Thursday 24 January 2019

STP Miniatures 28mm 1799 Russians

I received these figures recently from my mate Gennady in St Petersburg; yet more of his slowly growing range of figures for Suvarov’s army that fought in Italy and Switzerland in 1798/99. Of course they’ll do for Russians in the Netherlands or around Zurich for the rest of the War of the 2nd Coalition as well, which makes them a terrible temptation. I’ve already got  a few battalions and some sotnias of Cossacks on active service with my collection already as it happens. The first thing to say is that these figures are cast in some sort of polyurethane resin so are incredibly light but very well detailed. How robust they are remains to be seen but I am confident that they will survive the rigours of wargaming for many years. Of course I need to get them painted first!









14 comments:

  1. Those are lovely figures Colin. Very tempting

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  2. Thanks for this reminder Colin - I want to contact Gennady about his RCW figures, which also look wonderful

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    1. They are indeed. There seems to be a thing in Russia about producing polyurethane/resin miniatures.

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  4. You are buying Russians from Russia? Brave man! And plastic too!

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    1. Yep, and they come with snow on their boots.

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  5. My good friend, thank you for the good reviews about our miniatures!

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  6. What wonderful looking figures and amazing detail. How do they compare in price against metal?

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    1. It’s a bit difficult with the exchange rates as they’re priced in roubles but you pay in euros. That said it’s about €10 for the three Cossacks, around the same for the gun and four crew and the infantry are around €5 for a pack of four.

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  7. Wonderful figures, such detailed sculpts, especially the moustaches!

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  8. These are wonderful Colin. And all the more so now that your efforts with the Revolutionary armies has inspired me to move in to the Suvarov campaigns.

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