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Miniatures Adventure => Pikes, Muskets and Flouncy Shirts => Topic started by: Tibson on March 31, 2018, 08:01:15 PM
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Our group is thinking about starting a Pikeman's Lament campaign together. To prepare, I pulled out an old Cossack army that I hadn't ever really got onto the table and rebased it for PL. After doing no serious painting for 5+ years (quick WWII guys hardly count), I painted my first two new Cossacks as well. The goal is to not have any duplicate figures in the army. I have a few more guys to paint so I'll be pretty close.
The first three units are Dragoons. I decided to go with mixed foot/mounted figures. The game recommends a 30mm round base for mounting two foot together but I found that was way too small and went for 40mm rounds. I was skeptical at first but I really love how they came out. I plan on going back and redoing a couple of the stands to change the guy from holding the horse to a banner. These are all Foundry.
(https://i.imgur.com/iFjvgDl.jpg)
Another Dragoon stand with mixed foot/mounted. More Foundry.
(https://i.imgur.com/tTQFXIn.jpg)
Last unit of Dragoons. I may do a couple more rounds but I've not decided yet.
(https://i.imgur.com/0rLeCM4.jpg)
FIrst unit of shot. These are mostly Foundry with a couple Old Glory and I think a Westwind guy in the front.
(https://i.imgur.com/Mpf16OE.jpg)
Second group is mostly Foundry with at least one Old Glory and I think a couple of Essex as well.
(https://i.imgur.com/bOYOV4Z.jpg)
About half of these are Old Glory. Rest Foundry with one lone Essex (I think).
(https://i.imgur.com/SJ1Zvcb.jpg)
You need a canon, so here is mine. These are mostly Old Glory with an old Essex guy with a missing leg in the back.
(https://i.imgur.com/qzz2lVE.jpg)
The Bulgar Slayer! I love this diorama from Old Glory but never really seem to have a use for it. It's too cool to not have though.
(https://i.imgur.com/FkZoNNS.jpg)
Some shaken markers.
(https://i.imgur.com/Ot6hLw6.jpg)
And finally these are the two guys I just finished. They're a bit rough but as I've not done any layer painting for a VERY long time, I was OK with how they came out. Just need to finish up the bases and they're good to go.
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Very nice, I do enjoy these rules.
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What an excellent little army, and well painted to boot!
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Thanks! I've really been enjoying getting back to my painting after that very long break. I realized that I missed posting one of the pictures in my OP, so here it ls.
(https://i.imgur.com/rrZv74h.jpg)
And here are two more I finished up last night. I'm a bit happier with these two. They're the old Westwind "Evil Cossack Guard" figures. I'm having to apply slightly more patience and not rush the layers.
(https://i.imgur.com/rZegSDJ.jpg)
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Isn't the archangel flag Polish?
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The flags between those groups can be a bit confusing. At least according to this guy who seems to have done a fair amount of research, it's Zaphorzhian. I ended up spending at least a couple of hours chasing through links as it ended up being pretty interesting.
http://www.1-72depot.com/wargames/28mm-polish-renaissance-cossack-flags/ (http://www.1-72depot.com/wargames/28mm-polish-renaissance-cossack-flags/)
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Thank you for these Cossack flags . I too have been painting up Cossacks to use with the Pikemans Lament rules and these will prove very useful.