These figures are all Essex miniatures. Some people are not always so keen, but these figures are always very clean casts, easy to paint and really robust for the table top (each guy has a low centre of gravity and a fabulous stubby no nonsense bayonet). A lot of the figures here have been rebased with a tiny paint touch up, but are probably nearly 30 years old !! I started off on Essex miniatures in 15mm and it means I always have a fondness for them (despite some weird poses that do crop up on some figures). On a closer inspection there are many painting mistakes and horrible touches, like the copper looking buttons and metal work on the old units. But back in those days I was really speed painting and didn’t care much (oh to be young and care free again). The pressure of completing the 9th Infantry Division meant I didn’t spend much time improving this lot. I did do a conversion making two standard bearers out of two musketeers. This saved me buying another command set and the musketeers are closer to the NCO’s that carried the flags than the Essex figures, which look more like officers. All the flags are GMB and really make these units look better than they are.
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| Nashebourg Regiment |
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| Apsheron Regiment |
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| Riazhsk Regiment |
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| Ufa Regiment |
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