Back in the frozen wastes of Holy Russia, the French infantry battalion skulking in this ruined monastery is losing men to desertion. The chaps who run off into the snow and don’t freeze fall victim to either wolves or Cossacks. In as far as there’s a difference...
Speaking of Cossacks, here come more of ‘em!
An unhappy juxtaposition of 1/32 figures and 1/1 feet!
The Cossacks had plenty of opportunity to plunder undefended wagons.
Helpfully, they also overran a French battery in the village.
The sight of frozen French deserters in the snow was particularly poignant.
Ian’s bit of the Russian steamroller grinds forward.
For artillery fire we used polystyrene ‘cannon balls’ fired from Britains cannon. Entertainingly, an enterprising Russian musketeer skewered one on his bayonet. Tough lot, these Russians! Mike - he of
Black Hat figures - fired the shot in question and poses here proudly with the result of his marksmanship.
Coming soon - part the last.
Some snowball that. I now know what it means when they say that Napoleon was fighting the weather as well as the Russians.
ReplyDeleteI see that you had some fun with your Cossacks, plundering undefended wagons, tsk, tsk!
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