Third Afghan War

[Ignatieff]

I shall have a look.

I have among other things the wonderfully exciting full twelve volume illustrated tomes of "Stirrups of the Afridis" by Sir Eyehave Strange-Hobbies.

Seriously , I think I do have some books which may be of help.

Marvellous man!

[Hammers]

No luck I am mafraid. There are a pitiful few images of what you are asking for in the books I have. The images of pathans are few as it is and when they are captured on film they tend to be lined up for a group shot, scowling uneasily at the camera as they are waiting to be sentenced to something harsh. The horses, if any at all are present, tend to be in the background.

Buth then I came to think about the Central Asian buzkashi (a more vicious form of polo)  which lead me to this book:



If you can get hold of that (it aint cheap from whart I can tell) I am sure you'll find what you need.

[Ignatieff]

Thanks mate!

[Paul @ Empress Miniatures]

The next three packs to be releasesd are.........roll of the drums;

Two packs of infantry. These are split into one pack of bolt action rifles and one of Martini - Henry so usable for earlier conflicts. The figures have seperate heads and so many variations can be achieved.






The next pack is tribesmen using a captured Stokes Mortar. The anti tank man is using a popular weapon of the time a petrol bomb. In this case a Camp Coffee bottle. Those of you that are old enough to remember the original labels recently replaced will hopefully get the joke.  





There will be more releases in this range over the next few weeks which will include command groups, cavalry and more support. Then we will start to plan the Brits. You can see these at Salute and if you want to buy there we suggest that you pre order.

[Ignatieff]

 

[carlos marighela]

Very nice indeed and the Camp Coffee molotov gag is sublime!

[Paul @ Empress Miniatures]

Well done. I was worried I was the only one that would understand the hidden joke 

[moonshado]

I missed the possibility of it being a Camp Coffee bottle, I had assumed it was a Bombay Sapphire gin bottle.

[Earther]

Then we will start to plan the Brits.

Excellent!

[Captain Blood]

Gorgeous.

Hammers... Are you sure you don't want me to add these to your Salute shopping list? 

[Blackwolf]

They are rather nice

[Ignatieff]

I missed the possibility of it being a Camp Coffee bottle, I had assumed it was a Bombay Sapphire gin bottle.

Everybody knows Bombay Saphire was in invented in the 1980's!  In which case it must be a Johnnie Walker Black label bottle.  I'll have to have a selection of period drinks done for these methinks!

[carlos marighela]

Everybody knows Bombay Saphire was in invented in the 1980's!  In which case it must be a Johnnie Walker Black label bottle.  I'll have to have a selection of period drinks done for these methinks!

Johnny Walker? Good God man! Would you really expect any self respecting tribesman to drink blended whisky? Perish the thought.  An Islay malt or be buggered.

Can't be gin, the bottle is the wrong shape for  Gordons and also for Tanqueray, which has that nice mid waist grip to it, perfect for a molotov.

[Ignatieff]

Johnny Walker? Good God man! Would you really expect any self respecting tribesman to drink blended whisky? Perish the thought.  An Islay malt or be buggered.

Can't be gin, the bottle is the wrong shape for  Gordons and also for Tanqueray, which has that nice mid waist grip to it, perfect for a molotov.

All good points, well made.

[marianas_gamer]

Well I have found Johnny Walker bottles mixed in with Japanese sake and beer bottles in Japanese interwar trash pits on the island of Saipan why not in the Hindu-Kush, beyond connoisseurship and taste that is?
LB