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Title: Kuban assault! - (upd. 9-march: mounted cossacks finally painted!!)
Post by: Father Primus on August 08, 2016, 10:09:00 AM

Despite terrifying lack of time, I tried to convert and paint some Civil War miniatures. I took some Gripping Beast arabs and, with the help from greenstuff and my bitzbox created these plastoons (with dashing officer).

Unpainted

(http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/ego_sum_papa/34544828/36322/36322_900.jpg)

Painted (sorry, photos quality is meh...)

(http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/ego_sum_papa/34544828/36569/36569_900.jpg)

Title: Re: Cuban assault! - converted cuban plastoons
Post by: Steve F on August 08, 2016, 10:40:34 AM

Very nice conversions, Father Primus.  It's inspiring to see such unexpected source figures transformed.

I was a bit baffled about what Cubans were doing in the Russian Civil War (I know Britain and the USA intervened, but that seemed a step too far), and then I twigged - Kubans from the Black Sea rather than Cubans from the Caribbean, right?

Title: Re: Cuban assault! - converted cuban plastoons
Post by: Father Primus on August 08, 2016, 10:42:44 AM

 lol lol lol lol

Mea culpa))) Misspelled a bit...  ::)

Title: Re: Kuban assault! - converted kuban plastoons
Post by: Mike Blake on August 08, 2016, 11:00:19 AM

Nice, whatever the spelling!  What's the background to these guys? I mean historically not the figures... They look so good I'd like to copy them in 54mm.

Title: Re: Kuban assault! - converted kuban plastoons
Post by: Father Primus on August 08, 2016, 11:11:25 AM

They are just foot cossacks, usually recruited from poorer inhabitants of cossack territories, who couldn't afford to buy a horse.

These are form Kuban host - they fought for white Armes Forces of Southern Russia. Initially they fought well, but ideological differences between cossacks and white officers finally set them apart.

Title: Re: Kuban assault! - converted kuban plastoons
Post by: Mike Blake on August 08, 2016, 11:46:53 AM

Thanks for the prompt reply - sound like a useful addition to my BoB/RCW forces

Title: Re: Kuban assault! - converted kuban plastoons
Post by: Father Primus on August 08, 2016, 12:12:49 PM

You're welcome!

Humble plastoons are often overlooked by wargamers - they're not as cool as colored-regiments or smartly dressed mounted caucassian cossacks.

Title: Re: Kuban assault! - converted kuban plastoons
Post by: juergen c. olk on August 08, 2016, 02:41:00 PM

They look great . Wonderful conversions.

Title: Re: Kuban assault! - converted kuban plastoons
Post by: commissarmoody on August 08, 2016, 06:32:26 PM

Your converse worked out very well.

Title: Re: Kuban assault! - converted kuban plastoons
Post by: Costanzo on August 11, 2016, 07:07:44 AM

Very nice pieces!

Title: Re: Kuban assault! - converted kuban plastoons
Post by: Captain Blood on August 11, 2016, 07:50:59 AM

Lovely conversions, very good  8)

They work much better as cossacks with your Green Stuff additions, than they do as Arabs!

Title: Re: Kuban assault! - converted kuban plastoons
Post by: Father Primus on October 10, 2016, 09:27:07 AM

Kuban assault goes on and on!

Let's take some mongols/napoleonic french and turn 'em into any comissar's living nightmare - mounted cossacks!

(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KuQssFg4jQQ/V_tPyrzZXHI/AAAAAAAAADE/5t6L3UQXv68S9Gne5aER54Flh2Iaoe8WACLcB/s1600/kuban_green.jpg)

Title: Re: Kuban assault! - (upd. 10-oct. converted kuban mounted cossacks)
Post by: marianas_gamer on October 10, 2016, 09:39:10 AM

Oh yeah  :o :o These look great! I imagine some Commissars are changing their underwear as we speak!  lol lol
LB

Title: Re: Kuban assault! - (upd. 10-oct. converted kuban mounted cossacks)
Post by: Mike Blake on October 10, 2016, 01:26:19 PM

These too look like they are going to be marvelous!

Title: Re: Kuban assault! - (upd. 10-oct. converted kuban mounted cossacks)
Post by: Father Primus on March 09, 2017, 06:36:19 AM

Finally painted!!!!!

(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uXDJ0NgBNUE/WMD3QW-iBOI/AAAAAAAAAKo/DzOQSnthrzwynFODo1PClKBmxeuC864bgCLcB/s1600/kuban_cav.jpg)

Title: Re: Kuban assault! - (upd. 9-march: mounted cossacks finally painted!!)
Post by: marianas_gamer on March 09, 2017, 09:09:44 AM

Very nice! They look even better with this nice paint job :-*
LB

Title: Re: Kuban assault! - (upd. 9-march: mounted cossacks finally painted!!)
Post by: Captain Blood on March 09, 2017, 09:22:57 AM

Brilliant  :-*

Title: Re: Kuban assault! - (upd. 9-march: mounted cossacks finally painted!!)
Post by: Hammers on March 09, 2017, 09:38:48 AM

Oooh, these are sweet! Of which make are they?

Edit: Nevermind, I went back and cheked. Stonking plastic conversions. I should get into that more often.

Title: Re: Kuban assault! - (upd. 9-march: mounted cossacks finally painted!!)
Post by: Mike Blake on March 09, 2017, 09:56:13 AM

Very nicely done!

Title: Re: Kuban assault! - (upd. 9-march: mounted cossacks finally painted!!)
Post by: Truscott Trotter on March 09, 2017, 08:17:48 PM

Indeed they is beautiful   :-*

Title: Re: Kuban assault! - (upd. 9-march: mounted cossacks finally painted!!)
Post by: Costanzo on March 12, 2017, 07:08:54 AM

Beautiful pieces!