Russian Jaegers take the field!

Earlier this during (during AHPC) I completed the first two battalions for my Crimean War Russian army:

https://tasmancave.blogspot.com/2026/03/crimean-war-russian-line-infantry.html

Since then I've been working on a unit of Jaegers to join them: four bases of 8 figs, plus 6 individual skirmishers. Hobby time has been erratic due to a lot of work travel, so it feels good to complete them.

Skirmishers out!

Russian Infantry Regiments of the period comprised four battalions: 2 Line Infantry and 2 Jaegers (with all Battalions having four companies). The Jaegers were akin to British Light Infantry, similarly armed to the line infantry but trained in more mobile tactics.  Where the Line Infantry had white webbing, the Jaegers had black and invariably favoured the field caps over helmets. Overall, it gives them a very different look I think.

These are all Great War Miniatures metal figures, so the unit has good heft! They are nice figures but, unlike the plastic Warlord figures I used previously, there is little variation amongst the faces. Like my other units, I have based them in erratic lines to show a reduced level of training/discipline, and sprinkled a few casualty figures amongst them. 

Modelling note: The green that the Russian Jaegers used at the time was much darker, but in testing it looked just black at usual gaming distances, so I scaled it back a few shades to give a better look on the table.

This brings my Russian force to 3 Battalions (12 bases of 8 figs) of infantry plus 2 units of skirmishers. I'll turn now to some other units for focus.

Dress by the Centre! Skirmishers to the Flanks!

Thanks for looking!