Two units of Russian Uhlans this week. This is the newish plastic Perry kit. Great models, though the uniform has a lot of detail and braid that is a challenge to paint cleanly! Uniforms also help bring a bit more colour to the tide of Russian green. I actually ended up repacing the plastic lances with wire ones for extra strength, which is probably overdoing it a bit!
The kit also comes with a very good uniform guide and lance pennants for all the different regiments, which I happily used.
The first regiment is the Iamburg Regiment, with yellow (gold) braid and white over red pennants. Russian Uhlans wore same the four cornered Polish Czapka as Uhlans in many Napoleonic armies did.
The second regiment is the Siberia regiment, with white (silver) braid, and yellow over white pennants.
This morning I was also sad to learn that Aly Morrison has died. One of the foundational members of GW as a sculptor and painter, and and later on involved in many historical projects. He and his wife Trish founded Marauder Miniatures as a subsidiary of GW in 1988. They created the spikey orange haired Dwarf Troll Slayer miniatures presently still part of Game Workshop's The Old World range, and expanded in the Fyreslayer Age of Sigmar range. Also the characterful Marauder Giant and many others. He was one of the three designers of the first plastic Imperial Space Marine set RTB01 in 1987, that kicked off the juggernaut of that line and IP.
In later years he moved into collecting diverse historical projects, with a particular fondness for Napoleonic Minifigs block painted in the old 70's style - shiny and plainly painted green bases. He kept an extensive blog of his wargaming projects where he interacted with friends and vistors until the end. I followed his Napoleonic progress when I could, and was pleased to see he managed to get some first games with them earlier this year. Thanks for all your contributions Aly.
https://alystoysoldiers.blogspot.com/2026/06/from-my-side-of-table-shiny-napoleonics.html
Sad news about Aly, the old cohort slowly shrinking.
ReplyDeleteGreat painting of the Uhlans, very nice and metals lances probably not a bad idea Mark.
What rules do you generally like to play Mark when using your Napoleonic armies ?. Myself I have been getting into Black Powder, fun and easy to learn and after resisting for so long !!.