SI’s Dorking 1875: UD 11/4 British Lifeguards converted

[Silent Invader]

Thats another great idea, a fight in a Victorian industrial zone.

A whole other dimension

[commissarmoody]

Dust up at the Brick house! 

[OSHIROmodels]

It's a potato shed 

[Silent Invader]

Dust up at the Brick house! 

That’s the game title, right there!

[Silent Invader]

It's a potato shed 

Lol

Your obsession with the humble potato will be disappointed, as the farmland here is almost completely cereal (though in recent times that given over to grazing tends to be for horses rather than sheep or cattle).

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[Silent Invader]

Did I take you too seriously? 

[OSHIROmodels]

Just a tad 

A hops farm would be good though 

[commissarmoody]

Thanks chaps. It’s a lot of fun trying to get into the nitty gritty of detail that Chesney left out of his story. At the moment I’m also reading the reactionary follow-up (a much more jingoistic story by Stone) that has the Germans defeated at Tunbridge Wells.

What is the name of that book, if you dont mind telling me that is.  Just finished reading Reminiscences of a Volunteer and need something new to read.
Oh and speaking of volunteers. I might be misremembering things, But didn't you have some photos of the completed rifle volunteers and a work in progress yeoman unit you where making posted up? I just reread the this thread and can not seem to find them.   

[Silent Invader]

Here you go:

What Happened After the Battle of Dorking: Reminiscences of a Volunteer. Being an Account of the Victory at Tunbridge Wells
Book by Charles John Stone
Available as a free PDF from Google Books

Regarding the missing images, yes I’ve been having a tidy up and reorganise. When I’ve finished painting the Essex Yeomanry Cavalry - almost all blocked under so not long now - I’ll add back images.

[commissarmoody]

Thanks, I will track it down.

And looking forward to seeing the Yeomen painted up. I was just worried that I was having an "Mandela effect" moment, and imagined the whole thing. 

[Silent Invader]

Have finally finished the conversions of Perry Nappy plastics to Essex Yeomanry Cavalry circa 1875. I’ve also finished a second unit of Bavarian Jägers and painted some barricades.

The officer, sergeant and trumpeter from the EYC:

   



At a glance they seem not a lot different to Nappy light cavalry BUT they have actually had a lot of work.

And here’s my second unit of 6 x Jägers, who are a very minor conversion of the Eagle of Empire Bavarian Infantry:



Here’s what the opposing forces are currently looking like:

BRITISH 60 figures in 6 units

35th (Royal Sussex) Infantry Regiment



Essex Yeomanry Cavalry



23rd Middlesex (Inns of Court) Rifle Volunteers



BAVARIAN 36 figures in 4 units

1st Jäger Battalion



12th Infantry Regiment



I mentioned barricades, which are resin casts by OSHIROmodelterrain, and will work both for streets and for my proposed brickyard.



As regards what comes next, it’ll probably be the Tower Hamlets Rifle Volunteers for the British and the Cuirassiers for the Bavarians. As regards terrain, I’m torn between working on houses, the railway, and the brickyard (the railway might win out).

[Malamute]

Awesome stuff! Loving those cavalry, a really striking uniform. Its turning into a great project.

[Silent Invader]

Awesome stuff! Loving those cavalry, a really striking uniform. Its turning into a great project.

Dashing Dandies all of them!

[Silent Invader]

I should have mentioned, I do plan to make some Hussar-style Yeomanry Cavalry (possibly Dorset) but they take an age to convert so I want to add a few more other units first.