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Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: Rogerc on May 14, 2019, 09:33:48 AM
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So making some progress with the Sikh Wars project and with a game in the offing thought I might share the latest additions to the collection, pictures etc on the blog https://gapagnw.blogspot.com/
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/40880253193_07a9d5794d.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/25hrZ2B)officer (https://flic.kr/p/25hrZ2B) by Roger Castle (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152172226@N06/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47794858342_a95b7fbb4d.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2fPt9eL)afghans (https://flic.kr/p/2fPt9eL) by Roger Castle (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152172226@N06/), on Flickr
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Nice work on those,more lovely pictures on the blog too :)
How are the Gurkha conversions coming along? :)
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Love your new additions to your forces.
I like how you mix and match the different figure company's figures.
They look good together.
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Nice work!! Those Afghans look a real murderous bunch!!! :)
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Very colourful :)
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Excellent additions to your collection Roger
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Sweet!
It was a funny habit commanders had in the 19th Century of waving their hats around on the end of their swords, like Lo Armistead does in all the paintings of him at Gettysburg. Seems like a fine way of ruining a perfectly good hat to me. :)
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Thanks guys, really appreciate it, I have becoome over the years quite keen to mix manufacturers where the quality of the castings works, I like the look, I dont really like the using the same figure over and over. I have managed to get a couple more irregular horse and foot done, so some more units complete along wiht the Sikh horse artillery guns.
The second test Gurkhas is on its way but I have finished a test figure for the Govorner generals bodyguard I will share shortl.
The hat on the sword, with Armistead I always thought this was a bit of fatalism, he knew he was unlikely to survive so his perfectly good hat was fine with a hole in it.
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Lovely work on your project.
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Cheers Helen.
Govorner Generals bodyguard test figure.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/46938618155_5160299acf_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2evNFRV)gov gen 1 (https://flic.kr/p/2evNFRV) by Roger Castle (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152172226@N06/), on Flickr
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Govorner Generals bodyguard looks great.
Really love him.
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wonderful work.
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Cheers guys, probably swapping the horse to one more appropriate but that is the look I am going with for Govorner Generals bodyguard.
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Rogerc, what did you source your GGB figure from? Are you aware of Hodson's book on the subject?
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Arkoudaki this is a Perry British Napoleonic Light Dragoon with the peak cut off the hako and a plume added.
Not aware of the book, whats it called?
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Hodson (1910) Historical Records of the Governor-General's Body Guard
It has a nice painting of what the GGBG looked like in 1847 in full dress
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Good find cheers.
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It would be interesting to know what the colour of that plume and trouser seam was. I have them both as white on my test figure but on this the seam looks possibly yellow and plume a darker colour, red, blue or black seem favourite.
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I have a color version of the same graphic but it was too big too post. I will try and find it again and let you know. ;)
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Found it, thats a cracking imag thank you. Red seem on trousers, black plume on shako and what looks like yellow lace on the coatee so a few changes to make but nothing that will take ages.
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Here is the color version of the painting. Hope it helps! If you look in the Ackermann book by Schiffer ( https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ackermann-Military-Prints-Uniforms-1840-1855/dp/0764316710/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?keywords=Ackermann+book+by+Schiffer&qid=1558119594&s=gateway&sr=8-1-fkmrnull ) you will find some other useful info. You can also search the online catalog of the 'Anne Brown' collection held at Brown Univ ( https://library.brown.edu/collections/askb/ )
Hope this helps!
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A bit of a repaint and a new horse and the test figure is looking pretty much where we need him to.
You know when you kinda wish you had just stuck to the things you know .......
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47821350132_e9b2bfe219_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2fRNVjL)IMG_20190518_100024 (https://flic.kr/p/2fRNVjL) by Roger Castle (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152172226@N06/), on Flickr
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Very nice looking figures.
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Lovely retouch :)
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Thanks guys, I think thats the GGBD sorted, couple of things still to try with the Gurkhas but not going to rush.
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Three Govorner Generals Bodyguard finished. Halfway there, just three more and a small unit complete.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47924305272_b49bb9bf70_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2g1UAio)IMG_20190524_145939 (https://flic.kr/p/2g1UAio) by Roger Castle (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152172226@N06/), on Flickr
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Thanks to the information provided on this thread I was able to convert some 15mm figures for Sir Henry Hardinges bodyguard. If you would like to see them and Sir Henry they are on my blog at:
https://youdonotknowthenorth.blogspot.com
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Very nice, I still need to paint the rest of mine, although the horses are finished!
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I really like the new figures.
I love the action of the men and the horses,
excellent poses.
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Thanks Roger. Yes as Marine says lovely lively figures.
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The Govorner Generals Bodyguard and coming on nicely.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48313622151_fb6cab50a6_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2gBiWDn)IMG_20190718_101659 (https://flic.kr/p/2gBiWDn) by Roger Castle (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152172226@N06/), on Flickr
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Cracking job buddy, this is definitely a sharp practice project for me
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Thanks Gents.
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Lovely paint jobs
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Very nice work :o