I promised another Roossian infantry unit so here they are the St Petersburg Opolcheniye. Hinton Hunt never produced a Russian Militia figure but these have been cleverly converted by Don from Prussian Landwher. I made up the numbers by adding command figures and three Russian figures from the Crimean War range.
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| "Don't give him your name Commrade Pike!" |
The figures used are:
18 x PN.21 Landwehr Private (marching)
1 x PN.18 Landwehr Private (charging) - converted to drummer
1 x RN/1 Officer, charging - converted to standard bearer
1 x RN/16 Officer, marching
3 x RC/17 Russian private, marching
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| The flag is pure conjecture drawn for me by ChatGPT but I rather like it. |
This week I had another stab at a War of 1812 game at Goya's using the Mr Madison's War rules. Goya had come up with a fun little scenario where a mixed force of British Sailors and Marines had to raid the American coast in an attempt to secure three objectives. I had the honour of commanding the jolly Jack Tars whilst Goya skulked in the woods with the Colonials.
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| These lads don't get out much so it was great to let them have a crack at the enemy even if this time it wasn't the French. |
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| Goya has quite a few marines a mixture of Hinton Hunt and Minifigs S-range. |
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| My brave lads hit the beach. The windmill is one of my objectives - I have to burn it to the ground for VPs. |
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| Another objective - poor Captain Mainwaring is a prisoner of the Americans and must be released and brought home. |
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| Ouch! The US forces have two artillery pieces in a redoubt that they have unsportingly fired at my men as they push inland |
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| I try to take the windmill but the US forces are there in strength and eventually force me back. |
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| I never did manage to free poor Mainwaring but we did manage to knocked out the battery and squeeze enough VPs to just win the game. |
The game was a lot of fun but we both learned (yet again) that it's a good idea to read the rules before we play. I'm hoping we can try another of these soon.
The War of 1812 is a perfect size for the wargamer, just not sure I could stomach it if the Redcoats lost to Cousin Jonathan.
ReplyDeleteI have some sailors and marines for landings in Spain, but so far off down the painting line they're out of sight.
Rob, I’ve had the sailors and marines for many years but it’s difficult to drum up scenarios where they can be used so this was fun!
DeleteRussians look great, lovely uniform, very nicely done. 1812 game looked great, very good table and figures.
ReplyDeleteThanks Donnie!
DeleteGreat conversion work on the militia.....I fear they won't last long on the battlefield with just pikes to defend themselves! Nice to see the HH marines and sailors in action.
ReplyDeleteThanks Simon, well there are a few of them with muskets!
DeleteNice figures, interesting battle. Like it!
ReplyDeleteCheers Rob it made a bit of a change from our regular games!
DeleteWhere to begin? Let's just salute the brave boys who took out the typically unsporting Yank Artillery. I assume the rules for yanks with cannon are the same as for rocket batteries? The Opolchenye are great. But here's the thing. I have always believed that Marcus did not produce a marching Russian officer. My catalogue bears me out here. I assumed that the chaps with the grounded swords were conversions. But maybe not? I claim the prize for the most nerdy comment on this posting.
ReplyDeleteNigel, nerdy is the order of the day on this blog! The marching Russian officer is RN16 (I previously posted this as RN7 which I have corrected). This one is not in my HH catalogue either but does appear on the Clayton list and I think mine will be a Clayton casting, it's the only one I have.
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