As my WWI Russian cavalry had a slightly off-putting 9 cavalrymen, I placed an order to North Star Miniatures to top up the unit to a nice, round number of 10. But of course I can never order just one thing! So I added a couple extra packs, and here they are.
First up, here are a pair of generals from Crusader Miniatures Boxer Rebellion line. I had an idea that Boxer Rebellion would be close enough to WWI, especially for officers. The officer in the great coat fits in well for WWI, but the chap in the tunic and cap didn't match my other WWI Russians. On the other hand I thought he was a good fit for my 1880-ish Russian general! So I gave him a white coat and red trousers to match the Russian forces for Central Asia.
Copplestone identifies these as 'Cossack Standard Bearers', but in my mind the flag poles can just as easily be lances, so two of these are lancers. The miniatures in the pack are in a mix of uniforms so I painted one to match the WWI cavalry, and the other two to match the Circassian cossacks for Central Asia.
The great thing about the unchanging nature of the uniforms worn by these Circassians is that I can justify using them any time from the mid-nineteenth century right up to WWII. The black-yellow-white tricolour flag, however, is a bit more specific. It was phased out in the 1890s in favour of the white-blue-red tricolour of Peter the Great. So the standard is great for the army conquering Central Asia, but not so much for WWI.
Mixed into the unit, he and his mount are visibly larger, but for my purposes he fits in well enough.
To round out the order, I picked up a Copplestone Castings field gun.
The base is a funny, wedge-shaped bit of wood that I had in my bits box. I suppose I could have trimmed off the pointed end, but it does no harm as it is.
Here is the Copplestone field gun next to the Siberia miniatures field gun with navy crew.
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