15mm Swedes

Figures: Essex
Wagons: Hallmark
Painting: Tom O.
Basing: Tom O.

I put this army together to be an opponent for my 15mm Poles…the Winged Hussars needed someone to run down after all!
The Essex figures are very nice. The only problem I have with them is the “fire hose” looking pikes that bend all over the place at the slightest touch. If I every have an opportunity, I’ll go back and replace the pikes with brass wire.

I primed this army black and painted over it. It looks OK…my painting has gotten better since I did this army. The army consists of: 3 light guns, 2 medium guns, 1 heavy gun, 4 stands of dragoons, 3 stands of cuirassier, 12 stands of pikemen, 21 stands of musketeers, 17 stands of cavalry, 3 stands of baggage, and 2 generals’ stands.

I used this army for DBR a couple of times, and then gave up on that system. For want of something fun, I searched the ‘net and found the Lion of the North rules at the “freewargames.uk” site (I haven’t been there in a while, so I don’t know what is still up there). LON though was meant for armies of the same size and having just one general, and I wanted something bigger with more diversity of command. I settled on some pretty standard wargames mechanisms when modifying the rules. A copy of my modified version of LON along with the army list for the Swedes is present on this site. A big thanks to the NorthPhoenixIrregulars for their help in getting the rules to where they are now.