The tramp tramp tramp of 28mm Polish feet have finally marched themselves on to this here blog. von Peter himself is pleased to announce the arrival of the first battalion of the 4th Polish Infantry regiment …
A few points of interest for any of The dear readers who may be interested …
- the figures were sorted, cleaned up, eagle attached to the standard pole and sent to Nigel Fun-nell as the 2nd battalion of the 2nd Polish Infantry Regiment. Later it slowly dawned on von Peter himself that really only the first battalion of each regiment should have an eagle. Quick communication with the aforementioned Nigel quickly altered it to be the 1/4 Infantry Regiment
- figures from Front Rank Miniatures, flag from GMB Designs, pigmentation by Nigel Fun-nell, horse and basing by von Peter himself
- that Front Rank Miniatures only supply a solitary mounted infantry officer with no variants that is suitable for this unit is moderately irritating. And to be clear von Peter himself is not big on figure conversions. But with two more battalions of Poles to come he has a cunning … and hopefully eventually two … plan(s) to save the repetition of a distinctively posed figure.
Thinking ahead the 1/4 Infantry Regiment also comes with a couple of casualty figures. Under the questionable generalship of von Peter himself these are bound to come in useful …
The 27th (Polish) Division of General de division Dombrowski circa 1813 is beginning to take shape and is now roughly half formed. Two more battalions, another uhlan regiment, some artillery and a few more leaders to come.
Above: the Poles holding a flank in the vastness of the Russian steppe. Certainly not a vision of the part of the world imagined when young Stanislaw joined up! Of a more positive nature Stanislaw ruminated over the rumour that perhaps some rather useful artillery will be along soon 😃
All images are clickable for a larger and clearer view.
Enough.
Until we meet again …
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von Peter himself
von Peter himself 
Wow, your Enemanence those really are very nice and very well painted. A fine addition to your collection
Why thank you valleyboyo. Such words from a gent with such a fine eye and dashedly good sense are a joy to read.
I assume that your very own very easy on the eye Poles will be coming down to Borodino, Wellington, New Zealand.
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von Peter himself
Von P excellent as ever. I have a Polish contingent myself made up of Front Rank and Murawski miniatures.
I have that Russian church and one of the buildings but I can’t remember for the life of me who the manufacturer is… hopefully you can enlighten me .
Peter
Hello Peter. What a fine name if you don’t mind me saying! 😃
Thank you for the kind words.
The Russian buildings are from Hovels – http://www.hovelsltd.co.uk/index.htm.
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von Peter himself
I thought the buildings were really nice too and assumed they were from Grand Manner. I might try and pick some up in that case when I next visit the UK (Partizan that means you!)
Nowhere near costly enough to be GrandManner. 😃
To be fair not nearly enough detail or casting quality for GrandManner either.
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von Peter himself