This gorgeous book dropped through the letter box last week. I've fancied it for a while since reading about the Polish Russian war in a thread on the Lead Adventure Forum.
What drew me to it was it's illustrations. Beautiful watercolour paintings of Polish soldiers from 1815 through to 1831. They are somewhat stylised, but that's what I like about them. The remind me of Tintin for some reason, but whatever it is I love them.
The troops are divided up into the typical categories, but during the aforementioned war the regulars were supplemented by many volunteer and privately raised units and it is amongst these that the uniforms start to become spectacular.
Steve Barber has several figures available in 28mm and others can be found, altered with a deft brush stroke or some fine scalpel or putty work amongst Polish and Prussian Napoleonic ranges. For now however I will be satisfied with the book....
...but that's because I have already something shiny up my sleeve from the 1830's. But that, as they say, is another story!
