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Title: Looking for painting guide for Mutineer miniatures Bengal horse artillery
Post by: THE CID on February 09, 2010, 06:52:57 PM

Hi Having just purchased Mutineers Bengal horse artilery crew, i cannot seem to find any guides to their facing colours or pictures in their Mutiny clobber. All the info i have found is for the full dress uniform. Can anybody help.  Cheers Craig.

Title: Re: Looking for painting guide for Mutineer miniatures Bengal horse artillery
Post by: ARKOUDAKI on February 10, 2010, 12:01:13 PM

If I knew how to upload a photo I would send you something useful...shoot me your e-mail and I will send a picture of:

Royal Artillery watering horses in India, 1858

 ;)

Title: Re: Looking for painting guide for Mutineer miniatures Bengal horse artillery
Post by: Plynkes on February 10, 2010, 12:15:34 PM

Osprey has Bengal Horse Artillery in white* overalls and knee-length boots in the field, no facing colours to paint, by which I mean the collar and cuffs are the same colour as the rest of the uniform. If they're not wearing the overalls then according to the book they would be in laced blue jackets with red collars (it seems when they did wear these some batteries tore off the red collars for some reason). I don't think any of the Mutineer figures are wearing laced jackets, though.


*They call it "white" but it is more like a dusty khaki in the illustration.

Title: Re: Looking for painting guide for Mutineer miniatures Bengal horse artillery
Post by: Plynkes on February 10, 2010, 12:24:18 PM

Here you are...

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/Plynkes/BHA.jpg)

(Nice of Osprey and Google Books to put that one on the web for us.)

Title: Re: Looking for painting guide for Mutineer miniatures Bengal horse artillery
Post by: the Mutineer on February 10, 2010, 01:47:05 PM

The french book states white uniforms that would have been dyed khaki, so anything in between would be accurate I have seen some plates that show what looks like a white uniform, I have some photo's from the firepower museum showing an off white uniform, probably started out white but i can't find the damned things here is one of the covered cap.
(http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s100/bjs1888/HEICArtilleryWoolwichArsenal-10Aug2.jpg)

Title: Re: Looking for painting guide for Mutineer miniatures Bengal horse artillery
Post by: ARKOUDAKI on February 10, 2010, 02:32:47 PM

Hi guys, How do you upload a photo??? I have tried photo insert and paste but nothing...Suggestions/Instructions?

Title: Re: Looking for painting guide for Mutineer miniatures Bengal horse artillery
Post by: THE CID on February 10, 2010, 04:51:14 PM

Thanks for the info.

Title: Re: Looking for painting guide for Mutineer miniatures Bengal horse artillery
Post by: the Mutineer on February 10, 2010, 04:51:54 PM

Quote from: ARKOUDAKI on February 10, 2010, 02:32:47 PM

Hi guys, How do you upload a photo??? I have tried photo insert and paste but nothing...Suggestions/Instructions?

this is what i do maybe not the best, I upload into photobucket, then copy the direct link below the photo in photobucket, open the post  click on the image button third one on the row above the smiley's then paste that link in between the two image brackets