And now, the Bordurians have artillery

I am approaching the final stages of my Bordurian forces for Sharp Practice so it seems right that my latest completed troops are supporting ones; artillery, mounted leaders and a wagon.

First, here is a Bordurian cannon and limber with five crewmen and a leader. You can see an element of Russian influence here in the green limber and gun carriage and also in the red uniforms of the gunners.

Next up, we have a wagon and driver, which can be pressed into service for all kinds of things, plus three mounted senior leaders;

From left to right there is: a general staff officer, an officer from an infantry regiment and a mounted officer from the Freikorps Schtroumpf.

I am currently finishing off some more foot leaders, who will be useful when I add some different Bordurian troops later and two more groups of cavalry.

Syldavian reinforcements

Here are the first of my Syldavian cavlry for my Sharp Practice imagi-nations project. Once again, these are all Essex 15mm figures.

First, we have a group of eight troopers from the De Bourbon dragoon regiment, accompanied by two officers, one with a guidon showing the Bourbon flag of France. These troops wear a French-style uniform and are named in honour of the French wife of King Ottokar IX, Queen Octavie de Bourbon.

Secondly, I've painted up a wagon which can serve for all manner of things, as a support option for my troops (either as an ammunition wagon or a water carrier) or as part of a scenario. The wagon is Essex and the barrels are from Peter Pig. I mounted the barrels on a piece of card that fits inside the wagon, so they can easily be removed if they aren't required.