Monday 31 October 2022

Bloody Big Bolshevik Parade!

 So here, as promised, is a parade of almost all my RCW Bolshevik collection - I left out most of the Matchbox Yesteryear vehicles and the 20+ individual "character" figures that we rarely have a use for - like the Tsar and his family, etc!

Apologies if some of the images are not the best.





The cavalry 3 x 10 of Old Glory WWI Russians


Mounted commander from Siberia Miniatures



Two regiments are sword armed.....


..... and one comprises lancers!


Naval Brigade


Females Sailors by Hinterland (no longer in production  😒 )


Coppletone HMG crew


Copplestone sailors


Brigade Games sailors


The "khaki" infantry units



These are mainly Copplestone and Brigade Games RCW Bolshevik figures


This unit of females is from Siberia Miniatures (some are actually Poles from the Soviet/Polish War but have been repurposed!)



Two snipers in Adrian helmets (donated by Rick, I think they may be Warlord??)




More images of the Siberia Miniatures range (a couple are from Hinterland, actually!)




These are the Latvian Rifle Division, a bit of an elite unit in the Bolshevik army, who wore Adrian helmets - the figures are actually 1940 French Dragons Portes by Crusader Miniatures (still need a commend element though...)



More Copplestone figures



Converted female troops, with head swaps from a variety of sources




I really like this Copplestone officer......



....... and this Bolshevik Heroines, inspiring the Red Army troops to acts of proletarian valour!




A mix of HMG crews


Siberia Miniatures females (Poles again)


Old Glory WWI


Siberia Miniatures


And here is a whole unit of Siberia Miniatures infantry, with a Copplestone commander




So Called "Elite" infantry wearing the distinctive Russian headgear - figures by both Copplestone and Brigade Games


These ones are all Brigade - and very nice they look, too!



A mixture of both brands, hopefully showing how well they work together




Copplestone field gun (top) and Siberia Miniatures (below) I just need to add a Brigade Games version and I will have the full set!


A Warbases MDF and stiff card Tchanka model


Old Glory resin Whippet tank


Old Glory resin Lanchester armoured car


And finally, the diminutive FT17 - again a resin kit from OG, with Copplestone infantry to give an idea of size.

Thats the parade completed for this month - lets see what army gets an outing in November, and I may parade that one next! In the meantime, in addition to painting and basing a mixture of figures, I have started reading this mighty tome, that John very kindly presented me with back in August, around the time of my sixtieth birthday


Thanks for dropping by and double thanks for leaving a comment - they are all greatly appreciated!