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Offline THE CID

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44th make their last stand at Gandamak.
« on: 17 August 2016, 12:58:51 PM »
I painted these Studio Miniatures as soon as they arrived from their recent Kickstarter. Hopefully I've captured their terrible plight.
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Offline Malamute

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Re: 44th make their last stand at Gandamak.
« Reply #1 on: 17 August 2016, 01:00:19 PM »
Nicely done :)
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Re: 44th make their last stand at Gandamak.
« Reply #2 on: 17 August 2016, 02:41:10 PM »
I like those  :-*

Cheers

Keith


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Re: 44th make their last stand at Gandamak.
« Reply #3 on: 17 August 2016, 04:09:53 PM »
Well painted.
I love them.
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Offline sjwalker51

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Re: 44th make their last stand at Gandamak.
« Reply #4 on: 17 August 2016, 04:40:10 PM »
I haven't got past opening the box yet! Very nicely done, where did you get the uniform references from?

Offline THE CID

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Re: 44th make their last stand at Gandamak.
« Reply #5 on: 17 August 2016, 06:40:33 PM »
I haven't got past opening the box yet! Very nicely done, where did you get the uniform references from?
thanks for all the nice comments. I looked at various sources for the uniform, Osprey North west frontier and old oil paintings etc. One article I read mentioned the officers could have had facing colours on their greatcoats. I decided to add a bit more colour, due to the drab nature of the winter wear.

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Re: 44th make their last stand at Gandamak.
« Reply #6 on: 17 August 2016, 07:31:15 PM »
I haven't got past opening the box yet! Very nicely done, where did you get the uniform references from?
I remember a Bill Horan diorama of this Last Stand , in an old Military Modelling magazine, and he's depicted an nco in a greatcoat with yellow collar,cuffs and chevrons.
If that's any help ?
I think they look great and agree the added colour works  :)

Cheers

Keith

Offline Mad Guru

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Re: 44th make their last stand at Gandamak.
« Reply #7 on: 17 August 2016, 07:48:40 PM »
Wow, great work!  Really wish I'd gotten around to signing up for that KickStarter.  Hopefully they'll be available for sale to the general public relatively soon -- albeit at slightly higher cost.
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Re: 44th make their last stand at Gandamak.
« Reply #8 on: 17 August 2016, 08:00:36 PM »
I remember that great diorama from Military Modelling! It's even more evocative than the famous painting.

Must try to persuade Studio to produce some more packs that replicate other poses from it - casualties, infantry without greatcoats etc.

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Re: 44th make their last stand at Gandamak.
« Reply #9 on: 17 August 2016, 08:42:11 PM »


Must try to persuade Studio to produce some more packs that replicate other poses from it - casualties, infantry without greatcoats etc.
Does this range have specific nco minis in it,also it would be great to see some of the other poses replicated. :)

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Re: 44th make their last stand at Gandamak.
« Reply #10 on: 17 August 2016, 08:47:46 PM »
Very good  :)

cheers

James

Offline robh

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Re: 44th make their last stand at Gandamak.
« Reply #11 on: 18 August 2016, 02:21:58 PM »
Must try to persuade Studio to produce some more packs that replicate other poses from it - casualties, infantry without greatcoats etc.

Although very keen on it as a concept I left the skirmish line pack off my pledge in the end for exactly this reason.
Lovely figures but too many in greatcoat/shako combination. Some in Tunic with forage cap or bareheaded would be great to go with this set.

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Re: 44th make their last stand at Gandamak.
« Reply #12 on: 18 August 2016, 04:32:05 PM »
I feel cold just looking at those photos! Nicely done.
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Offline traveller

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Re: 44th make their last stand at Gandamak.
« Reply #13 on: 18 August 2016, 07:40:49 PM »
Wonderful work! I will use this as a template when I paint mine   :)

Offline Jeff965

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Re: 44th make their last stand at Gandamak.
« Reply #14 on: 18 August 2016, 10:46:09 PM »
Nice work  :-*

 

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