which just so happened to be a very nice looking sledge driven by remnants
of the 23rd/24th Chasseurs a Cheval.
Its taken an age but I've finally completed the unit and made and painted the other 3 sledges.
The delays firstly was the Perry's fault as one of the Sledges was out of stock for quite some time.
And then it was me, trying to find the time!
I must admit, I'm quite chuffed with the results.
"During the Retreat from Moscow, Colonel Marbot seeing that
his regiment, the 23rd Chasseurs a Cheval, was falling apart,
decided to dismount them, use their remaining horses to pull two-man peasant
sledges easily found in local villages. The 23rd formed up with the
24th Chasseurs a Cheval to create a sledge born brigade. At night
these formed squares which were frequently used by Marshal Ney and General
Maison for shelter. Each man was ordered to have two muskets to enable them to
resist attacks with ‘the liveliest musketry"
from Perry Miniatures website.
I asked Martin from Warbases to make me some special sized pill shaped bases, to match in with the pill bases me and Lee used for our cavalry bases.
Each sledge comes with 4 heads, so can swap them over and make each look a little different.
It was guess work putting them together, until I found this page on TMP.
Which shows how they're supposed to be built. My first Sledge looks nothing like this, as I hadn't a clue how to put it together!
So there we go an 8 man team of 4 Sledges to hold off those damn Cossacks!!!
These ARE very cool Ray! Our friend Mark also has these sleigh borne troops in his 1812 collection.
ReplyDeletePhenomenal work Ray! Very evocative pieces and definitely something out of the ordinary!
ReplyDeleteThose are very cool looking, Ray!
ReplyDeleteWell done! Now those are beasts of burden. Look at the stocks on those horses!
ReplyDeleteOutstanding looking unit, Ray.
ReplyDeleteFantastic work!!!!
ReplyDeleteWell worth the wait Ray, superb work and they look great as a unit.
ReplyDeleteOutstanding results, Ray! I would be very pleased too!
ReplyDeleteThose look great Ray!
ReplyDeleteNice Ray I think this might be the biggest skirmish game ever ?
ReplyDeleteThey are cool Ray .
ReplyDeleteThey look cool Ray
ReplyDeleteA nice unique unit, very nice Ray.
ReplyDeleteGreat sleds Ray!
ReplyDeleteNow that’s something you don’t see every day. Well done!
ReplyDeleteI can easily understand why you are pleased with these. They should be fun on the wargame table too. There may be competition to command them.
ReplyDeleteStephen
Almost a Christmasy look and feel
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