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

[axabrax]

Really nice! If only it was 28mm! I need terrain for my Kievan Rus games. (Or even World War 2!)

[Anatoli]

Second banner of elite cossack style cavalry for my Polish-Lithuanian army - and the last banner of this type of cavalry that I need and that am going to paint. All that remains for me to paint to get a complete Crown cavalry regiment is just one more banner of Pancerni (which are next in my painting cue). The elite cossacks will see action in the Lithuanian skirmish lists supporting Polish dragoons and reiters, but may from time to time make guest appearances in the Polish skirmish lists as well.

http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.se/2013/06/second-banner-of-elite-cossack-style.html

[Engel]

Ohh shiny. 
Really nice paintjob.



I really would like for my regular opponents to skip this warhammer crap and be lured into some more historicals...

[Anatoli]

I really would like for my regular opponents to skip this warhammer crap and be lured into some more historicals...

I'm fortunate enough to play with historical/alternative gamers in an environment that completely lacks WHFB and WH40k gaming. I haven’t seen those GW games being played for years

[Faust23]

Looks top notch Alex!  I was wondering if the rules can scale to 28mm play?

[Anatoli]

Looks top notch Alex!  I was wondering if the rules can scale to 28mm play?

I get that question from time to time, it will be hard but not impossible. However you will require a lot bigger gaming area than the 4x4 or 6x4 sized tables used for the 15mm ranges which are all in centimeters. Cavalry is very fast in this game and just turning centimeters into inches would make such units cross the table in one or two turns. Such movement rate would also make terrain placement very difficult since you would need very sparse terrain (probably less terrain than in 15mm games) else charges and movement become very difficult.

It really comes down to table size if you want to solve most of the problems that will arise, Unfortunately I don't think games have tables that are larger than 6x4 in most clubs or at home. I imagine you would need something like 6x6 if you want to play the skirmish battles in 28mm without making the troop density impossible to maneuver.

[Alejandro]

Nice job!!!!

I want to buy cossaks.

What do you think about the miniature's quality?

Thanks!

[Anatoli]

Nice job!!!!

I want to buy cossaks.

What do you think about the miniature's quality?

Thanks!

The BFaS range is good, models have a good amount of detail but aren't cluttered. The only thing worth mentioning is that you have to be careful with the swords of the riders/some infantry as they are on the soft side. I tend to place my riders that wave their swords about in the middle of the base or in a way so that exposure from the sides is minimal, especially if I want to form them into a nice line or transport them. Pikes, lances and flagpoles are all made out of brass wire which you get in the boxes/blisters (along with flags) so no risk bending or breaking those.

[Alejandro]

Ok.
Thank for your answer.
You say that they aren't cluttered, so they are quite static???
Yor pics are great.
You are right about the swords, many miniatures in this scale have the problem...

Best regards.

[Anatoli]

@Alejandro, I think there is a unit or two that can be considered to have static poses - but the majority of the range have nice living poses 

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Second banner of spear armed Pancerni cavalry - and the very last company to be painted for my Polish Crown cavalry regiment which is maxed out to the limit and thus allows me to field 6 bases of Winged Hussars if I want to. Good times are ahead :-D

http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.se/2013/06/last-banner-of-pancerni-cavalry-with.html

[Anatoli]

For those wondering how it may look on the table with three regiments of cavalry heading towards you in By Fire & Sword :-D

I took some army pictures as soon as I had painted up my latest banner of Pancerni cavalry to get a feel for the amount of cavalry I have painted so far (still waiting for Reiter’s to be added to the mix).

A lot more pictures on my blog:

http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.se/2013/06/polish-lithuanian-cavalry-charging-in.html

[Paddy649]

Beautiful!  Just love those winged Hussars!

Are we still waiting for the rules to be published in English?  I haven't seen them advertised yet.

[Anatoli]

No you can already order them through regular retailers 
Northstar has the rulebook IIRC, you could also order straight from Wargamer.pl in Poland. Not sure what other retailers have it in the US / UK.

[Anatoli]

Finally the insane daytime temperatures seem to have passed here in Sweden and I was able to start painting again yesterday after a break that had lasted a couple of weeks.

This is one of the two historical commanders that are part of the Lithuanian Winged hussar skirmish list for By Fire & Sword. Figured I would start with Gantzkopf and follow that up with some reiter bases since I already have all the Winged Hussars and everything else for that list painted up (except for the commanding officer Wincenty Gosiewski).

You would think that after having painted 200+ cavalry miniatures you would go crazy painting even more cavalry - but painting a new type of cavalry such as the reiters is a nice enough break and change of pace. I figure the rest of the reiters will have elements of red and yellow on their clothing just like the command base.

The flag itself is hand painted and based upon a historical Lithuanian reiter flag which was lost to the Russians during the battle for Vilnius in 1655. I took some liberty with the border pattern though.

More pictures on my blog:
http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.se/2013/08/herman-von-gantzkopf-reiter-commander.html

[Engel]

Damn cool looking miniatures.

To bad I dont think I can lure any of my gamming buddies into this.