Watching the deniers, and the twitchers bathe in the Lake of Hali
09/06/2013 4 Comments
At last, I have completed all the Cossack cavalry:
A double sized GW Case completely full of cavalry….
Yup 80+ Cavalry…
I oped the box after nearly 10 years of ignoring it, and have spent three months finishing painting the contents.
Just in time for the contents to fire up the BoB game I am sorting out in two weeks time.
(NB: MIssing figures are being varnished currently)
21/11/2012
Here are my Terek Cossacks. They are Copplestone Caucasian Cossacks (BU35):
In the RCW, the Terek Cosack host mostly supported the White cause, but was relatively reluctant to move far from its homelands, as were the Kuban and Don Cossacks which caused a lot of problems for the AFSR.
I chose to paint the models as Tereks, because of the blue colour of this host, which fits in well with my Colourful White Russian Army. Though I used a charcoal grey for their clothing to make them very different.
Modern day Cossacks in uniform. As usual, in the RCW it would be doubtful they’d have been so uniformly and so well attired, but for the table top we can do a bit of “what if”…and make a nice colourful unit that isn’t dressed in khakhi, more of which later.
All 15 in the unit.
These will go well with the Terek standard bearer I did earlier. I’m also getting better and more confidant painting horses, having done 30+ Cossacks, and well on the way to another 15+ Cavalry recently.
Luckily the sun has turned up this afternoon to allow these photos – it started out lashing down with rain, leading to flooding on roads nearby. Maybe tomorrow some more photos, who knows ?
The Lost City of Carcosa 