Zvezda Set 8018 Napoleonic Guards Cossacks 1/72
Napoleon called cossacks 'the disgrace of the human race', yet learned to his cost how effective they were as his army disintegrated during the long retreat from Moscow. The Tsar could call upon enormous numbers of cossacks in times of crisis, and while most of these were styled irregulars there were also the Lifeguard Cossacks, which were styled as regulars and are depicted in this set. There is a fair selection of poses on offer in this set, with half the men using their lances and half their swords. Zvezda have positioned some of the figures at odd angles to the sprue to achieve some more 3-dimensional poses, and the result is very good. It is nice to see a figure using his pistol, and both the officer and trumpeter are fair but nothing out of the ordinary.
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