Muscovite Soldatski

[Fire at Will]

Two units of Soldatski and one of Strelets made with the Strelets bonus figures. With especial thanks to Peter from this Forum for trading figures so I could make consistent units.


The pikemen for the Soldatski are a simple replacement of the matchlock musket with a pike, trimming off the apostles and painting on a breast and back plate.


Uniform colours are loosely based on the first and second regiments of selected soldatski but the flags are some suitable generic versions I found on the web.


A generic Streltsi unit i.e. not from Moscow


Typically, after taking the pictures I noticed that I forgot to run some paint around the edges of the flags

If this has inspired you then I've still got plenty of Strelsti to swap, so if you need any of them PM me and I'll see if we can organise something. I'm probably going to create some town cossacks using Redbox figure next in this period and I'm tempted to modify more as some Russian peasants for 1812.

Will

[Peter]

So that is what you did with them? Fantastic colorfull army!

Pleased I could help with that swap.

[Bessiere]

Redbox has a nice selection of Muscovites and Cossacks, both mounted and foot. I got them especially to repurpose as "cupids" for c.1800. By and large they are nice sculpts and I would be remiss to not mention the Zvezda streltsy which are superb but getting hard to find. I have a box of those waiting for me as well. I like how you've painted and based your figures they look ready to take on some Tatars or Poles as the situation requires or even a cossack revolt by Pugachev.

[Graeme]

As colourful as St. Basils Cathedral and very nice to see.