Artizan 2nd Afghan British and Sikh Infantry

[Arthur]

http://www.artizandesigns.com/list.php?man=23&page=1

[Ray Earle]

Great stuff. Glad I got these ordered, even without the pictures up on the Northstar site. 

[Arthur]

There are still a couple of packs awaiting pictures on the Artizan website (a character figure of a British officer with a cup of teas and a pack of British infantry at ready) : it's probably a matter of days before they get a photo as well.

[former user]

bloody hell! I can't tell which are the best sculpted british colonials I  have ever seen, these or Paul Hicks' Zulu range... the two must meet in secrecy. This is the anti-Perry style conspiracy. fine with me

[Atheling]

Absolutely stunning sculpts but more to the point, I know what to buy now (nearly!)  .

 

Darrell.

[smirnoff]

Officers look just cracking, nabbed them and the one with the tea

[Plynkes]

Some of the puttees look a bit off to me. Those kneeling fellas appear to have coils of metal around their ankles, rather than flat strips of cloth. Shame really, because apart from that those are my favourite figures from the release. Their kneeling poses are great.

Other than that, really nice.

[Driscoles]

The Sikh look stiff to me.
The other miniatures  are nice.

[former user]

I guess this is the Mike Owen style one has to like or not. Puttees are difficult. I think Copplestone is the only one who gets them right. What surprizes me a bit is the lack of variation in the leg postures, he should have a few more dollies for that

[Ray Earle]

Some of the best firing poses I think I've seen from Mike to be honest, they look natural. I can live with the puttees, they'll look fine when they're painted.

Sikhs probably look a bit odd due to the big headwear and bayonets on the end of the rifles. Might be the angle of the figures as well.

Roll on the highlanders. 

[Atheling]

Some of the best firing poses I think I've seen from Mike to be honest, they look natural. I can live with the puttees, they'll look fine when they're painted.

Sikhs probably look a bit odd due to the big headwear and bayonets on the end of the rifles. Might be the angle of the figures as well.

I'm confident that they will all will look great when painted up.

Roll on the highlanders.  

Did the Highland regiments involved wear kilts on campaign in this period? Serious question as i don't know the answer   .

Darrell.

[Captain Blood]

The British officers are superb and I will be adding to my NWF collection.
The squaddies a bit less so. I like the kneeling figures, but the standing loading figure looks distinctly knock-kneed, and one or two of the Sikh poses do look a bit stiff...

Mike's one of my all-time favourite sculptors. But I've often thought that while his character / officer figures are always top-notch, his rank-and-file figures never quite match up in quality. They sometimes look a bit stiff and staid by comparison...  

[Plynkes]

Did the Highland regiments involved wear kilts on campaign in this period? Serious question as i don't know the answer   .

It depends. In Afghanistan he 92nd wore kilts, while the 72nd wore tartan trews. In Zululand the 91st wore trews.

[Ray Earle]

You'll know better than me Plynkes, but, from the illustrations I've seen it looks like the Seaforths didn't appear to wear puttees with the trews. I believe officers were properly attired.. Would this be common?

[Plynkes]

I'm not very clued-up on this particular war, I'm afraid. But I think the jury is out on that particular question. One source says loose trews, another puttees of an unknown colour. It could be that both are true at different times.


I do know the officers had tartan puttees that matched the trews, which would be either heaps of fun or an absolute nightmare to paint, depending on how you feel about tartan.