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Miniatures Adventure => Interwar => Topic started by: tradgardmastre on July 02, 2013, 07:24:44 AM

Title: Late 20s /Early 30s Finnish troops -uniforms and figure ideas sought
Post by: tradgardmastre on July 02, 2013, 07:24:44 AM

Still trying to think of opponents for my Interwar Swedes.
I wondered about Finns for some cross border skirmishing.
What uniforms were the Finns wearing at this time and what 28mm figures would you suggest to depict them?
cheers
Alan

Title: Re: Late 20s /Early 30s Finnish troops -uniforms and figure ideas sought
Post by: CorvetteK225 on July 06, 2013, 02:24:28 PM

Frankly, your situation could be good or bad for your choices. During this period, the Finns went through four (4) uniform changes: M/19, M/22, M/27, and M/36

Here is a rather helpful page with color pictures of the uniforms themselves:

http://www.mosinnagant.net/mosinnagant.net/finland/tunicsection-photo1.asp (http://www.mosinnagant.net/mosinnagant.net/finland/tunicsection-photo1.asp).

Note that the M/19 Uniform design follows closely to the German 1915 pattern tunic. The later M/22 pattern appears quite similar to the Russian WWI pattern gymnastroika. The M/27 pattern looks a lot like the M/36 as seen in use during WWII only in a different color of fabric.

Here is a great post-WWI picture of a mixture of uniforms just in one mortar platoon:

(http://www.jaegerplatoon.net/76MH04.jpg)

A unit of White Guard quite likely taken after 1936 and before 1940:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Suojeluskunta.jpg)

If I were to tackle the figures, I would go with WWI Germans and WWI suitable Russians shying away from the later M/27 and M/36 uniforms. I would also use WWI suitable Russian heads throughout for their service caps. By using the earlier uniforms as a goal, you can also use them for the earlier Finnish Civil War period and get more bang for your painting and basing buck!  ;)

David

Title: Re: Late 20s /Early 30s Finnish troops -uniforms and figure ideas sought
Post by: Lord of Jerwood on July 21, 2013, 01:39:02 PM

theses may be usefully

http://www.mosinnagant.net/finland/FinnishTunicsectionrevised.asp

http://www.mosinnagant.net/finland/Finn-Helmets.asp

would probably use ww1 Russians or Germans.