ALY MORRISON'S "BUTTERFLY" ADVENTURES IN THE WORLD OF WARGAMES AND TOY SOLDIERS

Wednesday, 8 November 2023

Crimean War… Even more rebasing.

Greetings…

I have been slowly rebasing this collection for a while…

See my earlier stuff here…

https://alystoysoldiers.blogspot.com/search/label/Crimean%20War

I decided while I was on a high after the rather positive Great Late Roman Rebasing project to get some more work done on my Crimean War collection… I shall keep chipping away at this in the background until it gets too painful or just boring 😁.

This time we have a couple of Russian Naval Battalions… 




These originally started as a single unit of Armed Sailors but I decided to add more figures to represent additional Marksmen/Marines and bring them up to two Battalions.

I am very pleased how the mix of different uniform styles and colours has come out.

The Standards are from North Star…

https://www.northstarfigures.com/list.php?man=20&cat=175&sub=231&page=1

And the bases are as always Warbases…

https://warbases.co.uk/product-category/bases/premier-bases-metric/


All the best  Aly.






26 comments:

  1. Very nice Aly you certainly can’t tell which are the added figures, 2 battalions seems about for a large unit like this 👍

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    1. Thank you Matt…
      The Infantry regiments have four battalions… The naval units were formed from the men on the ships in Sevastopol harbour so were probably a bit more flexible size wise.

      All the best. Aly

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  2. Strike while the iron is hot, so to speak. Good job on keeping the rebasing fire burning brightly. I had some Foundry lead arrive last week with some Crimean War Russians among the lot.

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    1. Yes I thought I would keep going while I was on a roll…
      The Russians are also quite quick to paint if I need a few more men here and there…

      All the best. Aly

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  3. Two fine looking units of seafaring types there Aly, splendidly re based up.

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  4. Now they look rather dashing, Aly!

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    1. Thank you Ray…
      Hopefully not dashing the wrong way if I command them…

      All the best. Aly

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  5. They look good Aly - nice big solid targets for the British and French Minie rifled muskets!

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    1. Thank you Keith…
      Historically accurate then…

      All the best. Aly

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  6. They look wonderful and well worth the effort of re-basing:).

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  7. Excellent stuff and timely too. It has given me an idea for another Roosian infantry battalion!

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    1. Thank you David…
      I look forward to seeing what you do.

      All the best. Aly

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  8. Despite my proclivity for the more colorful uniform combinations, I do very much like the look of a unit in greatcoats: these are a nice advertisement of that sensibility: well done, indeed!

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    1. Thank you Ed…
      Mixing the colours slightly between batches of figures helps give visual interest to the unit as well…

      All the best. Aly

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  9. Fine work sir. I particularly like the chaps in the shorter jackets and the faces are full of character.

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    1. Thank you very much Stuart…

      All the best. Aly

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  10. Great looking Russian naval infantry!
    Best Iain

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  11. They are lovely Aly...maybe I need some naval troops...

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    1. Thank you Mark…
      I’m surprised you don’t have any already…

      All the best. Aly

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  12. Lovely figures. The white piping on their hats is outstanding.

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    1. Thank you Bob…
      I found that part the most difficult… There is a reason I like my Russians in helmets 😁

      All the best. Aly

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