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Hi all.
I have ended up with a couple of hundred Pavlov (Pavlovsky Regiment) Grenadiers (Italeri) from some lots/Ebay etc....
Aside from the Napoleonic Wars, in what other period (or countries) could they be used for? I don't mind if it's not 100% accurate but the Mitre caps are so distinctive.
The best SYW use I can think of is to use the Italeri Grenadier heads to replace the awful, tiny pin heads that Revell put on the shoulders of the grenadiers in their old Prussian SYW infantry set. Other than that I am at a loss. The Pavlov grenadier caps are certainly not suitable in their original state as Russian SYW grenadier headgear.
Incidentally....for a unit that consisted only of two field battalions, it's interesting isn't it how the Grenadier Regiment Pavlovski seems to crop up in just about everyone's Napoleonic Russian army...
With some trimming and Milliput I made some into passable dismounted Russian dragoons - it wasn't easy and they don't look great but they are OK at arms length.