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I have set up this blog for my wargaming interests in the Muscovite-Tartar Wars, Reconquista Wars, the Barbary Coast Pirates, and the early campaigns of the Ottoman Turks and Saracens. Some lesser known crusades will also be covered. Miniatures are mainly 28mm with a growing collection in 54mm. If my photographs serve to encourage others to complete their collections I shall be pleased. I will also be mentioning other sites with interesting collections on the above. Do join the 'Friends' if you like what you see.

I prefer to use my own rules which are kept simple and involve eight-sided dice. These allow for fast results with various types of weaponry. Morale dominates my games.


Sunday 29 November 2015

Russian Boyar Cavalry (1350-1550)

Two more units of Russian Boyars are ready for the wargames table. The figures are Hinchliffe. Those with the large heater shield are listed as Lithuanian Boyars and came with an embossed emblem. As I prefer to paint my own designs, it was not difficult to file the shield flat. As previous entries have mentioned, these figures are to cover a wide period of service. With their lance pennants added, I'm pleased with the general appearance. MGB
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  1. Independentwargamesgroup29 November 2015 at 15:23

    Lovely paint job, particularly the Lithuanians. There is little between the Polish armies and the Russian armies of this period, so you could easily make two armies up.

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    1. MGB29 November 2015 at 19:36

      Yes, Robbie, I agree, the Russian Boyars in the West would have been influenced by Lithuanian-Polish styles. Just as the those of the East might adopt a more Tartar-Turk look. While all would maintain their Orthodox and Russ emblems. Better minds than myself seem to also hold to this view. Michael

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