History and wargaming

  Östgöta kavalleriregemente Was a cavalry regiment originally set up in 1636, becoming indelt in 1689 drawing croft soldiers from the province of Östergötland. As part of the royal army it took part in the battles of Kliszow 1702, Warsawa 1705, Holowczyn 1708 and lost to the last man at Poltava. It was reraised and positioned under Lieutenant general Burenskiöld on the swedish left flank in the battle of Helsingborg 1710.  It was led in the battle by the acting regimental colonel Bertil Roxendorff (1657-1711), 53 year old at the time and formally retired from a life of military service in the regiment. Born as Roxman in Östergötland, he took service as a simple cavalryman in 1674, and fought with merit in the scanian war. He was made quartermaster in 1677, and promoted to Rittmeister at the start of the Great Northern War. Served for 35 years in the regiment until his formal discharge in 1706, when he also was ennobled, taking the name of Roxendorff. The battle of Helsi...

 My first WW2 15mm unit I've finished in a while, as my 10mm project has been the focus as of late. These have been sitting on my workbench for quite some time actually. Pretty happy with how it turned out, going to use it as a specialist support option for my 21st panzer div roster for Battlegroup.

 Next unit finished, a tiny 3-pounder regimental gun for the swedes.

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.