When representing early Tatar, I will eventually add some Tatar flags and when representing 17th Century Tatar, I will eventually add a few muskets. I have chosen the figures as they are typical Steppe cavalry and will be able to be used in games to represent anything from 400 AD Huns, Tatars allying with the Ottoman Empire in the 16th Century, to Tatar in the Khmelnytsky Uprising. The first units off my paint bench will represent the Tatars. The main protagonists of the Khmelnytsky Cossack Uprising were the Zaporozhian Cossacks, with their Tatar allies against the Polish forces.
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In this post I will give an overview of the scope of the project and show some photos of some of the first units off the paint bench.
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The project that I chose was the Khmelnytsky Cossack Uprising of 1648 and in particular, the 1651 Battle of Berestechko. I still have a number of units that I am in the process of painting for the Battle of Bicocca, but I decided that I need to work on one of my other projects to keep me sane during the quarantine. I have been painting my Italian Wars project for the best part of two years. Historicon 2021 the final preparations.Villa Bicocca for Historicon September 27, 2021.Bicocca at Historicon – laying out the table October 20, 2021.Historicon 2021 – Berestechko after action report.Historicon 2021 – Bicocca after action report.Battle of the Catalaunian Plains – background Part 1 December 14, 2021.Battle of the Catalaunian Plains – background Part 2 December 21, 2021.