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Tehnolog - Zaporozhci (Zaporozhian Cossacks)

Review taken from 'Fantastic Plastics'

Yet more unpainted hard plastic 1:32 scale sets from this Russian company have arrived with me. As always there is excellent engraved detail. Many of the poses are such that converting them to riders should be fairly easy, making it possible to have a foot and mounted version of each, perfect for skirmish games!

The whole range covers many historical and ‘unhistorical’ (fantasy and sci-fi) periods. There is a charm about these figures, which over time have got better and better in terms of sculpting and detail. The number of figures in a box varies apparently, but all the ones I have seen have five figures in five poses. Figures stand on their feet without a base. Most have an officer or a ‘special’ figure of some sort, and they are all ‘baseless’, in other words they stand up on their own two feet. The figures paint up well, as the photographs show. The boxes are full colour, with views of the figures in the set and painting instructions.

The historical set this time is of Zaporozhian Cossacks, who lived on the steppes of Ukraine, and some great characters they are too! Their numbers grew in the 15th to 17th centuries, and they were involved in a series of conflicts and alliances with the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Russia, and the Ottoman Empire. They were renowned for their raids against the Ottoman Empire and its vassals, although they did not shy away from pillaging other neighbours. In the middle of the 17th century they even managed to create an independent state. Later they became the autonomous Cossack Hetmanate, a suzerainty under the ‘protection’ of the Russian Tsar but ruled by the local Hetmans, until in the latter half of the 18th century the Host was dissolved by the Russians.

Unfortunately there’s still no UK supplier, but sets do turn up on eBay.

Date Published Sat, 07/23/2011 - 09:06
Author: Mike Blake

Contact
Tehnolog Ltd
108 Lunacharskiy Street
Gelendzhik
Krasnodar Region
353460
Russia

Tel: +7 86141 24658
www.tehnolog.ru/product/bf.php

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