The second battalion of the Österbottens regiment for the Swedish army in Finland has passed through the uniform store this week. This is line battalion number six of the twelve that make up this collection.
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Also completed is an Argentine artillery set. This is a Foundry French Franco-Prussian War set using a Foundry Krupp gun. These items have been laying around in the odds and ends box for some time. In truth I am not sure about the uniform. All of the reference books I have lack an accurate description of their uniform so I have had to construct it from some brief descriptions. While these figures are a near match I think the new Perry French Franco-Prussian gun set may be closer to the actual uniform, but I only need the one gun. Maybe one day if the Perrys make Argentine gunners I will replace them.
Once again, great painting on both subjects. I will bet the Perry's sculpt Argentine gunners before Swedish Grenadiers or Swedish Heavy cavalry.
ReplyDeleteThanks Joe. I’d like some Swedish generals first!
DeleteThey look good to me Mark....unlikely we will come across an expert in nineteen century Argetinian artillery uniforms, so they should be pretty safe!
ReplyDeleteActually the castings were quite rough…a lot of flash. My big fortress guns arrived the other rpdata and are half way through completion. May have them all done by the end of Easter.
DeleteGreat work on both Mark. The artillery uniforms look suitably Argentinian to me and, as Keith says, who is going to quibble. I really wish the Perrys would make later Swedes.
ReplyDeleteAh ha…you want later Swedes and I want early Russians!
DeleteI love those armies for Finland.
ReplyDeleteThank Neil. They are fun. I have a few more units to go and am now looking at their Russian opponents.
DeleteVery nice work there Mark and the infantry certainly look like the mean business, marching manfully forward like that.
ReplyDeleteThanks Steve. They do look the part, don’t they?
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