GNW Swedish Horse

I've managed to make some more progress on my Swedish forces for the Great Northern War. This time I have focused my attention on painting the available cavalry figures that I had. All of the figures are from Dixons GNW range.

First up is the Vastgota cavalry regiment at 3 squadrons strong. The flag for this unit is from Solway Craft and miniatures.

The next regiment I painted up was Smalands. These are also 3 squadrons strong. So far I only have a black and white drawing of the flag. I'll get it scanned in and try and paint it up for the unit.

The last regiment is the Southern  Skane, these are only at 2 squadrons as that is all the figures that I had left. Like the Smalands regiment I will need to paint up a flag for these.

On the painting table I have a 18 strong dragoon regiment, 3 infantry battalions and an artillery battery to complete. After these there are another 2 dragoon regiments of 9 figures and 4 more infantry battalions. After these I will have to source some suitable figures for Generals as generic WSS figures do not have the Swedish style coats which are more in common with the Seven Years war.

I've also received my prize from Seb at Back to the Minis, this has already been added to my reading pile along with the Dux Bellorum rules. Can see some Dark age and Renaissance gaming on the horizon.

Ramilles

Just received the book on Ramilles by James Falkner the other day, courtesy of Amazon. Already read through once, a useful addition to my collection on the period. Looking ahead I am planning to do a large weekend game for the club using the Marlburian collections of me and Jon. Rough estimates are approx 100 battalions and 120 squadrons, looking to adapt Mikes rules which are hex based (as we don't yet have a hex board). Current estimates are 4 players with the possibility of my 2 nephews joining in. That would be hand as each player can take a wing. Currently looking through some of the historical battlefield maps to use as a layout.