Ghurkha's 1920s

[smirnoff]

Apologies if this has been the subject of another thread. I've had a dig about via search but cannot find the answer to this question:

Who does 28mm Ghurkhas suitable for the 1920s on the NWF?

[Renaud]

Woodbine designs ?



http://www.grippingbeast.com/shop.php?CatID=407

[Svennn]

and Copplestone of course.

How much of a stickler do you want to be? How about the Pontoonier ones from Frontline which are 1880's but would add variety as I am guessing you already have the others.  They are Paul Hicks sculpts but a tad smaller than his current stuff, I wonder if Woodbine heads with the more modern hats would fit?

Svennn

[smirnoff]

and Copplestone of course.

How much of a stickler do you want to be? How about the Pontoonier ones from Frontline which are 1880's but would add variety as I am guessing you already have the others.  They are Paul Hicks sculpts but a tad smaller than his current stuff, I wonder if Woodbine heads with the more modern hats would fit?

Svennn

Thanks for help gents.
No stickling here.
I love Mark's stuff but I'm not keen on his Ghurkhas and only ones I have are Foundry for the 1898 Rebellion.
I'll have a squint at the Woodbine/Pontoonier combo

[smirnoff]

I love Mark's stuff but I'm not keen on his Ghurkhas  

If someone could hand me the salt I'll eat those words.
Must have been thinking of something else...

Anyone got/seem any images of Ghurkha's 3rd Afghan War-1920s please?
These are the ones on the Ghurkha Brigade Association site:
http://www.gurkhabde.com/between-the-wars/

[H.M.Stanley]

I have to admit that I'm rather fond of my Copplestone "NWF" Ghurkhas (EDIT: From the Copplestone BoB range not the Foundry Ghurkha figs which are for an earlier period)

Have you read Bugles and the Tiger?

[smirnoff]

I have to admit that I'm rather fond of my Copplestone NWF Ghurkas

Have you read The Bugle and the Tiger?

Yes, on a second look at them online and remembering I fought with them a few weeks ago I realised that I was talking tosh.
No I have not read that one HM.
On the list.

[Remington]

Is that Bugles and a Tiger: My Life in the Gurkhas by John Masters?

Would the NWF Gurkhas be suitable for the 1920? Would that apply to the Sikhs as well? (provided you're not too strict with historical accuracy)

[Plynkes]

Would the NWF Gurkhas be suitable for the 1920? Would that apply to the Sikhs as well? (provided you're not too strict with historical accuracy)

If you're still talking about the Copplestone Back-of-Beyond ones then the answer is yes and yes.

[Remington]

Yeah, I was sure about those, but somehow I thought that NWF Frontier Gurkhas, H.M. Stanley meant the Foundry ones... And that confused me.

[H.M.Stanley]

Is that Bugles and a Tiger: My Life in the Gurkhas by John Masters*?

Would the NWF Gurkhas be suitable for the 1920**? ...

Yes* and [what he said] yes**

[H.M.Stanley]

Yeah, I was sure about those, but somehow I thought that NWF Frontier Gurkhas, H.M. Stanley meant the Foundry ones... And that confused me.

Nope, i have Copplestone Ghurkas from the BoB range, which i use for the Waziristan Campaign, and rather splendid they are too. I bought them off a kind soul on LAF 

[Plynkes]

Yeah, I was sure about those, but somehow I thought that NWF Frontier Gurkhas, H.M. Stanley meant the Foundry ones... And that confused me.

Yes, that confused me too, which is why I checked which you were talking about.  

The Copplestone ones are in his Great War and Back of Beyond ranges. I don't think they're referred to as "NWF" anywhere.



Edit: Ah, I think we're all on the same page now. 

[Valerik]

Is that Bugles and a Tiger: My Life in the Gurkhas by John Masters?

It would have to be!!

John Masters' 'prequel' to his Road Past Mandalay Chindit masterpiece!

Masters did a year with the DCLI before being accepted for an 'audition' as a Ghurkhs subaltern.
His pre-war adventures, and the Syrian/Iraqi episodes, are superb reading!!
 
Must find my copy & review it again soon,thanks for the reminder.

I'll follow this thread with interest, I need some Gurkhas to use as my 1st Shikaris, for Pulp Alley.

Thus the samadh was perfect,
Thus was the lesson plain
Of the wrath of the First Shikaris -
The price of a white man slain;
And the men of the First Shikaris
Went back into camp again.

Full text of Rudyard Kipling's "The Grave of the Hundred Head" here:

http://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poems_gravehundred.htm

Yeah, likely they weren't Ghurkas, but it smacks of khukri handiwork to me...

Valerik

who does indeed realise there are many other martial races inhabiting the Indian subcontinent
I'm simply quite fond of Ghurkas, myth, legend, & fact

[H.M.Stanley]

If it helps ... my Copplestone BoB Ghurkhas (and British)