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Introduction
Fusilier Greg Simmonds' Napoleonic
Russian Gallery
If you look closely, there are quite a few conversions
amongst Fusiler Greg's Front Rank and Foundry Russians. Greg isn't averse
to chopping off and replacing heads, which gives his units a lot more
variety than most.
These photos were all taken and 'PhotoShopped' by Sean
Smith from the Pocket
General. He has even managed to incorporate the real-life hills
behind Kapiti into the background of some of the photos!
Click on the photos to see them full
size.
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This unit carries the 1803 pattern flag for the
Odessa regiment. Although this unit technically doesn't fit in the
OOB that Greg has modelled his army after, he liked the look of
the flag so decided that artistic license should prevail over historical
accuracy.
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The third battalion of the Koporoski Regiment carrying
the colour of the Livonia inspection. The mounted officer and rhe
standard bearer are Foundry figures while the rest of the
unit is Front Rank. Greg would have liked to include more
Foundry figures in this army as they mix in really well,
but the range was released a couple of months after he finished
painting most of his line units.
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The Russian regiments consisted of three battalions,
only two of which were fielded, the first and third. The white pom-poms
with green centres on the shakos indicate that this is the first
battalion. The blue and white pom-poms in the picture on the left
indicate that is the third battalion.
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A French skirmisher's nightmare: the Moscow dragoons
at full gallop. When Greg first saw this photo he was a bit disappointed
that it didn't capture all the conversions that he had done. If
you look closely you will see the dragoon on the left in the front
rank carrying a carbine instead of a sword. In the rear rank the
centre three figures have all been converted. One thing Greg does
like about the daft 'arm out' pose of these Front Rank figures
is that it lends itself well to conversions. The figure on the front
right is the standard bearer, but is currently open handed waiting
for a standard from GMB - this didn't look to flash in the
photo so he has been given a sword digitally. The lesson learnt
is that photographers focus on the command elements so these are
the ones that need to have most the attention paid to them.
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cossacks that Greg thinks were intially designed as part of their
Seven Years War range. They have been painted up to represent one
of the many Don cossack units by adding the occasional blue coat.
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Just one of Greg's many Russian guns
that dealt to Fusilier Pete Haldezos' Prussians in our recent Call
To Arms demonstration game, and who seemed content to take their medicine
like men. The gunners have asked him to find them a limber as their
12-pounders are a bit much to push around the field! |