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Rogerc
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Re: Gurkha Dilemma
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Reply #30 on:
May 16, 2019, 10:24:59 PM »
Interesting stuff here, I love that first watercolour and I have seen that before, they look quite different in that one to the others, more like a covered peakless shako than the much lower cap in the photo from the museum. Some serious food for thought. dont really want to use Mutiny figures as most have rifles and just one cross belt rather than two. It does however leave the interesting potential of using the Studio miniatures Sepoy flank companys in their covered peakless shakos and just painitng them green and adding a sheathed Kukri.
Ah back to the drawing board I think.
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ARKOUDAKI
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Re: Gurkha Dilemma
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Reply #31 on:
May 16, 2019, 10:37:21 PM »
Putty...make your own!
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OB
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Re: Gurkha Dilemma
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May 17, 2019, 11:26:00 AM »
I was thinking it looks to me like a low peakless shako rather than a cap and in 15mm I know just where to go for that. It will mean a Green Stuff Kukri and wings but that is simple enough.
Thanks for the numbers of the GG's body guard at Sabraon. It gives me something to work with.
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Rogerc
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May 17, 2019, 02:11:27 PM »
But is it a covered peakless shako as the the cookery wtaercolour suggests (and the image I had much earlier int he thread) or is it a really weird looking image of the caps lower down, it looks very different from the caps.
I am wonderign if in common with both Queens and Sepoy regiments they had both Shakos and forage caps and we are seeign images of both here? May just have a lie down.
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ARKOUDAKI
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Re: Gurkha Dilemma
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May 17, 2019, 03:26:29 PM »
The Sepoys in HEIC had proper shakos...the Gurkhas didn't during the Sikh Wars.
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Rogerc
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May 17, 2019, 04:03:58 PM »
I am considerign using the Carlist wars British legion flankers in forage caps, I have no confidence in my ability to get a result I am happy with using putty. Either that or I wait for Iron Duke to release Gurkhas in the comign months (it might be a while) and see if they fit the bill.
https://www.perry-miniatures.com/images/isa/ISA%2042.jpg
Only thing they are short of is a Kukri on the hip.
ISA 42
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ARKOUDAKI
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Re: Gurkha Dilemma
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May 17, 2019, 06:55:58 PM »
Why not get the Foundry HEIC and use them as a basis. You can cut the shako part of the head off and put some Perry plastic Russian Nap heads in caps on. Not hard with a good razor saw! You can do it!
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Rogerc
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Re: Gurkha Dilemma
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May 17, 2019, 07:42:45 PM »
Actually thats quite an interesting thought, I will have a good think about that thank you.
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Deflatermouse
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May 18, 2019, 09:10:46 PM »
Dammit! And I did my GGBG in a "Bearskin".
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ARKOUDAKI
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May 18, 2019, 10:46:48 PM »
That's accurate for the Madras Presidency forces.
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Rogerc
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Re: Gurkha Dilemma
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May 19, 2019, 07:39:17 AM »
Two consequtive threads running for this stuff, apologies. Here is my finished test figure after making changes suggested.
IMG_20190518_100024
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Roger Castle
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Plynkes
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Re: Gurkha Dilemma
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Reply #41 on:
May 19, 2019, 07:55:03 AM »
If you don't want to keep maintaining two threads I can lock one of them and post a redirect link to the other. Entirely up to you.
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Rogerc
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Re: Gurkha Dilemma
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May 19, 2019, 06:00:28 PM »
Cheers Plynkes, its OK I will leave as it is and try re-direct the threads on their correct course.
I will keep this for updates on the Gurkhas, got a chum to pick up a pack of Iron Duke Sepoys so I can have a play around with converting the caps. Will update when I have progress.
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ARKOUDAKI
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Re: Gurkha Dilemma
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May 20, 2019, 01:42:34 PM »
Rogerc...heads will be in the post to you on Wed! Hope they are helpful!
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Rogerc
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Re: Gurkha Dilemma
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May 20, 2019, 07:35:06 PM »
I really appreciate it thank you. Pack of Iron Duke HEIC Sepoys to pick up Thursdayso will make a start after the weekend.
Will keep you posted.
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