After 13 years I’ve finally gotten around to finishing the 27th Division on the Russian 2nd Army of the West as it fought at Borodino.
The Tarnopol Regt. of Stavitski’s Brigade is finally done. That leaves the 26th Division and a couple of Grenadier Regiments as the only outstanding units for the 2nd Army of the West. I thought about acquiring the remaining lead, but then, I sadly realized that with my move to the hinterlands of Maine, I’ll probably never get them on the table again, certainly not in another refight of Borodino. But enough with the maudlin wool gathering - on to the photos.
Sorry about the quality of the photos (and the painting – it’s been way too long since I painted Napoleonic figures). The 2 battalions are shown below. I may have gotten a little heavy handed with the black wash, but at gaming distance they look acceptable.
As always with my Russians, figures are Front Rank, flags are GMB.
And while I was rummaging around look for the Russian lead, I managed to scrape up enough Polish Lead to do one more unit of Duchy of Warsaw troops. This is just your basic generic Duchy of Warsaw unit. Figures are Old Glory, flag was something I found laying in the bottom of a box, not completely sure it's even Polish, but close enough for solo gaming.
Winter will soon be upon us, (frost warning for tonight further inland), so maybe the soon to be forced idleness we'll motivate me to get back to the Micro-armor project. I have been working on some 6mm terrain projects, if the end result isn't too horrific, you may see some of it here.
In any event, take care and enjoy the fall.
So much lead (and plastic), so little time.
We should do Borodino. Or Leipzig. Or any late 1813 to 1814 battle. In 1813 a regiment easily was 50% of an 1812 strength.
ReplyDeleteThat's definitely something to think about. Although I'm not sure I'm up to something that large. Maybe something smaller like the Shevardino Redoubt. But then we need all those French.
ReplyDeleteCould probably cover a lot of the French if you didn't mind old mini-figs. Would give the Russians incentive to smash them!
DeleteBetter late than never! By the way, nothing wrong with the paint job!
ReplyDeleteSmashing French does sound fun. There's just the small issue of my abysmal dice rolling skill. LOL
ReplyDeleteNew dice. Old figures. We could get room at the store, boost out a scenario that shows off the action. Borodino was fun but "pieces parts" would be even better to game.
ReplyDeleteHmmmm.... maybe the battle of the Fleches? we could scale down the ratio. Let me see if I still have all of the Borodino scenario stuff laying around somewhere. Based on what I can find I'll reach out off line
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