OLD SCHOOL POLISH ARMY

Last summer the club was generously given a load of older wargames figures. I ended up with 2 Renaissance armies, Ottomans and Poles, and I thought it time I caught up on the Polish contingent. Like the Ottomans, they are a mix of old manufacturers from the 1970s/80s, mostly Minifigs and Hinchcliffe, with a few Essex. I quite like this as it's taking me back to the figures I started gaming with in my youth. Again I decided to pretty much leave the painting as it was, other than where an obvious touch-up was required. All I'd do was give the figures a clean, a dark wash and rebase.

The Poles were not a complete army, consisting of about 22 cavalry and 45 infantry, with only 2 Winged Hussars! The infantry would do, but I was way short-handed on cavalry for a Polish army. I've been keeping my eyes open for old figures to fit in with these and had picked up a unit of  dragoons and a unit of Winged Hussars. As I've recently picked up the new Osprey rules The Pikeman's Lament and arranged a game for later this month, I thought it was time to get the Poles into battle order.

Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures of the figures before I got started, but if you look back at the posts on the Ottomans you will get the idea.

                                                 The whole army (so far)
                                     

                                                      The original Winged Hussars

                                                    More Winged Hussars

                                              Panernci/Armoured Cossack Cavalry

                                                        Cossack/Tartar Cavalry

                                                                     Dragoons

                                                                           Infantry

                                                                    More Infantry

Just in time for the game on Friday! A big thanks to Nigel Billington for letting me download his fantastic Polish flags.
Obviously I need more cavalry for a credible Polish army. The Hinchliffe Winged Hussars are still available so I can add a few friends to my lonely pair and make up another unit. I'll just keep looking for some more old Pancerni and Cossack cavalry.