Only four decisions were required the whole time we were there: read book or swim in pool; beer or cocktail; burger or pizza (there was a salad option, but who really wants salad on holiday?); where to eat dinner.
For reading material on this brief trip I took with me the Robert K. Massie biography of Catherine the Great that I have had sitting around unread for several years. And quite topical given the upcoming mini-series starting Helen Mirren. What a fabulous read and I have powered into it – no mean feat for me because I am easily distracted and it usually takes me a months to finish a book. Could this be the start of a Seven Years War or even a Potemkin’s Wars collection?
Of course my sojourn was all over too soon and I have been back at work this week in a wet and windy Auckland. Which leads me to the Cossacks!
As a part of the Crimean War cavalry expansion, which involves changing the basing for all of the cavalry units from two figures per stand to three, all three Cossack units from the collection have been expanded by three figures each and then rebased.
The same units, of course, will be able to be used with the Napoleonic Russians.
Tranquil travel photos and superb Cossacks. Who makes the figures?
ReplyDeleteThank you Jonathan. The figures are all Perry Napoleonic Russians. These particular chaps are the Ataman Cossacks in winter dress.
DeleteLiving the dream. Surely you must be in line for some honorific from the Fijian government for keeping their tourism industry in such good health. Lovely cossacks and the new additions have mixed in seamlessly.
ReplyDeleteWell we are entitled to use the frequent visitor queue at immigration now...just kidding. But the hotel crew are starting to remember our names now...worse still is when the barman starts to pour your drink as soon as you walk towards the bar!
DeleteMany splendid photos, lucky man...and the cavalry is awesome %ark, love the second regiment...
ReplyDeleteThank you Phil.
DeleteNice looking holiday destination! Lovely looking Cossacks!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks Iain. I wish I was back in the islands now, as another storm is due to come our way this week.
DeleteBrilliant miniatures and painting! ALso like this era. Very underrated, unfortunately.
ReplyDeleteRegrettably the era suffers from gamers focusing on the historical outcome of the war rather than the possibilities. If one looks at the potential of some actions say in the Balkans, say if the Campaign there had run further and the British and French had become involved there, or if the British and French had been involved in the eastern front, around Kars, and the outlook for the era changes completely.
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