


I really love their flags, very eye catching (mk 2, type II)


Again, as Lee sees them


Livgardet Tu Fot (oneof the world's longest active units)


Firing line detail


Pikes detail


How did that get there! Since removed


All five units


That's an A5 container filled already!
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They'll look good when they are painted  ;)  ;)
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collegialhoagie

Well done mate, looks great! And man you work quickly, you have already more finished GNW units than I have xD

On the organisation of grenadiers in the swedish army, every regiment had roughly a company-sized amount of grenadiers that were split up and positioned on both batallions left and right flanks.

It's unclear how many regiments had specific grenadier caps for their grenadiers, but there's evidence of units getting cloth mitre caps as well as some the prussian style with a brass front plate, most would probably have had regular tricornes.

Duke Speedy of Leighton

Quote from: collegialhoagie on 18 June 2022, 02:02:11 PMOn the organisation of grenadiers in the swedish army, every regiment had roughly a company-sized amount of grenadiers that were split up and positioned on both batallions left and right flanks.

It's unclear how many regiments had specific grenadier caps for their grenadiers, but there's evidence of units getting cloth mitre caps as well as some the prussian style with a brass front plate, most would probably have had regular tricornes.

Thank you. That's kind of whereI ended up with my limited research,so I winged it in the end...
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collegialhoagie

Happy to help, feel free to message me if there's something else GNW that you're wondering about! :) I'm sure you're aware of tacitus.nu as a great source of reference for GNW, but unfortunately there's a page on the swedish version about grenadiers that isn't in the english edition.

Duke Speedy of Leighton

Seven more units done for Lee's collection, taking him to 12.
Some of these even travelled to Switzerland to be worked on!
I do apologise about the lack of diaeresis over some of the letters.

Narke Varmland




I've since sorted the bottom of that flag


Off they go


Dal, being berated by a Narke Varmland officer.


And I've straightened that pike!


Ready for action


Quite an impressive bunch


Brigaded together


Top view


You thought that was a decent amount of figures and units?
100 Swedish cavalry


Sources say the Swedes rode with their knees behind each other, so you get a tightly packed wedge.


Vasterbotten




Sodra Skanska




It's a good line


Player's eye view


Even works in two lines, just!


Ostgota


Twenty figures per unit over four bases gives quite the impression of BIG units. I love 10mm!


Charge? You had to ask?


Abo Och Bjorneborgs


Big boys
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Forgot the Leivregementet Til Hast, gaurds cavalry regt!   :o




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Lord Kermit of Birkenhead

Finally got em out of the bar? Excellent stuff....
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DecemDave

Great stuff as always.    =D>   The massed cavalry shows why I love 10mm.


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Penultimate batch of Swedes done for Lee.

HRH reviews the colours


"You there, with the flag, no not you..."


It is one flag for each of Lee's infantry units


"Back! Back! I tell you!"


Like the bosses sleeves


High command


Which way we going?


Going that way!


One way to use up flags!


Inevitable top shot


Gun line


Ready guns


Had fun with the limbers


Bring horse artillery, they are ready to go


That's a lot of firepower


Getting Gettysburg vibes here
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