The Finnish War 1808-1809 in 28mm

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Making the usual rapid progress Michael, can't be long before the first AAR 

[Dalauppror]

Indeed i am, got to work rapid while the inspiration last:)

first AAR by the end of may... Maby a Little erlier;)

Best regards michael

[Dalauppror]

I just posted some pictures of the finished 2nd Platoon, 5th Company "Helsinge Company", 2nd Batallion, Nyland Infantry regiment for my Finnish War 1808-1809 project.

Here are a WIP pictures, the finished unit you will find here:


Just got some Dewland Mud and are ready for a hightlight...

Have a nice weekend !

Best regards Michael

[Dalauppror]

The all out Swedish hero during the Finnish War must have been George Carl von Döbeln, of course we have few more aspire to the title, like J.A. Sandels.

For me von Döbeln is a perfect character as he was in command of the Nyland Regiment during the first 3-4 month of the war.

Here comes some pictures of my build of von Döbeln, you can find pictured of the painted mini i and a short re-cap of von Döbelns history at my blog.



and the Drawing by Albert Edelfelt  that inspired me.



best regards Michael

[pocoloco]

Superb work once again Michael! 

I still hope you will include Sandels as well at some point though, you can then drink Finnish beer named after him and play skirmish

[tomek917]

Brilliant conversion!

Will you do Sven Dufva?  

[Hammers]

Brilliant conversion!

Will you do Sven Dufva?  

Och alla tyckte överallt, att Sandels talat rätt. "Ty visst var tanken", mente man, "hos Duva knapp till mått; Ett dåligt huvud hade han, men hjärtat, det var gott."

[tomek917]

 

[Dalauppror]

Thank you !

Of course ther will be a Sven Dufva lookalike, but in Nyland Infantry or Jaeger uniform.



Best regards Michael

[pocoloco]

Well some say that the 'real' Dufva actually was Johan Zacharias Bång from Lohja (Lojo) [Swedish wikipage has wrong birth place for him]:

http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Zacharias_B%C3%A5ng

[Dalauppror]

Good info Antti !

Suppouse I have to build Sandels if I will make me a real Sven Dufva...

But first some Nyland Dragoons...



best regards Michael

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Historians should rename this war "the Top Hat War".

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Historians should rename this war "the Top Hat War".

Highly practical headgear for sub arctic warfare. Lucky there weren't too many forests in Finland err 

[Dalauppror]

no wounder the Swedes lost then... 

By the way they have been built but not painted...

[Dalauppror]

Sorry for the Zombie topic, but I had some small progress in this project to during the summer….

Built me some Nyland dragoons, more pictures of the builds and Also the painted ones at My blog.
 
Best regards Michael