Creating in 28mm a Romanian gun crew for 1877-1878

[Shipka]

With the advent of Outpost Wargames Service Romanian greens, I looked around at what I could use as artillery crew until such time as there is a dedicated one. With a handy paint job Outpost`s Russian artillery crew can be used as long as one is not a purist..the uniform can be painted up to resemble a Romanian crew of this period although the equipment is different but as long as one can accept the differences then they provide a good basis.

I would be interested to hear from anyone with any better ideas.

As soon as my offering is painted I will post a pic;


Uniform of a gunner of the 4th Artillery Regiment -1877

The artillery uniforms carried during the Independence War of 1877-1878 had been introduced in 1873. They were composed of the following items:

•Kepi made in dark-blue cloth, with a black bottom band, piped red. It had in front a red wool braid over a tricolour cockade, with prince Carol's cipher below. The kepi had a black square visor, red false chinstrap and was adorned on the top by a red wool pompon. NB..Pic seems to show Kepi a greyish colour but it was in fact dark blue as stated earlier.
•Tunic made in brown cloth, with red piping, double breasted, with two rows of 7 visible brass buttons each. The collar, cuffs and shoulder boards were in black cloth, piped red. On the rear, the tunic had two false pocket flaps, fastened with 3 brass buttons each. The collar was decorated with red cloth flamed grenades and the shoulder boards were bearing the number of the regiment, "4", in red cloth;
•Breeches in gray cloth with red piping;
•Black leather jack boots;
•Black leather waist belt with brass buckle with two black ammo pouches
•Natural leather haversack and strap. please use the same colour as the revolver holster in the pic
•Sapper Sword – Brass hilt, black scabbard with brass fittings
 


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[Shipka]

Here are pics of a Romanian gun crew as well as a pic of Outpost`s Russian gun crew

[nevermore]

Where did you get the crew from ? they look the biz

[Shipka]

The crew are from the range of Russian troops in 28mm from the Russo Turkish range from Outpost Wargames Service...

Hope this helps,

Geoff

[Gluteus Maximus]

What a great uniform! It looks very "VSF" to me and may well form the basis of a new fictional army, using these Outpost figures.

I don't suppose you have any Copplestone, Foundry etc you could use for a figure comparison pic?

[Shipka]

I don`t I am afraid but I have used the Outpost Turks with Perry Miniatures and figures from Askari Miniatures and find they fit in quite well even in mixed units.

Geoff

[Gluteus Maximus]

I don`t I am afraid but I have used the Outpost Turks with Perry Miniatures and figures from Askari Miniatures and find they fit in quite well even in mixed units.

Geoff

Thanks. That's good, as I have Perry and Copplestone etc which I use together, so they should be ok.

[Ataman]

I've always loved Outpost's Russo-Turkish war range. If I wasn't so dead set on getting my RCW White army ready, I'd definitely have started a Russian army using their miniatures.

I'm afraid I can't give much advice on uniforms and equipment, since my knowledge of the Romanian Army is quite sparse. I do however wish you good luck with your conversions and painting.

[Shipka]

Finished article;

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28510682@N04/5901614628/

[tomek917]

Well those turned out just great! Keep up the good work!

[Ataman]

Excellent painting! I love how crisp the uniforms came out.

[Shipka]

I wish I could take credit for the painting but these were done for me.

Thanks for the comments guys

Geoff

[Gluteus Maximus]

I love 'em, whoever they were painted by 

They are really tempting - either as their intended use, or as a part of a VSF army.

Something to save up for!