History and wargaming

Södermanlands regemente   An indelt regiment for the province of Södemanland, participating in most of the great battles of the war, from Fraustadt 1706 and lost at Poltava 1708. Re-raised to participate at Helsingborg 1710 and Gadebusch 1712. From the perspective of representing the regiment, interesting for never turning in the old Karpus felt hats for tricornes during the whole GNW period, and one of the few regiments we know for sure were issued distinct grenadier caps. The advantage of putting 36 figs on 6 bases with 6 figures each instead of  3 bases with 12 figures each: they can be split up into two 18-figure units.  Next up on the work bench is an artillery unit, although I need to figure out how I will base them first.

All four planes are Eduard Super44 kits. Unfortunately I think they are OOP nowadays, as they fit quite well on BF flight stands on tables with 15mm ww2 vehicles. Quality is outstanding, a bit fiddly to build just because of the scale, but still an enjoyable build.     

Without further ado, my first finished units for my first wargaming project in 10mm, the 1710 battle of Helsingborg between Sweden and Denmark. The units are based for the Gå på Wargame rules for the Great Northern War. I decided to try out painting in this new scale on the smallest and quickest units to finish, i.e a command unit. This command stand is supposed to represent the army commander, thus field marshal Magnus Stenbock. The second finished unit: Riksänkedrottningens livregemente till häst (Queen Dowager of the Realm's life regiment on horse). An Indelt cavalry regiment mustering conscripts from the provinces of Halland and Bohuslän, stationed in Sweden for the first half of the war, taking part in the battles of Helsingborg 1710, Gadebusch 1712 and captured at Tönningen the year after with the surrender of field marshal Stenbock's army. In the muster of 1708 noted as being equipped with second rate uniforms, unserviceable muskets and small horses.