Back with the Finnish War project, here are the first and second battalions, Savolaks Regiment. Like it’s sister regiment, the Savolaks Jägers, this unit comes from the eastern part of Finland, right up on the Russian border.
Whereas all the other battalions in this collection have been built with 24 figures to the battalion, these are built with 12 and will be rated in games as tiny units. This is because in all the orders of battle I have found the regiment is never shown at its full complement. In fact the OOB for the Finnish Army at the commencement of the campaign describes the regiment as four battalions, each of only two companies instead of the usual four companies. Maybe it is because the regiments did not maintain a garrison and the army retreated to the west early in the campaign away from their home province. Whatever the reason I am intending to build this regiment as four tiny battalions.
Their light grey uniform differentiates the uniform from the other darker grey uniformed Finnish units. Their yellow and black standard is striking.
The third and fourth battalions will follow in due course.
Nice work once again Mark and topical, given I heard on the news earlier that both Finland and Sweden are likely to apply for membership of NATO next month, thanks to the latest activities of the Russian Bear.....
ReplyDeleteThank Keith. Topical indeed.
DeleteI really like those, maybe because the yellow and black standars are so striking, along with the yellow facings.
ReplyDeleteThanks Steve. The remaining two regiments have interesting flags too.
DeleteNice job. I like the multiple smaller units idea to cover the actual unit strengths.
ReplyDeleteThanks Joe. I like variable unit sizes. This brigades is going to make an interesting command.
DeleteAnother striking colour combination Mark that works extremely well. Beautiful work. I wonder if NATO back then meant Napoleon and Tsar Opponents?
ReplyDeleteThere are certainly some interesting parallels, with Russian “exercises” along the Finnish border just before they launched the invasion.
DeleteLovely looking units Mark…
ReplyDeleteI really like the colour combination of light grey and yellow…
And of course the flag is splendid…
All the best. Aly
Thanks Aly, the light grey makes a nice change.
DeleteHey Mark - are you having the "log in" issue others have reported recently - seems a bit random that all your replies on your own blog are coming up as anonymous...??!
DeleteYes I have been having problems. I generally do my blog work through the iPad but have just logged on via the PC and I seem to be able to log in correctly from here (we'll see when this publishes).
DeleteYet there is still an issue with the iPad…
Deletethats a releif Mark I did wonder with the radio silence if your number had coem up with the plauge
DeleteYes it is a pain. I think it is just a Google issue inside Apple iOS, but for now I will continue to be Anonymous
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