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Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: DonVoss on March 10, 2018, 08:14:10 AM
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Okay, after recovering my account thanx to the very helpful people behind the scenes, I want to share some of my NWF adventures with you.
I realized after playing Björns cool game at Tactica that I had to do something colonial again.
I first toyed with the idea to get myself some French Foreign Legion minis...but then again I remembered I had some painted afghans from the perrys laying around.
Just wanting to start something fairly small I just bought a box of Perry plastic sudan/afghanistan Infantry....:)
So I just glued away and started to paint some khaki on the first minis.
Here is day 1.
(http://i.imgur.com/5tWX1mXl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/5tWX1mX)
And these are the minis I painted last year...and then got distrcted....;)
(http://i.imgur.com/BeKshH0l.jpg) (https://imgur.com/BeKshH0)
Cheers,
Don
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Yet another splendid thread from the Don 8)
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Thanx, Mr. Oshiro.....;)
Its good to be back...:)
Okay, in day 2 I started to use some super glue and greenstuff.
I wanted to do some Indian troops and found some WWII sikh metal heads in the leadpile. I know these are rather not correct, but I take a more cineastic aproach...so turban is erm turban....;)
(http://i.imgur.com/iSpxiLAl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/iSpxiLA)
And i oainted a colour party. These will acompany the Lt. as a 3 or 4 man team.
(http://i.imgur.com/74bWf30l.jpg) (https://imgur.com/74bWf30)
Cheers,
Don
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Oh, those are some sweet paint-jobs.
Good to see you finally made it on to the new site! Welcome back. :)
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Thank you very much, plynkes....;)
Here are some more afghans I panted last year, but had to renovate to cure some accidents...;)
S
(http://i.imgur.com/u9cUczRl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/u9cUczR)
To get more afghans I tried some greenstuff on gripping beast dark age muslims and perry ansar.
(http://i.imgur.com/NIwcJ1Dl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/NIwcJ1D)
So that was the update of day 3.
Ill try to get more pics in here.....;)
Cheers,
Don
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Excellent figures.
You have plenty of figures for a small game.
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Great work all around :-* :-* I would love to see your brushwork on some of the Empress Jazz Age minis.
LB
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Welcome back.
Great work as usual :-*
You pick all the best periods ;) 8)
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Thank you gentlemen....;)
After paniting a few more Brits for the HWF...
(http://i.imgur.com/wT20Ay8l.jpg) (http://'https://imgur.com/wT20Ay8')
I thought of some terrain...
Luckily some bad folks cut a lot of trees behind my flat. So I took up some of the spare parts of the trees....:)
And dryed them on the heater.
(http://i.imgur.com/KXoRDTFl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/KXoRDTF)
To get them flat on the tabletop I put some filler under neath.
(http://i.imgur.com/CeekFK9l.jpg) (https://imgur.com/CeekFK9)
And here with some grey paint on them.
(http://i.imgur.com/QoTpthLl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/QoTpthL)
...and with the next batch of afghans (this time Foundry). And an additional gun crew...:)
(http://i.imgur.com/h5WX6xQl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/h5WX6xQ)
Cheers,
Don
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On day 5 I wanted some more terrain. This time a pathan watch tower.
Not as eleborate as the one from the great Jimbibbly, but more sketchy.....:)
(http://i.imgur.com/OzDZebVl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/OzDZebV)
And I had this stupid idea to get some scotts in my NWF....:)
I decided to use some Victrix spare parts wich I had laying around for a few years.....:)
Just the tropical hats on them and fo it goes....
(http://i.imgur.com/PEMcZxel.jpg) (https://imgur.com/PEMcZxe)
At thsi time the project was 5 days old. My benchmark was to get something playable in one week....
...even for me quite a task.... lol o_o ;D
Cheers,
Don
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Love the tower 8)
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Lovely paintjobs! :-*
Please, keep posting!
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This is brilliant stuff!
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Thanx gents....:)
Here is what I made on day 6.
First of, I builded a small hamlet. Just to get the afghans some cover....;)
Again pretty sketchy and done in a few hours. But I had only one day left in my weeks project.
(http://i.imgur.com/lTe0IGsl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/lTe0IGs)
Even managed to get some paint on the watchtower....;)
(http://i.imgur.com/gOEUm1Ll.jpg) (https://imgur.com/gOEUm1L)
And nearly finished the Victrix scratchbuild scots.
(http://i.imgur.com/UM2Luk3l.jpg) (https://imgur.com/UM2Luk3)
Cheers,
Don
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Great :D
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Oooh! The hamlet and the tower are little beauties! Envious!
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Thanx....;)
On day 7 of this little project **GS** was visiting Berlin, so we took the oportunity to get a little NWF game on the way.....:)
So I squeezed my plastik minis and some bark terain in my rucksack and headed to my university.
An old friend joined in so we were: DV vs. Lars plus **GS**.
I scratch build a small scenario on the fly...some kind of game mastered.
Just took a few pics in my office...wonderfull if you can combine work and play.....;)
We played heavily house ruled "Path to Glory" rules (Disposable Heroes in WWI).
The Brits were divided in two groups with common goals.
But first we diced out wich Lieutanant was longer commissioned (one of my favorite scenes in ZULU)...
Lars won and so he was in overall command.
(http://i.imgur.com/ufYos4Jl.jpg) (http://'https://imgur.com/ufYos4J')
The main goal of the British was to capture Abdullah Khan a local warlord, who was just trying to unite the local tribes aganinst the English....
As a bribe he has hidden a few crates of martini rifles in the area (must be secured by the British).
(http://i.imgur.com/Bmx8sJHl.jpg) (http://'https://imgur.com/Bmx8sJH')
Here is the small troope for Lars.
Two small firegroups of regular brits, one captured mountain gun (plus donkey) und and a few sikhs.
...and the colour party of the regiment.
(http://i.imgur.com/m9oVhNMl.jpg) (http://'https://imgur.com/m9oVhNM')
The Troops Lt. **GS**.
A handsome unit of Highlanders, some sikhs (borought from my darkest africa project) and a regulare unit of english. Additionaly there was a land suveyor, who wanted to reach the near mountains (got additional victory points if he reached the other side of the field) with his stalwart servant and his dog Bobby.
And the britsich get victory points if they manage to clear the watch tower.
(http://i.imgur.com/JAgUAh8l.jpg) (http://'https://imgur.com/JAgUAh8')
From the game itself there are sadly few pics...
Had to much to do with eating and drinking....:)
(http://i.imgur.com/SO4y77Tl.jpg) (http://'https://imgur.com/SO4y77T')
(http://i.imgur.com/aNt3HFfl.jpg) (http://'https://imgur.com/aNt3HFf')
(http://i.imgur.com/o9XgtrRl.jpg) (http://'https://imgur.com/o9XgtrR')
In the end the English were all victorious: the land surveyor reached the mountains, the watchtower was silenced and the afghan leader was captured.....;)
Only the Martinis were not found...
A pleasent little game and quite enjoyable for just one week of preparation.
Cheers,
Don
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Great miniatures and a very impressive pace!
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That's some magnificent high-speed hobbying there, that is. :)
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Thank you gentlemen....;)
After paniting a few more Brits for the HWF...
(http://i.imgur.com/wT20Ay8l.jpg) (http://'https://imgur.com/wT20Ay8')
I thought of some terrain...
Luckily some bad folks cut a lot of trees behind my flat. So I took up some of the spare parts of the trees....:)
And dryed them on the heater.
(http://i.imgur.com/KXoRDTFl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/KXoRDTF)
To get them flat on the tabletop I put some filler under neath.
(http://i.imgur.com/CeekFK9l.jpg) (https://imgur.com/CeekFK9)
And here with some grey paint on them.
(http://i.imgur.com/QoTpthLl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/QoTpthL)
...and with the next batch of afghans (this time Foundry). And an additional gun crew...:)
(http://i.imgur.com/h5WX6xQl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/h5WX6xQ)
Cheers,
Don
Birch bark is da shit for erroded vulcanic rock. I have a tree at our cottage which I tax quite heavily, like a cork oak. It hasnt taken any noticable dammage.
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@Hammers
My english is loosing me here...I absolutely don`t understand what your are trying to say....:)
Please translate in easy speak...:D
Cheers,
Don
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@Hammers
My english is loosing me here...I absolutely don`t understand what your are trying to say....:)
Please translate in easy speak...:D
Cheers,
Don
Oh, I am sorry! "The shit" is slang for "very good" or "very suitable". Which is just what birch bark is. :)
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Ah okay....;)
Thanx,
Don
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Wonderful little scenario and some great figures. :-* :-*
And it took you just a week. Amazing :o :o
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Fabulous conversion, building and painting!
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Wow! Great!! :-*
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Wonderful little scenario and some great figures. :-* :-*
And it took you just a week. Amazing :o :o
All the above and I have fallen in love :-* with the hamlet! lol
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Thank you very much....;)
After the little game I decided to give it another wekk and paint up some some more stuff....:D
First I glued more Victrix scots together.
(http://i.imgur.com/cTqAfKMl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/cTqAfKM)
And I did a canon crew for the game, wich I didn't show before. Just added an arm from the perry ACW artillery set.
(http://i.imgur.com/3HeDQfJl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/3HeDQfJ)
After looking through my little collection it was obvious that I needed more afghans...:)
I found in my amateurish research, that there were more regular afghans involved than most movie would acknowledge.
So I searched the plastic mountain if I could find some more minis to get converted.
After a little time I found these Warlord prussians. Got them from tehir sprue sale. Was a lttle bit disapointed and wouldn't have probably not painted them as prussians...
(http://i.imgur.com/iZhqFkel.jpg) (https://imgur.com/iZhqFke)
So I got the greenstuff smoth and tried to build some herati infantry geknetet. Added a few beards and so...;)
(http://i.imgur.com/4ZIY5hJl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/4ZIY5hJ)
I wonder how they work out when painted....:)
Cheers,
Don
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Some great work there Don! On your Highlanders, why not just cut the figs in half, so you use the kilted bottom (Victrix) and then attach a Perry upper torso, that way the webbing is correct and you only have to add some other details as you have done. Just a suggestion. Love how you are approaching this project....makes me feel guilty for not getting to work on mine! :'(
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Yeah I thought about this. But on the other hand I had to by an additional box for that....;)
Luckily...on the gaming table non of my players could see the difference ...:)
Cheers,
Don
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A fine thread m thanks for sharing
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Okay, after the first week I wondered if I should expaned my littel NWF collection.
Not wanting to spend more money, I was trying to work from the plastic pile....like with the Victrix scotts.
(http://i.imgur.com/i88kTmil.jpg) (https://imgur.com/i88kTmi)
In my humble net reseacherings I found a cool picture of theofficers of the 10th husars.
They really look like a ragtag professional troope...:)
(http://i.imgur.com/Pk40H3rl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/Pk40H3r)
So I saw my chance to get some cav oin the way...
...cause I had some old ACW cav sprues laying around....:)
(http://i.imgur.com/8YWHiwhl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/8YWHiwh)
I know the button counters are going to kill me, but everyone with a big lead or plastic pile might have some mercy with me... lol
Cheers,
Don
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Well I'm a button-counter, but I only count my own buttons. Counting another man's buttons for him is just not the done thing, Don. Keep doing what you're doing. :)
Not sure the 10th Hussars would appreciate being called 'ragtag.' They would have considered themselves among the cream of the crop, and a cut above the rest. lol
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Don,
BEAUTIFUL job on all these figures and terrain pieces!
I've literally spent decades immersed in the history of the Second Afghan War and could quote historically accurate uniform and weapon details for most of the troops involved, but instead of killing you I'd much rather get you to paint some figures and make some terrain pieces for me! Also, I'm excited to see how your Herati Afghan regular infantry turn out!
P.S. All that being said, the idea of using cavalry troopers in shell jackets and knee boots as ------ NO, I won't go there ------ I WON'T!!! I just want to see them painted by you in khaki and blue...
PS I'm also with Plynkes re: the 10th Hussars -- they look like a high-speed, low drag bunch of field veterans to me!
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@Plynkes
Thank you for your response. Sorry, if I got the "ragtag" word wrong. My school english is not the best.....:)
I ment somehow colourfull and professional campaign look...;)
@mad guru
I feel honoured that the mad guru is visiting my short little project....:)
Your site is so inspirational and just the wealth of information, miniatures and scenery is more then stunning. Your project, if one can call it that, is every wargamers dream.
I just want to see them painted by you in khaki and blue...
"As you wish!"
Just painted 4 minis for starters. Perhaps I will get them to 6. Have to see...
(http://i.imgur.com/Wxdsykbl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/Wxdsykb)
And in all my ignorance I used a few more turban heads and got me some lancers....;)
Will perhaps get them bulckier trousers.
(http://i.imgur.com/QmHepk5l.jpg) (https://imgur.com/QmHepk5)
Used the overhead on greenstuff for a few more afghans.
(http://i.imgur.com/rjjyl5el.jpg) (https://imgur.com/rjjyl5e)
...and again sorry for applying the wrong attributes to the 10th husars. No slander intended....;)
Cheers,
Don
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Pay no attention, DonVoss, I was just having some fun with you. Your English is fine.
I love those last four conversions, especially. Really nice job. And such a work rate.
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Great stuff Don, keep it coming 8)
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Wow, you are really banging through this project. Glad to see such enthusiasm coupled with actual output! My projects usually have the enthusiasm but the output gets lost along the way... :'(
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Great work,really enjoying this thread,love the village and watchtower too. :)
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Love the greenstuff turbans on those ansar and do I detect a Warlord ECW musketeer second from left? Great conversions. :D :D :D
I know you are not particularly fussed about historical accuracy, but just one tiny point. I don't recall any afghan wandering around barechested. ;)
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I know you are not particularly fussed about historical accuracy, but just one tiny point. I don't recall any afghan wandering around barechested. ;)
Maybe they're a bunch of undercover thuggees. ;)
Most promising, all of this.
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Amazing output and such nice work :-* :-* I look forward to your progress.
LB
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Love the greenstuff turbans on those ansar and do I detect a Warlord ECW musketeer second from left? Great conversions. :D :D :D
I know you are not particularly fussed about historical accuracy, but just one tiny point. I don't recall any afghan wandering around barechested. ;)
Ok for the second phrase, I don't pretend to be an expert for the period, but, concerning your sculpting ability, I may say that it is out-stan-ding!
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It's true you don't see much illustrated or photographic evidence of 19th Century "barechested" Afghans but it's also not completely unheard of, particularly in the case of Ghazi fanatics, whose are generaly described as wearing white clothing but are somtimes described or pictured with their upper bodies at least partially bare.
I mostly use a mix of white-robed and bare-chested figures (with white pants!) for my Ghazi units.
Here's a couple of examples -- a period news illustration of an Afghan Ghazi about to be executed by the British, and figure "3" in the Osprey plate shows a Wilayati (Afghan mercenary) turned-Ghazi from the Indian Mutiny:
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RFcoMmN1AZM/Wqt2MmuLdLI/AAAAAAAAR7s/h4cUQSZFe1o_vqIVWsviR5i4ytZmyVZ_gCLcBGAs/s1600/conversation06.jpg)
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YX6To63jgyg/Wqt2MzC4-4I/AAAAAAAAR7w/YaOwuVH0q2oahGlieP6l7p8T6_vvvL4ZgCLcBGAs/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2018-03-16%2Bat%2B12.05.48%2BAM.png)
Not trying to say most or even many 19th Century Afghan tribal fighters or all Afghan Ghazis fought this way, but I don't know about ruling it out, particularly in the heat of Summer.
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It's true you don't see much illustrated or photographic evidence of 19th Century "barechested" Afghans but it's also not completely unheard of, particularly in the case of Ghazi fanatics, whose are generaly described as wearing white clothing but are somtimes described or pictured with their upper bodies at least partially bare.
I mostly use a mix of white-robed and bare-chested figures (with white pants!) for my Ghazi units.
Here's a couple of examples -- a period news illustration of an Afghan Ghazi about to be executed by the British, and figure "3" in the Osprey plate shows a Wilayati (Afghan mercenary) turned-Ghazi from the Indian Mutiny:
Not trying to say most or even many 19th Century Afghan tribal fighters or all Afghan Ghazis fought this way, but I don't know about ruling it out, particularly in the heat of Summer.
Fair enough. I retract my comment about bare chests and re-iterarate the one about fantastic sculpts. :D :D
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Thanx gents....;)
To make Hu Rhu at least a little happy I added a few sheep skins to the barechested warriors....;)
(http://i.imgur.com/OPX1xJ4l.jpg) (https://imgur.com/OPX1xJ4)
I think they look okay when placed in the second rank....:)
Cheers,
Don
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Great looking project!
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Very nice greenstuffing,minis look great :)
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DV,
No pressure, they are your beautiful figures, so please forgive me for saying this -- but the one bald dude with the awesome beard and great paint job would benefit from a simple skullcap... you could use your awesome sculpting skill or even just paint the cap onto his head. It would have been very rare indeed to see a bareheeaded Afghan tribesman, then or now.
PS If it's a lighting effect and he's already wearing a skullcap... I apologize again!!!
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DV,
No pressure, they are your beautiful figures, so please forgive me for saying this -- but the one bald dude with the awesome beard and great paint job would benefit from a simple skullcap... you could use your awesome sculpting skill or even just paint the cap onto his head. It would have been very rare indeed to see a bareheeaded Afghan tribesman, then or now.
PS If it's a lighting effect and he's already wearing a skullcap... I apologize again!!!
This illustrates the difference between this page and TMP! Well, one of two major differences. (smile)
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Late to this thread but so glad I looked in, wonderful inspirational stuff DV keep it up :)
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So today just a short update...going on a small vacation....:)
Did a little greenstuffing on some vicious Zanzibaris.
Got them afghan noses and some beards.
And for the mad guru I addad a shot down turban, wich I can put behind the bare headed fellow.... lol ;)
(http://i.imgur.com/KyZHtjcl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/KyZHtjc)
@Mad Guru
Do you have any suggestions for the colours of the Herati?
I found pretty much every colour painted on the foundry models....brown and red and yellow and blue... :o
Cheers,
Don
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Looking good. I love how you are using a wide range of figures to make up your force. It makes each band entirely unique. Keep up the good work.
Oh and thanks for the skins. ;)
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Don,
I saw that greenstuff turban on its own base and laughed out loud! Of course that fellow could have lost his skullcap or turban while racing to fight the cursed farangi!
There's got to be a great skirmish scenario based on that base! The Mullah wants his lucky turban back... now I want one too!
Re: Turcoman uniforms, the colors you mention seeing on the Foundry site are all legitimate choices. The 2 colors most often mentioned as being worn by Afghan Regular Army troops from Herat are red and "mustard", perhaps a yellowish shade of khaki.
In case you haven't seen it over on my blog, here's a link to the page with Ian Heath's excellent illustrated article "A MOST VILLAINOUS CAVALCADE". about the 19th Century Afghan Regular Army, posted there with his permission:
http://maiwandday.blogspot.com/p/a-most-villainous-cavalcade-ian-heaths.html (http://maiwandday.blogspot.com/p/a-most-villainous-cavalcade-ian-heaths.html)
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Okay...after a short break I am back at the NWF....:)
Painted up a few mroe Pathans....
(http://i.imgur.com/7umLCYRl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/7umLCYR)
Cheers,
Don
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Nice work on those mins,love the colours used.
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Love the turban! Whimsical but probably useful as well......and the paint jobs are pretty darn good too lol
LB
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Thanx gents.....;)
Last update for today...:)
(http://i.imgur.com/rsXOVcol.jpg) (https://imgur.com/rsXOVco)
Sadly without any horses.
Cheers,
Don
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Painted a Dr. Watson last night....:)
(http://i.imgur.com/VvrGXVMl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/VvrGXVM)
My upcoming game will be a little tongue in cheek...so each of the three brits player will get one more pulpy unit.
Cheers,
Don
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Both your new additions are outstanding!
Eager to see what you have in mind for your upcoming game!
Cheers!
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Great additions :)
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Thanx, gents.
Heres is a little update for today: one more cannon for the pathans....:)
(http://i.imgur.com/cznEW7tl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/cznEW7t)
Cheers,
Don
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Love the Dr Watson character mini,is that a red waistcoat worn under a tunic?
Gun and crew looking good too :)
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Loving this thread, even though I should be concentrating on my Pulp project. Some inspirational painting and converting going on. :-*
Entirely thanks to you, I spent over an hour last night researching miniatures and painting tutorials for British in the Sudan and North West Frontier!! ;)
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Thanx gentlemen....:)
@romark
Yes. I thought of a kind of civilian vest.
I saw Dr. Watson allways as a more civilian character, rather a soldier.....;)
@lethalley61
Glad you like the stuff here around...;)
Okay, here is the update for today: my scratchbuild indian lancers....
(http://i.imgur.com/omSp5Dgl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/omSp5Dg)
Cheers,
Don
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Okay, here is the update for today: my scratchbuild indian lancers....
Cheers,
Don
They really look great!
If possible, please, tell us a few words about the conversion job!
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Great work on those lancers :)
Thanks for the feedback on Dr Watson too.
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Just a quick update. Meeting with friends tonight, so I can`t paint in the evening....;(
Painted a few more Brits and some tents...these should come in handy for scenarios....;)
(http://i.imgur.com/KlvqQjWl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/KlvqQjW)
Cheers,
Don
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Looking forward to see your pictured report here. :)
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Okay...here is the probably last update before the upcoming game tomorrow....:)
I painted e few more scots. To get them a 4th unit.
(http://i.imgur.com/kye4ZdHl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/kye4ZdH)
And...here is the last plastic soldier from the perry box....done!.....:D
(http://i.imgur.com/yoWVS3ul.jpg) (https://imgur.com/yoWVS3u)
And a pic of the brits I painted so far.
Lots of conversions...;)
(http://i.imgur.com/cNVyADhl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/cNVyADh)
Thats quite it. Just a plastic box and a few spare parts from my lead mountain....;)
Initially I only bought the metal canon.
Cheers,
Don
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A beautifully painted collection! Eager to see them on table! Cheers!
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Drool. :D
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Thanx, gents....;)
Builded a small fortress...just as a scenario objective.
(http://i.imgur.com/8BvXXNgl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/8BvXXNg)
Added some sand and filler...
(http://i.imgur.com/iFALUBtl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/iFALUBt)
And I cut in a cellar, for a hidden objective...
(http://i.imgur.com/4SODN2Zl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/4SODN2Z)
Painted the whole thing....;)
(http://i.imgur.com/pCfJEdzl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/pCfJEdz)
Okay, could have invested some more time, but the game is coming up. Perhaps tomorrow....:)
(http://i.imgur.com/av6egvQl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/av6egvQ)
Builded the little fortress that it fits in one of my transport boxes togehter with the watchtower and the small hamlet.
(http://i.imgur.com/yEBdcLRl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/yEBdcLR)
Cheers,
Don
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Lovely stuff. Great to see it come together so quickly ;D
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looks great and full of inspiration for my own Afghan project...
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Quick, nice and practicable! Cheers!
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Okay...here is the last update beforr tomorrows game....:)
A few more afghans and 1-2 pulp chracters.
(http://i.imgur.com/qgeLQH7l.jpg) (https://imgur.com/qgeLQH7)
Cheers,
Don
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More good work :)
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Okay, yesterday the big Multiplayer was erm played.....:D
6 Players, lots of stuff to eat, 4 hours playing time...:)
We played heavily house ruled Dispo Heroes. 3 Brits vs. 3 Afghans.
In the scenario the brits had to conquer the central little fortress.
Victory point were awarded for killing soldiers....;)
Here are the starting positions...
The red and the black cubs are victory points, wich can be collected. Red only by the brits, black only by the afghans.
(http://i.imgur.com/XPFqvN7l.jpg) (http://'https://imgur.com/XPFqvN7')
Close up of the scots...before they ran into a haily of musketry....
(http://i.imgur.com/089tQSSl.jpg) (http://'https://imgur.com/089tQSS')
Lt. Strand is prepairing his attack.
(http://i.imgur.com/To9ivH6l.jpg) (http://'https://imgur.com/To9ivH6')
The Pathans and afghans get ready for their ambush.
(http://i.imgur.com/gNYvpX2l.jpg) (http://'https://imgur.com/gNYvpX2')
The game got on quite well, perhaps a little slow....tooo big of a table...and no magic portals.
(http://i.imgur.com/K07x3HYl.jpg) (http://'https://imgur.com/K07x3HY')
The afghans are defeated in the end...to much house rules in favour of the brits.....;)
(http://i.imgur.com/Oh9MKUFl.jpg) (http://'https://imgur.com/Oh9MKUF')
Lt. Strand forced his way in the fortress...and stayed there till the end....and got the MVP award.
(http://i.imgur.com/s5NcvXZl.jpg) (http://'https://imgur.com/s5NcvXZ')
Scenario should have been more balanced towards the afghans...but just a bit.
Great Catering and a good game with really nice company made for a great finishing point for this little project.
Cheers,
Don
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Great table setup! Must have been a very enjoyable game!
Interested about the black and red cubs...
Collecting victory points must be a great motivation to form your strategy!
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Cracking stuff!
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Splendid work all round DV 8)
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Looks nice, so why not bring this to the DoOrDice???
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This is a most excellent thread, well done Don. You have managed to both inspire and shame me at the same time.
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Great work! I'm so copying your little outpost
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Thanx for the comments, gents....;)
@Little Fortress
Yes...it wirked very well. Exactly the right size for the wee units.
@Do or Dice
I think its too long for a convention game... ??? :( :o
Cheers,
Don
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Managed to get 2 small games underway in my office at the university the other week.
Cause I bike at the moment to my work, I had to get everything in my saddle pocket. So just a few hills and some terrain..and quite a small troope....;)
We opted for Triumph&Tragedy for the rules.
I like the rules...they are well suited for such small games with just about 20 minis per side.
The brits had: one officer, 7 veterans, 5 man unit of elite scots, 5 trained Sikhs and a small Mmountain gun with two crew.
The Afghans had one 7 men unit with muskets, CC-weapons and shields, a five man and two 4 men units with muskets and a small mountain gun with two crew.
In addition there was a jezzail team in the watchtower in both scenarios.
Not in anyway balanceed...but made 2 cool games....:)
In the first scenario my guest had to silence the pathan watchtower. Not an easy task, but my shooting was awfull....:)
(http://i.imgur.com/vwB30Fbl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/vwB30Fb)
(http://i.imgur.com/TcUfYFXl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/TcUfYFX)
In scenario 2 the afghans had a few caskets of martini rilfes (smuggled over the Khyber pass) hidden in a small hamlet in the center of the table. So we both had to try to take and hold the center...
(http://i.imgur.com/dEMvjWMl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/dEMvjWM)
This time the game was much closer but in the end my afghans got wiped out and the few brits claimed the rifles.
Two very enjoyable games with T&T. Happy to have gamed them again....;)
Cheers,
Don
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I liked the idea of these small games so much, that I thought of more settings of: one box of terrain and 20 minis per side....:)
I was always a little tempted by the sudan thing. I so I had already the brits for the conflict and some plastic ansars laying around, I thought I give it a try.
A kind of spin off from the NWF....:D
Luckily I found this little sandbox toy in the street. Pretty yellow...but I thought: just the right size for my small skirmish games....;)
(http://i.imgur.com/bRtzLbcl.jpg) (http://'https://imgur.com/bRtzLbc')
So I put a lttle filler on the small castle and builded a balsa wood door.
(http://i.imgur.com/b7l1XO2l.jpg) (http://'https://imgur.com/b7l1XO2')
After that I grabbed a big junk of styrofoam and scraped a few low hills and houses...;)
(http://i.imgur.com/sYqHjtXl.jpg) (http://'https://imgur.com/sYqHjtX')
Watched out that everything fitted in one of my transport boxes.
(http://i.imgur.com/6BIWjval.jpg) (http://'https://imgur.com/6BIWjva')
Got it painted the other day. Okay a few details could be added....:)
(http://i.imgur.com/KkV6PKxl.jpg) (http://'https://imgur.com/KkV6PKx')
And enough romm left for 2-3 palm trees....:)
Cheers,
Don
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Really, this little sandbox toy you found, is all the money! Its transformation to a fort is outstanding! Cheers!
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On the weekend I painted a few ansars for teh conflict...
A wild mix of ansar and nile arabs. Pretty pulpy...but my players will have less difficulties to tell the units apart.
(http://i.imgur.com/Tob6BHql.jpg) (http://'https://imgur.com/Tob6BHq')
Aganin I want to game this with "Triumph and Tragedy": 1 Chief, two 7 men units with spears and shields and one musket each, one troope of sharpeshooters with muskets, an ambush unit with spears and throwing sticks und ne Montaingun (I will borogh that from my other collections...her is just the crew).
Now I am tempted to add some more minis to the sudan side...oh dear....;)
Cheers,
Don
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Now I am tempted to add some more minis to the sudan side...oh dear....;)
You're going to need a bigger box lol
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It looks amazing!
A couple of thoughts:
Have you considered leaving a few minies at the office for the next day?
If you need a bigger fort, you could cast a few plaster copies in the original. Since its a renewable resource you can cut them to pieces and build a huge modular fort!
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Leaving stuff at the office?...
...too much of a hobby butterfly....:)
Most likely I will play something completely different next time....
Cheers,
Don
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I painted some more minis for my Ansar force.
(http://i.imgur.com/XrbO5ttl.jpg) (http://'https://imgur.com/XrbO5tt')
Originally I intended to use my NWF brits for the counter part. But after reading so many cool things of the egytian army, I wanted to try something more like this....;)
I searched my plastic pile for suitable minis and found some old ACW frames from the Perrys and some newer Zouaves.
Added a little geenstuff to get some fezes on the heads and of it goes...:)
Okay perhaps not perfect, but I am no button counter....:D
(http://i.imgur.com/vWJXFDbl.jpg) (http://'https://imgur.com/vWJXFDb')
The guys in bluea re the officers btw....;)
Cheers,
Don
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Cool conversions, well done!
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The new additions look great :)
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Little thread necromancy here, but I found a few shots of a game I played with the sudan stuff...;)
Nothing too fancy, but I thought I shared it anyway.
We did two small games with a Scenario were the egyptians had to reach some spots of water or die of thirst. The ansar force was more or less defending the wells and a few barrels...
Here you can see the setup.
(http://i.imgur.com/X0wCWobl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/X0wCWob)
In both games the egyptians just got to the water. Pretty close matches...
(http://i.imgur.com/zESc3lil.jpg) (https://imgur.com/zESc3li)
Still tempted to add some more minis to the setting....;)
Cheers,
Don
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A very fine game and a real inspiration for anyone looking at doing the North West Frontier! I like the terrain especially.
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The terrain is stunningly realistic :-* and it is worth considering to add some more figures!