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Offline RedRowan

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New Perry Cape War British
« on: September 29, 2016, 04:58:47 PM »
Some new British for the Cape Wars are now available on the Perry's website.

Steve

« Last Edit: September 29, 2016, 07:23:27 PM by RedRowan »

Offline Arthur

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Re: New Perry Cape War British
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2016, 05:01:25 PM »
Better with pics you can see  ;) :







http://www.perry-miniatures.com/index.php

Offline RedRowan

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Re: New Perry Cape War British
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2016, 07:20:38 PM »
Not sure what happened, they appeared fine when I posted them. Edited my first post to remove the problem links.

Steve
« Last Edit: September 29, 2016, 07:24:32 PM by RedRowan »

Offline Firescale Whack

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Re: New Perry Cape War British
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2016, 03:57:12 AM »
These look excellent! Besides cape wars, could these chaps be used for anywhere else aswell?

Offline olyreed

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Re: New Perry Cape War British
« Reply #4 on: September 30, 2016, 07:10:16 AM »
Those are very nice, consider them bought

Offline sjwalker51

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Re: New Perry Cape War British
« Reply #5 on: September 30, 2016, 08:39:56 AM »
The accompanying notes mention they're also suitable for New Zealand and first Afghan War. Don't know about other campaigns of the 1840-50s, such as the Opium Wars?

Offline carlos marighela

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Re: New Perry Cape War British
« Reply #6 on: September 30, 2016, 09:06:51 AM »
With a little paint and or green stuff, they would be good for Scinde, scene of the world's undisputed best pun.*






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Offline italwars

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Re: New Perry Cape War British
« Reply #7 on: September 30, 2016, 01:07:24 PM »
please and advice from experst on British Army..that headgear is it the same usede by British officers and also men during the Zulu War ecc?....in this case , i would maybe buy those Perry figures as i already own some Xhosas,...and sacrifice one head (cutting it and replacing with a bare bandaged one) and use it on a AZW British officer or a driver for more variety

Offline Mad Guru

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Re: New Perry Cape War British
« Reply #8 on: September 30, 2016, 09:21:52 PM »
Italwars,

Not EXACTLY the same peaked caps, but close enough that if you only wanted to use a couple of them, I think you could make them work very well.  They should probably have their height sanded down a bit so they're not as high, but they might be able to pass as 1870s-1880s "forage caps" as is.  If you did sand or otherwise trim them down, you might want to slice off the little "pom-pom"/button on the top, and then glue it back on in the same spot -- but I freely admit that's a lot of effort that only obsessive/compulsive button-counter types (of which I am one!) would fret over!
"We shall see what wisdom lies beneath my madness!"

Offline Kommando_J

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Re: New Perry Cape War British
« Reply #9 on: October 01, 2016, 12:01:36 PM »
I'd hold off as the Perrys are planning on doing AZW troops at some point.





Offline italwars

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Re: New Perry Cape War British
« Reply #10 on: October 01, 2016, 12:39:16 PM »
Italwars,

obsessive/compulsive button-counter types (of which I am one!) would fret over!

thanks for your kind and accurate explanation Mad Guru...your definition "obsessive button-counter type" is fantastic  ;) :D...i try to think about myself that i do not belong, as concern our hobby, to this category that touch the "nerd" definiton...but in fact the evidence suggest that i fully deserve the definition.... :)
thanks again


Offline Mad Guru

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Re: New Perry Cape War British
« Reply #11 on: October 01, 2016, 09:09:45 PM »
My pleasure, glad to be of assistance!

Apologies for slightly derailing the original topic of this thread, but I just realized Empress already make at least 2 officers wearing the cap I think you're looking for...

On the far right in this first pic:



...and second from left here:



« Last Edit: October 01, 2016, 09:12:10 PM by Mad Guru »

 

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