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Miniatures Adventure => Age of the Big Battalions => Topic started by: Cat on 10 February 2021, 04:04:21 AM
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As our club is gearing up for eventual DBN battles, I just got in a MiniFig order for building the Swedish army. Oh the joy of DBN sized units with 1 stand = 1 brigade, it's the entire Swedish-Finnish army! Initial use is for taking on the Russians in the Finnish War of 1808–9, but also with an eye towards eventual use of Sweden v. Denmark-Norway. (I'll do some light conversions on the MF castings to get the earlier 1807 Swedish uniform, but won't be embarrassed to use the Swedes for 1813 either).
The Danish-Norwegian army is another joy that can easily be built in its entirety for DBN, and I may likely succumb to that sometime after completing this one.
But now, I'm also curious about the French, Dutch, and Spanish allies that were sent in too. Does anyone have a clue what the OOBs for these were? Wikipedia gives overall numbers. In a pinch, I can use those to fabricate approximate forces. But it's always fun to ferret out details. Even if it's in a Danish source, OOB tables can usually be deciphered.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dano%E2%80%93Swedish_War_of_1808%E2%80%9309
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Here is an article on the war I did some time ago - https://www.wfgamers.org.uk/general-wargames/russo-swedish-war
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Thanks for that link Hwiccee, that certainly helps a lot!
This blog post has been the biggest help in figure hunting, I went with the MiniFigs option:
http://www.the-ancients.com/gemigabok/suomen-sota-1808-1809/figures-15mm-swedes-and-finns/
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Next question:
Are any of the 15mm MiniFigs Danish figures suitable for Norwegians too?
http://www.miniaturefigurines.co.uk/Catalogue.aspx?ScaleID=2&CategoryID=11&SubCategoryID=75