Completed colonial New Zealand Wars British in blue jumpers

[Arteis]

I’ve finally completed painting my first couple of units of infantry from Perry Miniatures’ conjectural British Intervention Force range. 

My British infantry, however, are anything but conjectural, as I’ve painted them to represent the soldiers who fought in the colonial New Zealand Wars during the 1860s/70s.  In this theatre, instead of the tradition red coat, the British soldier wore a blue ‘smock’ or ‘jumper’, which was a loose-fitting jacket with a single breast pocket.

More info and pics here:  https://arteis.wordpress.com/2014/11/02/fire-in-the-fern-blue-coated-british-of-the-colonial-new-zealand-wars/

[Dr DeAth]

Nice brushwork

[marianas_gamer]

Very nice I always look forward to your NZ posts and hope to see these fellows in action soon.
LB

[Romark]

Nice work on those Perry minis,I'm sure they'll be cropping up in lots of games and periods in the coming months,especially as there's artillery and cavalry in the pipeline.

[Lowtardog]

Very nicely done roly

[fantail]

Great job. Any  cunning plan on what to do with the "left over"  ensigns?

[carlos marighela]

Very nice work Roly!

[Arteis]

Any cunning plan on what to do with the "left over"  ensigns?

Two of the four ensigns may end up carrying binoculars (correct for the period??) or telescopes, instead of flag poles.

The other two may end up carrying plain union jack flags, because although colours were left behind, I've found evidence that at least one regiment had a plain union jack, as well as plenty of pictorial evidence of such flags flying over camps.  But whether these plain flags were actually carried into battle is a moot point ...

 

[Saxon Dog]

Lovely