Great Northern War "Osterbottens Regemente"

 I have commenced work on the fifth of my current batch of six Swedish GNW units, the Osterbottens Regiment, which appears to have been Finnish in origin - I chose it because I had the flag again and also because they seem to have had a red faced uniform.

Swedish name: Österbottens regemente

The regiment was first established in the 1620's as Österbotten Regiment. The regiment was linked to the Allotment System in 1733. The regiment's history goes back to the Finnish Grand Regiment. In 1620's the Grand Regiment was split up into three smaller units. As a result of the constitution of 1634 the Army was reorganized. The Åbo County Infantry Regiment was then referred to as the "20th Regiment". The regiment was allotted with 1200 "rotar". Hence, the Regiment had 1200 soldiers organized into 8 companies. Uniform before the standard uniform: Blue coat with red cuffs

This is the flag - its from a different source and not as "arty" as the previous ones but I think its adequate for 28mm figures,

The command base of officer, two standard bearers and three pikemen. I do like the red facings for a change!

I used the white "CRS" flag that comes with the other batch of standards, so this will retain some uniformity amongst the regiments when they are together on the table

I touched up the six white animals on the standard with paint - I am not 100% sure what animal they are...horse, stag...?? This angle gives the best view of the standard

And to add to the excitement, both these small parcels turned up yesterday - 10 replacements from Nick Wragg at Ebor for a few of the original batch that were damaged in transit, plus a small order from Caliver.

I must commend Ebor again for their great customer service ethic. Nick has sent ten figures at no charge to me, and the postage was £10! That's a ridiculous cost for about 300g but it shows his dedication to his customers. He is getting his reward through the fact I have just ordered another six battalions and most likely will get a reasonable force of cavalry thereafter!

Contents of the Caliver order - firstly, 20 early WW2 French infantry that I will repurpose as the Latvian Rifle Division in the Russian Civil War - (they wore the Adrian style helmet, dontcha know?)

I have been looking at some of the Canadian "Pulp Figures" for several years and have finally taken the plunge with these two packs - I expect more will follow in due course, as they look like very nice, crisp figures that will go well with the likes of Copplestone etc.