By Fire & Sword: Lithuanian field hetman Gosiewski (14/4/14)

[Anatoli]

Received my order from Wargamer during the week so I'm super excited to finally get started. Polish dragoons will be up on the painting table first since this will be my only infantry unit for now, but Winged Hussars, Pancerni and Cossack style cavalry will follow.

Since this game and the models are rather obscure I figured I would write reviews for the boxed sets while I work my way through the lead pile. Since this is my first contact with miniatures from the Polish manufacturer "Wargamer" I paid extra attention to metal and casting quality, mould lines, poses, defects etc.

I'm happy to say that the models are very nice and pictures of a few painted stands will be up very soon.

Check the full product review on my blog here:
http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.com/2012/01/by-fire-sword-polish-dragoons-box.html




This thread will be updated frequently over the weeks to come.

[Anatoli]

Just started painting my first company for my "By Fire and Sword" Polish-Lithuanian army yesterday. These 3 stands were something of a test to try out some colors and get the feel of the sculpts. They did paint up fairly easy, experimented a bit with horseflesh - controlled vs a more "patched" approach to get more contrast and think I found a technique that I'll be using on the horses for this project.

My goal is to have the remaining 2 infantry and 4 cavalry stands painted up by this weekend. The dismounted dragoons are all trimmed and prepped, just need to do the same with the mounted dragoons. The bases are something of a improvised solution at the moment. Homemade 2mm thick plasticard bases, will probably use the same for the rest of this box as I just placed an order for mdf bases and don't know when they'll show up.

Anyways, more pictures on my blog:

http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.com/2012/01/polish-dragoon-company-taking-shape.html

[Engel]

They look great, keep em coming...

[Anatoli]

Something I put together yesterday when I painted up the last dismounted dragoon stands. The mounted dragoons are painted the same way. There will be a related tutorial on painting horses posted soon as well.

http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.com/2012/01/painting-polish-dragoons-tutorial.html

[Gibby]

You're my personal hero for bravely going into this game and letting me see what I'd be getting into if I took the plunge! It looks really really nice, and is in an area of history I find fascinating. Lovely paint jobs by the way!

[Anatoli]

Thanks Gibby :-)

Thanks again for the comments guys 

Well, the first out of two boxes painted up and ready - I will paint a few things in between before I return to finish the Dragoon company :-)
I figure I want a bit of everything for playtesting and showing how the game works for my friends and fellow gamers.

More pictures on my blog:

http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.com/2012/01/polish-dragoon-box-painted-up-and-ready.html

[abu iskander]

Great stuff Anatoli.  Once LPL is over, I plan to paint mine up as well.

[Anatoli]

Put together this tutorial while I was painting horses for my Polish Dragoons. Hopefully this might be of some help to someone out there.

http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.com/2012/01/painting-15mm-horses-tutorial.html

[Anatoli]

Cavalry regiment commander painted up. One of the two command teams you get in the "Polish leaders" blister.

http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.com/2012/01/polish-cavalry-regiment-command-bf.html

[white knight]

Looking good. What's the scale? 15mm?

[Frontal Assault 15mm]

Looks great, are you getting any winged hussars?

[Engel]

No, he isn´t. He is playing polish forces but decided to skip the hussars...



  Sorry, I just had to write that.
Winged hussars, every miniature gamer’s wet dream, even for a space marine players.

[Anatoli]

@WhiteKnight,
The models are 15mm from the "By Fire & Sword" miniature range, produced by the Polish manufacturers "Wargamer" who is also working on an English version of the "BY fire and sword" rules I have reviewed on my blog just before Christmas.


@Frontal Assault,

Most definitely. They are pretty much "essential" - being the elite of the cavalry they form a tiny part of any Polish or Lithuanian cavalry regiment. The box I have will give me 2 companies of 3stands each. I will paint Winged hussars after I finish a company of cossack style cavalry and "Pancerni" - both of which make up the backbone of the Polish cavalry.


@Engel LOL!  Too true, and a big part of why I was interested in this game and project in the first place. Even though I predict they will be the most time consuming unit to paint I still look forward to fielding them and ripping the enemy army a new one with their charge 

[einarolafson]

Very nice miniatures, painting job and tutorials!! As always you have done a great job. I have been tempted to try these miniatures but by now I need to resist (maybe in the future).

[Anatoli]

A review of the cossack style cavalry boxed set is now up on the blog. This box has superb variation when it comes to rider sculpts which also have a very cool irregular look about them with their mixed clothing and weapons.

http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.com/2012/02/by-fire-sword-cossack-style-cavalry-box.html




Pictures of a painted up company of these guys will be posted tomorrow