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I just want to see them painted by you in khaki and blue...
I know you are not particularly fussed about historical accuracy, but just one tiny point. I don't recall any afghan wandering around barechested.
Love the greenstuff turbans on those ansar and do I detect a Warlord ECW musketeer second from left? Great conversions. I know you are not particularly fussed about historical accuracy, but just one tiny point. I don't recall any afghan wandering around barechested.
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.