Strelets Polish Infantry

[MABO]

And another newsflash from Strelets:

This time Polish Infantry on the March for Napoleonic Wars.

http://www.strelets-r.com/Pages/Set.aspx?SetID=273&M=M

[Peter]

Looks nice! Thanks for sharing!

[Marvin]

Looks good. Don't tell Konrad - he's far too busy with them Romans.

[Bramble15]

Wow! Each new listing from Strelets looks better and better. What will people have to complain about 5 years from now!

[Bluefalchion]

Probably the finished products not looking as good as the masters...

[MABO]

That is true. But maybe they will improve this problem as well. I think this is really tricky.

[Fire at Will]

Very tempting I think I'll have to add them to my over-large Napoleonic collection

[Kekso]

I'm not a big fan of marching sets but I must admit I like this one.

[Beano Boy]

My comments concern the production of toy soldiers, and not actual historical regiments.
Although the section dealing with the hat is for real.



The pose with the musket slung over the left shoulder is unique for Napoleonic figures in my opinion,but of course not for other periods of toy soldiers.
This is not a moaning, groaning comment by the way because i like it, and the other marching poses too.



A nice subtle change for the guy with the shoulder slung musket.



They all look kind`da slim and quite tall for Strelets,but we will have to wait what the finished product will actually look like. Nice to see a good size cartridge case.



The faces look really great by the way,and the Drummer and the Command Figures look really cool, especially the Sargent with his musket slung over his right shoulder. Strelets got it right this time.


I`d love to see a set with a few short Fat Sergeants or even an Officer or two.
Not shouting! i would never like to be read that way,
for i am in reality a quiet out-spoken Fiddle Wood Gnome.

What follows is a bit tatty but it shows interesting hat cover of Polish Napoleonic soldier.
Be it Cavalry or Infantry i do not know. More than likely an Officers Hat with cords.
i thought this might find favour with some.
I`m sure that budding experts might lend a hand here or shoot me down in flames.















While up late chaptering a book i took time out to do this while sipping sweet hot tea. BB

[Susofrick]

I am very happy that I have realized that I will never have time to paint a column of marching figures. Else I would have bought all of these marching nappies (that IS odd language! Can a nappy even walk???), Hat, Waterloo1815, Strelets... And Strelets are really making nice figures now!

[Beano Boy]

To apply a twist to the question Gunnar.

Well yes, they can walk and quite well as long as the mistakes of former times
( Metaphoric Nappy Rash! ) is not continually made again and again by the Large Company`s. BB

[Erich von Manstein]

Nice & useful looking Poles.
Another worthwhile set from Strelets.

Napoleonic Poles are just another example of all those neglected themes within that period. Way too many "british" or french guard + cuirassier sets around... .

So again, thumbs up for the chosen subject, Strelets!

[marc zijp]

Polish infantry marching sprues are ready.
http://www.strelets-r.com/Pages/Set.aspx?SetID=273&M=S
http://www.strelets-r.com/Pages/Set.aspx?SetID=273&M=F

[Fire at Will]

Lovely, just what I need to re-fire my interest in Napoleonics

[Beano Boy]

I had forgotten this topic, until I started to read it all again,
and I thought this guy writes a lot like me,
then silly me I realised that it was written by me.
It made me laugh, it just struck me funny.

Back on with this topic,I can remember painting Polish Infantry up years ago.
I think they were produced by Waterloo1815.
Anyway after I`d painted them ,the hats looked a lot like the rest of my massed formations that make up the French Napoleonic`s I painted Yonks ago. It was probably down to myself over dipping in the paint tins.
As for this new set of figures they will be a most welcome joy,
when they become available to purchase. BB

[davbenbak1]

I'm really anxious to see how these match up with the Waterloo 1815 figures. Also I noticed that some have cords on the hats and some don't. I guess that would be a good way to distinguish elite companies but I thought they had epaulettes as well. Can't tell from the pics if some of these figures have them or not.

[davbenbak1]

OK, got my box in the mail yesterday. Strelets has really improved and may just be the beginning of a "golden era" for them. The figures are a good match for the set from Waterloo 1815 and I won't have any problem mixing them in side by side in the same unit. If I didn't have so many Frenchies (about a hundred) on my painting table at the moment I would post a comparison picture. The only problem is that if some figures have epaulettes they are very hard to make out and while there is lots of detail on these figures it is not etched as deeply as the Waterloo 1815 figs. One strange thing, there are pictures of marching British figures on the back of the box. Oops from the printer??? Maybe this will become a collectors item!