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In addition to the couple of main projects I have on the go at any time I also have a dozen or so "active" armies with figures awaiting completion ranging from Ancient period to Star Wars Legion, happily passing through Napoleonic, American Civil War, Very British Civil War and World War II. This project is to record the "odd unit" I complete for these projects as they peak my interest or we have a change in direction of the rules we use for a period that needs additional figures to be completed.

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Poles in Spain

Oct 5 2021

Tutoring 4

Skill 6

Idea 4

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The other unit I recently completed was another Infantry battalion for my French Peninsular forces, in the form of a Polish battalion I received as a present.

I decided that these were to be painted as the 1st Battalion, 1st Regiment of the Vistula Legion. I know there is a debate that they did not wear the Czapka in Spain but shako but they do look good. Also it was a struggle to identify the correct uniform details, some sources I have had them with yellow collars and cuffs, while others had them with blue collars lined yellow. There was also varying descriptions as to whether the pompom colour was white or black. In the end I decided to go with the uniform description I had in the old Almark French Infantry book I acquired in the late seventies when I had first started in the hobby.

The standard is from GMB Designs.

Vistula Legion

Displaying the standard

Attack Column

Change of rules causes more work

Oct 5 2021

Tutoring 4

Skill 5

Idea 4

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We recently swapped the rules we used for American Civil War to Picketts Charge and while it did not entail any rebasing it did mean a change from single model artillery batteries to multi model batteries.

So more guns were required ?

A quick search through the “pile of pride” revealed enough guns and crew for 2 Union 3 gun batteries and 2 Confederate 2 Gun batteries.