Perry miniatures and Colonel Snook together again for the Cape Frontier

[joroas]

Cape Frontier Wars figures are now available! 

The range will cover the conflicts between the British, the Cape Colony, and the amaXhosa for the 6th, 7th and 8th Cape Frontier Wars of 1834-5, 1846-7 and 1850-53.  This range will tie in with the two volumes of 'Cape Warriors' by Col Mike Snook that Perry Miniatures publish (the first volume of which will be in our Book section soon, after being released at Salute).
 The range will also include the amaNdebele, amaZulu and Basotho as well as figures for the Anglo-Boer confrontations in Natal (1842) and across the Orange River (1845 and 1848).
 There are a few more pictures of the figures in situ on our Facebook page.
   
Cape Frontier Wars

28mm metal figures made by Alan and Michael Perry

British Forces

CFB 1 72nd Highlander command ( with officers pack horse, 6th CFW)

CFB 2 72nd Highlanders, centre companies, skirmishing (6th CFW)

CFB 3 Officers in shell jackets and casual dress (7th/8th CFW)

CFB 4 Infantry in shell jackets and forage caps skirmishing (7th/8th CFW)

CFB 5 Infantry in shell jackets, blanket rolls and various headgear skirmishing (7th/8th CFW)

CFB 6 Infantry in coatees and various headgear skirmishing (7th/8th CFW)

CFB 7 Infantry in coatees and night caps skirmishing (7th/8th CFW)

CFB 8 Cape Town levy marching casually (6th/7th/8th CFW)


Cape Warriors

CFW 1 Xhosa advancing/ attacking with spears and shields

CFW 2 Xhosa skirmishing with muskets

[ARKOUDAKI]

Some great looking Cape War figs...with lots of other potential uses!

[Eclaireur]

yep, some really great looking figures there - so much character. will be interesting to see what kind of Xhosa, or indeed Boer, codes they add...

[Arthur]

[Nikfu]

 Auwehhhhh...too good to be ignored.
Recommended ruleset?

[traveller]

Would the infantry in shell jackets have the same uniform as the Foundry/Perry Sikh Wars British infantry have? I have a fair amount of those and it would be nice to mix them...

[THE CID]

The workhouse beckons again. These have so many uses.

[tomek917]

These are lovely!

Can't wait to see the rest!

[Arthur]

Would the infantry in shell jackets have the same uniform as the Foundry/Perry Sikh Wars British infantry have? I have a fair amount of those and it would be nice to mix them...

The uniform is substantially the same, yes : the figures are lacking the HEIC waistbelt used in Indian by many Queen's regiments but that isn't so noticeable. However, expect the new Perry Miniatures castings to be significantly taller than their 25/26mm Foundry cousins.

As the Perry ad indicates, the pack in regulation uniform and uncovered forage cap will work just fine for the British Auxiliary Legion during the First Carlist War and can also be used to supplement the Empress Maori War range.

[traveller]

The uniform is substantially the same, yes : the figures are lacking the HEIC waistbelt used in Indian by many Queen's regiments but that isn't so noticeable. However, expect the new Perry Miniatures castings to be significantly taller than their 25/26mm Foundry cousins.

As the Perry ad indicates, the pack in regulation uniform and uncovered forage cap will work just fine for the British Auxiliary Legion during the First Carlist War and can also be used to supplement the Empress Maori War range.

Thats great news! Many thanks

[Marine0846]

Wow, love the figures.
Will be fun for skirmish games
and who knows what else.

[Happy Wanderer]

"Recommended ruleset?"

There is a new release of Sharp Practice (V2) due out in a couple of weeks.

Other option is the totally usable Muskets & Tomahawks system by Studio Tomahawk which covers this 'musket era' nicely and has the added benefit of the asymmetry of  regular, provincial and tribal force as a central design philosophy. Reading the lardy blog SPv2 seems aimed at the white man's conflicts amongst themselves though they can off course be tweaked to account for tribals I'm sure...

However, IMHO M&T models the way these troops interact very nicely as a core design concept...that's why I use them for later colonials as well and would use them for Cape Wars as well.

I plan on using M&T...

Cheers

Happy W

[Lt. Hazel]

Auwehhhhh...too good to be ignored.
Recommended ruleset?

Triumph and Tragedy plus the Colonial Supplement. You need less miniatures than for SP2,  and it is a lot of fun to use it!

[Nikfu]

Thanks guys!
M&T seems to be a very good idea, i like the ruleset and the Setting seems pretty interchangeable.
Will try T&T, too.
SP is reserved for Napo skirmish in a Future far far away 

[Kommando_J]

I've asked them but asking here too, would the american civil war rioters/civilians be usable alongside the militia?