Dear all

There is a painting of an aid/dressing station in the links I gave you a while ago see:

http://slavs.org.ua/pomnyat-turki-nas-i-shvedy

Scroll down and yes they do look like Confederates. It almost looks like a scene from "Gone with the Wind". Actually near Plevna.

Summer or hot weather uniform would normally be the loose fitting white blouse of Slavic appearance and the hat would have a white cover and Havelock eg Bulgaria 1877. These figures look to be in the regulation line infantry uniform which would normally be worn throughout the year augmented by overcoats, bashlyks etc in the winter. The hair is tousled Johnny Reb style whereas it was normally neat but not cropped ( bottom far right, the enlargement, captures it). Contemporary illustrations suggest they did get a little more unkempt as winter approached so for Shipka late Aug 1877 it is probably right. The moustaches are right as they were bushy and were always of a Slavic appearance. There was a general move back to things Slavic which is of course the theme of the war.
The top two rows show much better proportions on the figure on the extreme left when compared with his neighbour. The thigh length is much better and indeed it is so with all the new masters in this set. The effect is it will give the correct amount of trousers showing between tunic bottom and the top of the boots. The buttons look big but they will probably be OK when painted. Some early Strelets figures had poor feet/boots but these boots look superb.
I suppose the answer to the question is -Russian Line Infantry for the Russo Turkish War 1877/8.

David

Hi GC here are some contemporary uniform plates for the RTW and an account of the Battle of Plevna....
The Turks were well armed with Peabody-Martinis and Winchester repeaters....

http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?parent_id=245307&word=

http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?parent_id=285950&word=

http://www.militaryrifles.com/Turkey/Plevna/ThePlevnaDelay.html

http://www.militaryrifles.com/Turkey/TPeabMar.htm

http://www.militaryrifles.com/Turkey/TurkWin.htm

You can watch the whole of Turkish Gambit here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&v=zu_qFC0Fa0g

Cheers

For some more images you may try the following links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPFK6aCbRmU&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv3hrkD80eQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkDanQxrnFs&feature=related
http://veresh.ru/balkany.php

Best regards,

Strelets

More research for you guys .
You can se hw good teh figures are when you compare

I go to ebay and search using "danube russian" etc

this very good sample by war artist (someone may but it) ...so be quick

print-for-all and shauns prints very quick merchants to despatch.I get many for 1853 kalafat etc

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?VISuperSize&item=170424476546