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Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: Atheling on July 07, 2015, 08:30:45 AM
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Hi,
Here's the finished article of the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot at Maiwand. I've had a lot of fun putting this together and I hope that you enjoy the pics as much as I painting the models.
The terrain piece has served as a nice piece to show off the models and the backdrop was a result of my Google Foo.
You are invited to see more images of the 'diorama' and individual pics of each model on my Shooting Leave Blog HERE:
http://allthebrave.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/my-god-maiwand-66th-berkshire-regiment.html
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n85/Atheling_2006/MY%20GOD%20MAIWAND%20BRITS/P1050381_1.jpg)
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n85/Atheling_2006/MY%20GOD%20MAIWAND%20BRITS/MY%20GOD%20MAIWAND%2066TH%20REG%20OF%20FOOT%2011A.jpg)
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n85/Atheling_2006/MY%20GOD%20MAIWAND%20BRITS/MY%20GOD%20MAIWAND%2066TH%20REG%20OF%20FOOT%201A.jpg)
Darrell.
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Very nice Darrell. :D
Nice Khaki. Are you going to add the colours once Mike gets round to releasing some?
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Excellent as always, Darrell, the little dog is a nice touch. I seem to remember that the Officers had the Colours wrapped around their bodies in the famous painting of the last stand , so maybe a job for the Milliput. >:D
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You might be thinking of the last stand of the 44th at Gandamak.
Lovely painting there.
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Cubs, you,re right , must be the altzimers kicking in early , oops !
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Nice work Darrell
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Gorgeous work!
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Very nice :-* :-*
Lon
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Thanks for all the positive feedback guys- very much appreciated :)
You might be thinking of the last stand of the 44th at Gandamak.
Yeah, I'm glad that I don't have to paint all that red! although grey might be nearer the mark as they would undoubtedly have had what's left of their Greatcoats on.
Maiwand was a few years later ;) :)
Darrell.
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Sweet looking figures.
Really like them.
I am taken by the painting of the rifles.
Very well done.
Also saw your General Roberts on your blog.
He looks spot on.
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Very nice work!
Are they all Artizan as-is, or was there some converting going on?
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Thanks to everyone :)
Also saw your General Roberts on your blog.
He looks spot on.
Thank you. The credit cannot go to me though as I just applied the paint, It was a conversion that was done by a client and simply posted to me.
Are they all Artizan as-is, or was there some converting going on?
No for once there was no converting involved I'm (almost :) ) pleased to say!
Darrell.
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Congratulations Darrell, these are really well done. I particularly like the rocks as well. On the blog you say you used Milliput, was this to join bark pieces together or just to bed them onto the base. I tried some of these a while ago but they came out nowhere near as nice as yours.
When we first released Principles of War (20 years ago!) we did Maiwand as a demo game at various shows. A very interesting battle.
John
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Congratulations Darrell, these are really well done. I particularly like the rocks as well. On the blog you say you used Milliput, was this to join bark pieces together or just to bed them onto the base. I tried some of these a while ago but they came out nowhere near as nice as yours.
I used some old Grey Stuff that I bought about eight years ago and was thoroughly 'off'. Yeah, it was to join the rocks to the base and I used it to fill the gaps and preseed the sides of wet bark into the grey stuff to model the same type of rock formation. I hope that's clear(?) :)
When we first released Principles of War (20 years ago!) we did Maiwand as a demo game at various shows. A very interesting battle.
Yeah, a blunder on behalf of the British forces of mammoth proportions really! I plan on doing Maiwand as a demo game but I'm waiting for the Perry plastics for the NWF before attempting it. I'm going to use the Artizan/Studio/Foundry models for skirmish gaming only as I think that the Perry's will produce a wider range of mini's.
Darrell.
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Very cool vignette! Well done! :D
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Very cool vignette! Well done! :D
Thanks Andy, the beauty is that all the mini's are based on 2 pence pieces and can (finally!) be used in a game! :D
I found out recently that the Berkshires were all wearing khaki puttees except the officers who wore blue so I'm going to do the unit again and have the unit pictured above as a generic regiment of choice depending on the game.
Darrell.
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For those who didn't have time to flit over to my blog, here's some pics of the single miniatures:
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Lovely stuff - there's a monument to Thomas Rice Henn, the officer who commanded the "last eleven" in my local church. I think I have a picture somewhere.
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Lovely stuff - there's a monument to Thomas Rice Henn, the officer who commanded the "last eleven" in my local church. I think I have a picture somewhere.
Now that I would love to see, please post it if you can find it!! :)
Darrell.
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Darrell, you are a true artist. Every time I look at your figures I'm struck by how nice a job you've done on them.
Signed, erm,
Daryl
(I have this odd feeling I'm talking to myself. The only thing that snaps me out of it is the realization I can't paint that well!)
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Darrell, you are a true artist. Every time I look at your figures I'm struck by how nice a job you've done on them.
Thank you- much appreciated :)
Signed, erm,
Daryl
(I have this odd feeling I'm talking to myself. The only thing that snaps me out of it is the realization I can't paint that well!)
I know that very feeling! It's not that common a name (at least in the UK)..... lol
Here's more of the same unit:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-itmkq5ED_mE/VZt8GSx1TCI/AAAAAAAAhWQ/f4jKHPjOofU/s1600/MY%2BGOD%2521%2BMAIWAND%2521%2B66TH%2BREG%2BOF%2BFOOT%2B5A.JPG)
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(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hZL8Acny4TE/VZt8HoLJLvI/AAAAAAAAhWw/HEy93ubdCT8/s1600/MY%2BGOD%2521%2BMAIWAND%2521%2B66TH%2BREG%2BOF%2BFOOT%2B6A.JPG)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IP55aU5W-nA/VZt8HxUlIlI/AAAAAAAAhWs/VLUvloFG2bs/s1600/MY%2BGOD%2521%2BMAIWAND%2521%2B66TH%2BREG%2BOF%2BFOOT%2B6B.JPG)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-N3L1al0wk0w/VZt8JqcpsrI/AAAAAAAAhXM/7efNoOzQ92Q/s1600/MY%2BGOD%2521%2BMAIWAND%2521%2B66TH%2BREG%2BOF%2BFOOT%2B7A.JPG)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8z9dnXNEllk/VZt8KWjFZHI/AAAAAAAAhXY/R6AUui5h37o/s1600/MY%2BGOD%2521%2BMAIWAND%2521%2B66TH%2BREG%2BOF%2BFOOT%2B7D.JPG)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zkYEH_scS5U/VZt8K1B5hmI/AAAAAAAAhXk/6jEaUPpY9lM/s1600/MY%2BGOD%2521%2BMAIWAND%2521%2B66TH%2BREG%2BOF%2BFOOT%2B8A.JPG)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OIJXBcNbOC0/VZt8LAbkVZI/AAAAAAAAhXo/79vYeCWIRAg/s1600/MY%2BGOD%2521%2BMAIWAND%2521%2B66TH%2BREG%2BOF%2BFOOT%2B8B.JPG)
Darrell.
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Thanks Andy, the beauty is that all the mini's are based on 2 pence pieces and can (finally!) be used in a game! :D
I found out recently that the Berkshires were all wearing khaki puttees except the officers who wore blue so I'm going to do the unit again and have the unit pictured above as a generic regiment of choice depending on the game.
Darrell.
That's interesting - I painted the officer puttees blue in my diorama, but I was under the impresson the rank and file wore slightly darker puttees than the actual uniform khaki - I did mine a brownish shade, Foundry Peaty Brown, I think from memory...
Can't remember where I got that info for colours from as it was a few years back now...I'll dig around a bit and see if I can locate it...
Nice shots of the individual models, BTW... I want to get mine done but am 'all kharkeed out' with all the Colonial stuff I did earlier in the year... lol
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That's interesting - I painted the officer puttees blue in my diorama, but I was under the impresson the rank and file wore slightly darker puttees than the actual uniform khaki - I did mine a brownish shade, Foundry Peaty Brown, I think from memory...
Can't remember where I got that info for colours from as it was a few years back now...I'll dig around a bit and see if I can locate it...
Andy- quote from my blog (link above) ;) :) :)
"I feel it necessary to point out my mistake in that it was only the officers in the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot that wore blue puttees and the rank and file wore khaki. Many thanks to Mad Guru of Maiwand Day Blog fame for pointing this out to me and acting as a fantastic source of inspiration which is very much an ongoing process for me. Needless to say, I will paint up the unit of the 66th in khaki puttees and this unit will be consigned to that of another! :>) I owe the soldiers that fought on both sides the right to be represented in the correct uniforms that at least.
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Nice shots of the individual models, BTW... I want to get mine done but am 'all kharkeed out' with all the Colonial stuff I did earlier in the year... lol
I'm about to start some Mutiny stuff........ o_o o_o o_o :) :) going for quick painting..... hope the results are good!!
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Lt. Henn, of the Royal Engineers, commanded the company of Bombay Sappers & Miners at the start of the battle of Maiwand. Throughout the battle, including the chaotic retreat after the British line broke, the Sappers & Miners conducted themselves in exemplary fashion and suffered very heavy casualties. Out of the 45 officers and men present, 16 were KIA and 6 WIA, a total of 22 casualties, virtually 50% of the unit.
@thequestingvole: I'm familiar with a couple of monuments to the fallen at Maiwand but I've never seen one dedicated to Lieutenant Henn, so if you find that photo, I'd also love for you to post it here!
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And the rest:
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9q7QGYYVTho/VZt8MdVv-0I/AAAAAAAAhX8/njFj4SULqYo/s1600/MY%2BGOD%2521%2BMAIWAND%2521%2B66TH%2BREG%2BOF%2BFOOT%2B9A.JPG)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c3qhETZPN5Y/VZt8NQBiLOI/AAAAAAAAhYU/svjzQM4Lx9A/s1600/MY%2BGOD%2521%2BMAIWAND%2521%2B66TH%2BREG%2BOF%2BFOOT%2B9D.JPG)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kZhbGI3-qaE/VZt79RU5FWI/AAAAAAAAhTw/9v23xLXFVyc/s1600/MY%2BGOD%2521%2BMAIWAND%2521%2B66TH%2BREG%2BOF%2BFOOT%2B10A.JPG)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lb3F5-qfqKg/VZt79ctw35I/AAAAAAAAhT4/mrO0mHhYdPM/s1600/MY%2BGOD%2521%2BMAIWAND%2521%2B66TH%2BREG%2BOF%2BFOOT%2B10C.JPG)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UjeeYAMCViU/VZt7-PrCSRI/AAAAAAAAhUE/IGovS2GD244/s1600/MY%2BGOD%2521%2BMAIWAND%2521%2B66TH%2BREG%2BOF%2BFOOT%2B11A.JPG)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a_A_z8ztUuU/VZt7-UidCNI/AAAAAAAAhVw/0Wk3UhUdJTE/s1600/MY%2BGOD%2521%2BMAIWAND%2521%2B66TH%2BREG%2BOF%2BFOOT%2B11B.JPG)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VwgNkBDF2j0/VZt7_eNDgxI/AAAAAAAAhUY/GFv9ovVOJFw/s1600/MY%2BGOD%2521%2BMAIWAND%2521%2B66TH%2BREG%2BOF%2BFOOT%2B12A.JPG)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9UwR50DmIIE/VZt8AP8Jz1I/AAAAAAAAhUo/05Gr5pXJ0dc/s1600/MY%2BGOD%2521%2BMAIWAND%2521%2B66TH%2BREG%2BOF%2BFOOT%2B12C.JPG)
Thanks for looking,
Darrell.g]
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They look great!
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Nice work on those Brits,how would you compare the Afghans from this range with those lovely Perry's you posted earlier ? :)
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Nice work on those Brits,how would you compare the Afghans from this range with those lovely Perry's you posted earlier ? :)
The Artizan Brits (and Afghans) are definitely larger then the old Perry Foundry sculpts. Still, it won't be very noticeable on the table top and I plan on using Afghans from Foundry, Studio Miniatures and Wargames Foundry in my skirmish games.
For regimental actions I'm waiting for the Perry wheels to start turning (usually with a fizz) on their Second Afghan War range.
Hope that helps? If not, once i have a number of the Afghans painted from the different ranges I'll be sure to post up a size comparison if someone hasn't beaten me to the post.
Darrell.
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Will look forward to that :)
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That's interesting - I painted the officer puttees blue in my diorama, but I was under the impresson the rank and file wore slightly darker puttees than the actual uniform khaki - I did mine a brownish shade, Foundry Peaty Brown, I think from memory...
Can't remember where I got that info for colours from as it was a few years back now...I'll dig around a bit and see if I can locate it...
Nice shots of the individual models, BTW... I want to get mine done but am 'all kharkeed out' with all the Colonial stuff I did earlier in the year... lol
Just to come back to this topic for a short while Andy; I've just read in Mike Snook's, Into the Jaws of Death: British Military Blunders 1879 - 1900 and I quote, "The men of the 66th were clad in standard lightweight foreign service helmet, khaki tunics and trousers, black ammunition-boots and navy blue puttees worn to the knee". Going on Mike's reputation for being a fountain of knowledge when it comes to Victorian Warfare I reckon that I have got the colour of the puttees correct for all ranks.
Cheers,
Darrell
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Lovely paint job - very nice indeed!...and I must say an excellent 2nd Afghan War range by Artizan...they slipped by me. Very comprehensive.
Snook's book looks good. He certainly is producing superb stuff. It'd be great if he widened his Victorian field of view and explored some of the lesser campaigns or expeditions so perhaps we'll see that in the future...certainly a good time to be interested in the Victorian 'Scramble for Africa' period.
Happy W
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Lovely paint job - very nice indeed!...and I must say an excellent 2nd Afghan War range by Artizan...they slipped by me. Very comprehensive.
Snook's book looks good. He certainly is producing superb stuff. It'd be great if he widened his Victorian field of view and explored some of the lesser campaigns or expeditions so perhaps we'll see that in the future...certainly a good time to be interested in the Victorian 'Scramble for Africa' period.
Happy W
I agree. Still, one can only work at a certain pace. Perhaps there will be something akin to what you describe in the years to come(?). Time will tell.
Darrell.
Darrell.
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Wonderful work indeed Darrell !
Which colours did you use for the khaki?
They look really slendid and suitable.
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superb !!!!! :o :o :o :o
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Wonderful work indeed Darrell !
Which colours did you use for the khaki?
They look really slendid and suitable.
One of the AK Paints British WWI Uniform sets- well, the lightest colour in that set and highlighted up with Vallejo Model Colour Ivory.
Hope that helps? There are two British sets- I'll check to see which one I used and report back today.
Darrell.
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Hi Darrell,
many thanks, that would help indeed.
Or maybe a VMC colour that works as well?
Cheers
Stefan
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Hi Darrell,
No probs- happy to help :)
many thanks, that would help indeed.
Or maybe a VMC colour that works as well?
It was AK English Uniform Light so a good Vallejo Model Colour equivalent for a base coat would be VMC Khaki Light with a bit of VMC Light Sand (or perhaps something slightly darker mixed in). I've had a good look through all my Vallajo paints and I couldn't find a direct equivalent..... o_o
Hope that is of some help Stefan?
Darrell.
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Sure, thanks again!
The VMC mixture sounds like a good point to start from. I'll try it at the new Perry plastics as soon as they hit my painting table.
Cheers
Stefan
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Be sure that you post up plenty of pics of the the results Stefan :)
Be great to see them 8) 8)
Darrell.
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Be sure that you post up plenty of pics of the the results Stefan :)
Be great to see them 8) 8)
Darrell.
I don't want to spoil your threat with my pictures but since you asked... ;)
Here's a pictures of the first three NWF figures I painted:
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PMcKyExy9lw/VwfA1tDEn-I/AAAAAAAAExo/9ztrNM98s7MSV3IxqCmgWqMTwUp_CNFBw/s1600/Brit_NWF_03.JPG)
Some chaps of the 72nd Highlanders who served in Afghanistan with the 'Indian Service Dress'. More information and more pictures on my blog: Here (http://montys-caravan.blogspot.de/2016/04/72nd-highlanders-for-nwf-first-trio.html).
Many thanks for your advice!
Cheers
Stefan
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The peak of tartan under the puttees - stunning painting.
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Excellent stuff Darrell as usual!!! ;) :D
Rafa
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Those look great, Monty! Their trews look spot on.
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I'm going to have to have a go at the 72nd myself :)
And now that I have three boxes full I have no excuses!! lol lol lol
Better get glueing and filing :D
Darrell.
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Many thanks for your kind feedback!
I'm looking forward to seeing your incarnation of the 72nd. ;)
Cheers
Stefan
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I always remember this battle and the Berkshires, because Doctor John Watson, mentions in the story "A Study in Scarlet" that he was badly wounded at Maiwand, while attached to the regiment and only survived it due to his orderly's efforts.