Some time ago, Wargamer released the first supplement for the second edition of its rules, By Fire and Sword, covering the Khmelnytsky Uprising and its first phase (spring–summer 1648). This coincided with the closure of Wargamer UK, so to avoid future customs issues, I bought a large number of sets and have only now slowly started painting them. The first on the painting table are the new sets for the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. To keep things manageable, I’ve decided to break the project down into even smaller steps. The first two commanders to be painted are Hetman Potocki and Jeremi Wiśniowiecki. All the components are from Wargamer.
Hetman Mikołaj Potocki
First up, I’m showcasing Hetman Mikołaj Potocki’s base and a scene from his final defence at the Battle of Korsun (May 26, 1648), where he was captured by the Tatars. I originally planned to build it on a 4 x 4 cm base, but a carriage model and four infantry figures would have made it look too crowded, so I decided to combine the base with a G2 tray, which increased the total surface area and gave the figures more room. I’m very pleased with the result.
Jeremi Wiśniowiecki.
The second base I painted was the Jeremi Wiśniowiecki set. That’s where the first problem arose: I got two Jeremi miniatures in the set, but no standard-bearer! Luckily, I’d bought a cossack-style cavalry set with spears, so I took one miniature from it and converted it into a standard-bearer. Then I randomly checked a few more sets, and it looks like I’ll have to make a list of issues and send it to Wargamer headquarters, as I can’t replace a few missing pieces. But that’s not the main point here. I decided to paint the standard-bearer’s horse in the colours of the horse from the Stockholm Roll, where it’s actually white and red. It looks great. The standard itself is from the set.
The painting process didn’t go entirely smoothly—there was one major mishap. Normally, I start by priming the figures with a spray can, then bathe them in a wash, dry-brush them with white paint, and only then begin applying the remaining colours. This time, there was no wash bath and no drybrushing. I’m not sure why—probably because I was in a hurry. As a result, painting was much more difficult, and the final effect wasn’t quite what I was aiming for. I think I should take a step back, relax a bit, and then slowly move on to my next project. That will be Czarnecki’s soldiers, where I’ll combine Czarnecki’s base with cossack-style cavalry armed with spears.
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