Armies of the Two Peters...

I haven't been quite as productive at the paint desk as I would like. There have been some logistical and work hurdles I've been trying to overcome with mixed success. 

I wanted to post some pictures of painted figures to reflect what modest accomplishments I've achieved regarding the 17th century Russian army I've been working on. 

Here is the Russian army this far: two streltsy units, two "western" pike and shot units, two dragoon detachments, two artillery bases and two Peters, or should I say "Pyotrs", but more on that later...the plan is to add a "western" reiter unit and a third "western" pike and shot units, a base of armored boyars and a few cossack detachments. Almost there.

Here are the two streltsy units, one which was shows previously. I found the flags online and edited the colors to reflect specific streltsy regiments. 

The two western units. The flags were found online, they apparently did use those digital looking designs on their standards. I read that the officers were often wearing reverse colored uniforms as the rank and file. I will add a third regiment in red uniforms later.

Here are the dragoon detachments. I have them a ragged uniform with a red/grey/tan palette theme. 

The artillery, my sources indicate that red was a popular color for the crews so I went with that. Online images showed alot of red/black cannon schemes. 

And lastly the command bases, a pair of Pyotrs. My armies are loosely based on the Russian forces that invaded Swedish held territory during the Deluge. These armies were led by Pyotr Potyomkin and Pyotr Pushkin. I was able to find several images on the colorful Potyomkin, one in a white and yellow ensemble and another in a dark red outfit (shown above). I had less success finding images of Pushkin. I decided to base my two command bases off the two separate images of Potyomkin. The bases may represent Potyomkin and Pushkin but really they based off the one Peter...or Pyotr. 

You can see the commanders in the respective costumes based on the paintings, you can also see the grey beards. The banner with the religious iconography was found online and edited. I had another photo of the command bases from a better angle that showed off the banner but I accidentally deleted it. These command bases were a bit of a stumble for me. Actually a series of stumbles. I had to pry one of the Pyotrs off the base after gluimg and reposition him because he was too forward and close to the edge. I also applied too much matte varnish on them in humid conditions and completely frosted the figures over. I recovered some of the original color with gloss varnish but had to repaint a good portion of the figures. The paint jobs aren't quite as crisp as they once were but they are good enough for 6mm. 

I look forward to getting these on the gaming table and slug it out with Swedes, Poles and Ottomans.