From RayR - Napoleonic Baden Gen Guards & Don Cossack Artillery (48 Points)

Postie had a few odds and ends left over in his 15mm Napoleonic Bitz Box. He decided to make this unit the Baden Guard Grenadiers. For what reason, I know not?? It doesn't seem the unit fought in any battles and we couldn't find a flag for them either.

The figures are actually some unknown make and represent British Fusiliers, but they're almost identical to the Guards.

Postie seems to think they may have fought in the Austrian Tyrol, although he can't confirm this fact. I've tried to search the web, all I can come up with is from another blog. Blunders on the Danube, check it out....

16 x 15mm figures 32 points

Don Cossack Horse artillery

"Mounted cossack battery (officially called a horse-artillery company) counted 12 light cannons, the so-called unicorns (6 horses), with 2 ammunition caissons (3 horses) for each gun. Each battery also had 2 reserve gun carriages. There were authorized, in so far as this could be achieved, 8 officers including 1 field-grade officer as commander, 25 non-commissiond officers, 255 privates (75 of whom were riding gunners), and 1 officer's servant. Thus there were 289 men. Twenty train horses were supposed to be on hand, but it is an open question whether these were led as pack animals or in harness. No trumpeters! The rank titles for officers and non-commissioned officers were not in the cossack style, but the same as in the army."

from here

Note sure where the figures come from, but I think they look rather snazzy! 4 x 15mm figures 8 points and 2 x 15mm Artillery 8 points

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An unusual collection of units that I expect will never see a tabletop battlefield... typical of Postie to want them! I have to say these have some nice crisp brushwork. They look very nice, especially the Cossack Batteries. Well done tracking down that little bit of history on them as well (albeit second hand). A tidy 48 points earned. 

Lee