My friend and I are doing a conversion of Lion Rampant 2 for the Eastern Renaissance. My contribution is these Muscovites.
George Gush wrote an excellent book on Renaissance armies in the 70s. He characterized the Muscovites as a "cavalry horde" army that was not dissimilar to the Tartars.
The infantry was starting to impact the Russians more as they formed standing regiments of Strelsti. Strelsti were shot-type infantry but double-armed with a Berdiche axe instead of a pike.
They were supplemented by mercenary Cossack shot and cavalry.
My collection is old-school Hinchcliffe with a few Essex. Hinchcliffe was marketed as 25mm but is closer to today's 28mm.
My friend has Poles, including the famed Winged Hussars, which are beautifully done. When we do a game, I will post the pictures.
The Eastern Renaissance is not a common wargame period, at least not in the US and maybe that's why we did it.
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| Light Cavalry on the left, Heavy Cavalry (Boyars) |
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| Light Cavalry |
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| Boyar Heavy and Light Cavalry |
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| Cossack Shot |
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| Command unit of Divorani Heavy Cavalry |
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| Cossack Skirmishers |
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| More Boyars |
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| Strelsti Shot |
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| Two unts of Strelsti |
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| Boyars |
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| Elite Heavy Cavalry (Divorani) |
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| Boyars |
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| Boyars |
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| Cossack Shot |
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| Two units of Strelsti |
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| Boyars |
