Great Northern War Project - Batch #5

Swedish Command Figures

Completing my Swedes for this project are three Swedish command figures.  As always, the camera is very unkind, as I swear they look much better 'in the flesh'. But it is what it is.

Below is Colonel Wallander, whose command this is.

A Swedish General of Horse:

And for the pièce de résistance, Charles XII of Sweden, himself!

The above psychological study of Charles has him setting lose 'the lads' on a hapless Russian fusilier.  I'm not sure what to call this one: "Unleash the Hounds", "Let Slip the Dogs of War", or "Feet, Don't Fail Me Now!".

 

Charles' finger in the air could mean "Fear God!" or, "That's one!"

The sharp end of war.

Charles prefers his super-sized sword (courtesy of Wargames Factory). Hounds, I believe, are old Ral Partha, while cavalry below are Old Glory. Fusiler is a conversion. As I said, it is what it is.

Great Northern War Project - Batch #4

Swedish Horse

This batch of Horse completes my Great Northern War Swedish Host for The Pikeman's Lament. Well, is an army ever complete? I still need to do some generals; and I could always use a few more Grenadiers; plus some terrain features; and what about Finnish Reindeer cavalry? But what I've got -- a little under 100 figs -- is sufficient unto the day.

I've painted up four units of six figs each -- three units of Vastgota Regt. 'Rytter' cavalry ('Gallopers'), and a single unit of  Bohuslans Dragoons. The later unit is all mounted, since sources agree that Swedish Dragoons were employed in exactly the same way as Rytters, and seldom if ever operated on foot. "Ga Pa!"

Close up shot of the Vastgota command element, warts and all.

Bohuslans Dragoon, in green coats. Just about the only native Swedish Dragoon Regt. in Chuck the Twelfth's army, since the rest were Germans, etc. They are fully mounted and ready for serious business -- no silly skirmishing from these lads!