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Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: Trooper on January 28, 2010, 11:42:24 AM

Title: British Cavalry for the Indian Mutiny.
Post by: Trooper on January 28, 2010, 11:42:24 AM: I have just completed two new units of cavalry to reinforce the British army for an Indian Mutiny collection, featured elsewhere on this forum. Here they are; the 1st King's Dragoon Guards and the 9th Lancers.

(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg223/timhall1955/051-5.jpg)

(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg223/timhall1955/047-3.jpg)

(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg223/timhall1955/048-2.jpg)

(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg223/timhall1955/043-5.jpg)

(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg223/timhall1955/040-5.jpg)

(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg223/timhall1955/037-6.jpg)

(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg223/timhall1955/035-6.jpg)

Hope you like them.
Title: Re: British Cavalry for the Indian Mutiny.
Post by: Svennn on January 28, 2010, 11:44:44 AM: Hope you like them? Sure do. One hell of a collection you have for the Mutiny now, look forward to seeing it all together in action - hint hint.
Title: Re: British Cavalry for the Indian Mutiny.
Post by: Trooper on January 28, 2010, 11:49:55 AM: Svenn, fear not, although you will have to wait until July. The whole collection is en route to Crete for a weeks wargaming in the sun, where a two day battle awaits it. There will be plenty of pics to come and after action report too. You will get a taster elsewhere on this forum.
Title: Re: British Cavalry for the Indian Mutiny.
Post by: Malamute on January 28, 2010, 11:50:12 AM: Quote from: Svennn on January 28, 2010, 11:44:44 AM
Hope you like them? Sure do. One hell of a collection you have for the Mutiny now, look forward to seeing it all together in action - hint hint.

Wot he said! delightful stuff ;D
Title: Re: British Cavalry for the Indian Mutiny.
Post by: Galloping Major on January 28, 2010, 12:29:15 PM: Great stuff, superb looking units 8)
Title: Re: British Cavalry for the Indian Mutiny.
Post by: argsilverson on January 28, 2010, 02:06:17 PM: Quote from: Trooper on January 28, 2010, 11:49:55 AM
Svenn, fear not, although you will have to wait until July. The whole collection is en route to Crete for a weeks wargaming in the sun, where a two day battle awaits it. There will be plenty of pics to come and after action report too. You will get a taster elsewhere on this forum.

When you come to Crete? I am afraid that these days there is not much sun available (it is still winter and they expect some more winter next week, be prepared!)

BTW very nice paint! are they Foundry?
Title: Re: British Cavalry for the Indian Mutiny.
Post by: M Blakey on January 28, 2010, 02:24:11 PM: fantasticly very nice :-*
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Post by: cram on January 28, 2010, 02:50:51 PM: Very nice! :)
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Post by: Captain Blood on January 28, 2010, 04:12:19 PM: Mmmm. Handsome.
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Post by: Keith on January 28, 2010, 05:04:33 PM: Gorgeous work!
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Post by: Admiral Benbow on January 28, 2010, 06:14:06 PM: Superb units!
:-*
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Post by: Ray Rivers on January 28, 2010, 08:32:55 PM: Wonderful! :-*

Just... wonderful!
Title: Re: British Cavalry for the Indian Mutiny.
Post by: Trooper on January 28, 2010, 08:39:56 PM: Thanks for the kind words fellas. Arg, yes they are Foundry, but I mounted 'em on ACW horses as the Mutiny ones are very wussy and static. Plus there is no horse furniture worth mentioning. I liked the idea of saddlebags etc, especially if going on campaign. Hopefully Crete won't be so cold in July.
Title: Re: British Cavalry for the Indian Mutiny.
Post by: Gluteus Maximus on January 29, 2010, 09:05:25 AM: Trooper, those are lovely figures and faithful to all the pics I've seen of the originals :-*

The ACW saddlery doesn't look wrong to me - but then I'm no expert. It's always best to have campaign troops laden with all sorts of necessary stuff.

From the style of basing, am I to assume you are going to use a variant of Lord Of The Rings rules, or is it just on aesthetic grounds?
Title: Re: British Cavalry for the Indian Mutiny.
Post by: Trooper on January 29, 2010, 10:25:12 AM: Purely aesthetic, although the collection was originally intended to be for skirmish only. Therefore all figures are individually based. The infantry are based on coins, so I based the cavalry on round washers to match. However it has now grown to massive proportions, so large movement trays were made as well. The rules are a variant of a set by the Two Fat Lardies, "Sharpe Practice", with home grown add ons.