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Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: Plynkes on 09 May 2010, 11:34:26 AM
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Spent yesterday painting him. A Prof-style figure-in-a-day type thing. Surprisingly satisfying and enjoyable, to do it that way (though all the other stuff on the painting desk looked on in disgust as he jumped ahead of them).
Can anybody guess what he's meant to be?
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/6/163_09_05_10_12_29_11.jpg)
Unit, time and place. Just for fun. No prizes, just Colonial Adventures egghead Kudos.
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*hits buzzer* Who is Gunga Din?!
"Tho' I've belted you and flayed you, By the livin' Gawd that made you, You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din!"
Lovely yellows on them harem trousers.
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I can't guess who he is supposed to be, but please link me to the actual figure. :)
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A very elegant guy?
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I can't guess who he is supposed to be, but please link me to the actual figure. :)
He's a one-of-a-kind, I'm afraid. But quite easy to make.
Body is from a Redoubt ACW Zouave officer: AC 116 WESTERN THEATRE ZOUAVE FIRING COMMAND (http://www.redoubtenterprises.com/shop/?page=shop/acwflypage&product_id=2593&category_id=03c8bb9a49234d282e2ad2ff376db073)
Head is taken from a Sikh from the Foundry Darkest Africa range.
The Redoubt figures have a separate head choice thing going on which makes things even easier, as you only have to perform an amputation on the Sikh. Then there was the business of filing off some unwanted Zouavey lacey nonsense from the jacket.
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Have you considered suggesting some Sikh or VSF style heads to Redoubt ?
Might be worth a try - send them a picture of what you've done.
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Don't know who he is meant to be, but he looks bloody great! :)
Could use him in my India games, that's for sure.
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He's a one-of-a-kind, I'm afraid. But quite easy to make.
Body is from a Redoubt ACW Zouave officer: AC 116 WESTERN THEATRE ZOUAVE FIRING COMMAND (http://www.redoubtenterprises.com/shop/?page=shop/acwflypage&product_id=2593&category_id=03c8bb9a49234d282e2ad2ff376db073)
Head is taken from a Sikh from the Foundry Darkest Africa range.
The Redoubt figures have a separate head choice thing going on which makes things even easier, as you only have to perform an amputation on the Sikh. Then there was the business of filing off some unwanted Zouavey lacey nonsense from the jacket.
Thanks. :)
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Very nice and clever conversion, Plynkes!
:-*
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Aga Khan, leading hordes of muntineers.
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Really nice work Plynkes :-* The yellow trousers are especially good 8)
Now… this is off topic but do the latest Sikh and Indian WWI figures from Gripping Beast come with separated heads? If so they could be useful for conversion
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Great conversion - and a lovely paint job.
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Could he be an officer for Johnston's Jat Sikh contingent in the Nyasaland Protectorate, 1890s?
Superb painting on the black and yellow. One of my favourite colour combinations. The yellow is nice and clean without being unduly vibrant.
Very inspirational. I think I'll paint my second squad of DOAG Askaris this week.
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Lobby Lud?
Malvolio? (Is he cross-gartered?)
MC Hammer?
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MC Hammer?
lol
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MC Hammers? Isn't he the fellow who moderates the Workbench forum?
Johnston's Jat Sikh contingent in the Nyasaland Protectorate, 1890s?
Check out the big brain on Chris! We have a winner! Chris wins a thick slice of virtual Victoria Sponge (the official cake of Colonial Adventures):
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/Plynkes/VickySponge.jpg)
(I lied about there not being a prize.)
Yes, dress uniform of the Nyasaland Indian Contingent. He's supposed to be an NCO, I suppose (not sure if they had any Indian comissioned officers), but I forgot to give him any stripes. The uniform is supposed to represent the three races of the force. Black for the native askaris, yellow for the Indian contingent, and white for the European officers.
He's actually for my Central Africa Rifles force. But the nucleus of this force was the Indian contingent from the slaver war, and I'm indulging the idea that some of them may have kept their dress uniforms (no reason to believe they would just throw them away). It's a little preposterous to imagine this chap actually going into battle against the Angoni dressed like this, but the force is a very khaki-and-black affair, and I fancied a splash of colour. I'm imagining him as some kind of eccentric Havildar-Major who insists on dressing his best to face these bargain-basement Zulus, and the officers are all so in awe of him that nobody tells him to change.
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Yay, cake! Cheers! lol
The article series by Chris Peers back in 1999 in WI is one of my all-time favourites, and that uniform part seems to have stuck. A very, very nice interpretation (I have not seen any actual depiction, in colour, at least), and I certainly agree that it will liven up all those dreary khakipants.
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(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/6/163_09_05_10_6_22_09.jpg)
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I have not seen any actual depiction, in colour, at least...
Yes, all I had to go on was a description and a line drawing in one of the hardback Foundry Africa books. It is described as having a Zoauve style to it, hence my idea to use a ACW figure as the starting point.
The black bits were still looking a bit shiny to me so I had a go with the brush-on matt finish.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/6/163_09_05_10_6_42_32_1.jpg) (http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/6/163_09_05_10_6_42_31_0.jpg)
I think that's a bit better.
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That is one formidable and stylish fellow! I love the yellow.
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Top work Plynkes. You are getting a bit good as this conversion lark! ;)
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It just occurs to me that since Plykes did this conversion, some manufacturer will surely release the figures for the whole unit in a few months… ;)
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Really nice looking character 8)
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Lovely work, a pretty darn good conversion. :)
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MC Hammer or M Sikh Hammer...
Captain Nemo. Nailed it!
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Awesome conversion BTW!!
:)
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Very nice.