Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Jonkopings Regiment in the GNW

54mm Swedish Infantry Figure (not a Warfare Miniatures figure) posted to show an example of the karpus hat.


I received some more metal reinforcements from Warfare Miniatures last week, enough to paint a Swedish regiment wearing the karpus headgear and probably another karpus and a tricorn battalion plus 18 more cavalry.



So last evening I broke out the figures and assembled 32 infantry in karpus for the Jonkopings regiment. This unit has red facings, waistcoat, breeches and karpus brim, so it should add a bit of color and variety to my growing GNW Swedish army.

The Warfare figures require a modest amount of assemble before priming. In this case, I only had to attach scabbards to the rank and file, a few pikes, and some pole arms for the officers. I've gotten to be an old hand at this by now, so it is a simple matter of kneading some green epoxy putty together and inserting a tiny ball of putty into the hole that places the scabbard in place, followed by a dab of glue and then presto bingo they are done.

Tonight I will glue the figures to temporary card bases that hold the figure whilst painting. That will be followed by a coating of grey primer and then I will have a battalion set aside and ready for painting when the mood and my painting schedule allow. I want to finish 12 more Minden Prussian Cuirassiers before switching back to GNW Swedes. I like the variety of going back and forth between the two periods and two different styles of miniatures. I might also assemble 18 more Swedish cavalry to bring the Ostgotland Kavalrie regiment up to its full complement of 36 horse and riders. Since a Swedish army can have as much as 50% cavalry, I need to get ahead of the cavalry painting before I get too far along with the infantry.

6 comments:

  1. Beautiful mini! I agree, its nice to have a few collections to switch between when painting. It helps avoid any painting fatigue. I'm big on parallel projects, even when it comes to reading books I'm afraid.

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  2. Nice sample figure. I cannot wait to see a whole regiment of them!

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  3. According to Tacitus' blog, Jonkoping did not take part in any major battles until Poltava. They wore hats after 1702. You can also do Narke-Varmland, which also had red distinctions and wore the Karpus until at least 1707. The were at Narva, Dvina, Klissow and Fraustadt, as well a Poltava and Gadebusch.

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    1. Then it looks like I will be painting Narke-Varmlands next. :). It's a good thing that I already had their flags.

      Jim

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  4. Quite lovely and an interesting change from what I in my ignorance think of as a typical Sedish uniform of this era.

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  5. interesting that the figure has what appears to be a knapsack. Not something that I've ever seen before.

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