(Empress) Bukharan Cavalry

[Ignatieff]

This is certainly not a problem 

Especially because in the army of the Emir of Bukhara had a lot of Afghans who came to defend Bukhara from the godless Bolsheviks.

 

[Sparrow]

Brilliant!!!

[squeaky]

Lovely brushmanship Boss

[Costanzo]

Very nice pieces and painting!

[tomrommel1]

stunning indeed

[Casabianca]

Impressive photos and painting
top notch work ! 
Bravo.
Antoine.

[coggon]

  I might get round to commissioning more accurate sculpts one day....

Yes please, and sooner rather than later ?

Nicely painted figures too.

[syrinx0]

Beautiful work. The stripes are fantastic.

[Black Burt]

Lovely painting 

[Dr. Moebius]

Fantastic work Steve!

I like the painting style of the horses. The riders are stunning as well.

Thanks for sharing these gems.

Alexander

[Mike Blake]

A-MAZE-ING! Truly wonderful

Cuprum - what should the Bukharans (sp?) look like then? Fur hats? and?? I want to do some (in 54mm) so please share your expert knowledge (seriously - you are the doyen on such information).

[cuprum]

In Bukhara, the main nationality - Uzbek.

For Uzbeks nature of the widespread use (along with the traditional turban) national cap - skullcap.





The gown used as outerwear. He was always a long (necessarily below the knee, most often - almost to the ground).

Never has short sleeves. On the contrary - the sleeves are often very long and going to "accordion" on the hands.









Main shoes - boots made of soft leather. At the beginning of the 20th century - with a high heel. Especially when a man on horseback. Trousers are always tucked into boots. Slippers are only used at home.

Therefore, an Uzbek and Afghan is very different in appearance.

[Mike Blake]

Tx Cuprum. So - Afghan coats not long enough, some have short sleeves, both wrong for Bukharans. Poshteens wrong too? Waistcoats over robes wrong.

Um, by careful selection of figures and some greenstuff, it should be doable.

Any more illustrations for inspiration would be great.

[cuprum]

Yes, greenstuff - fully a recurring major "deviations" in the design the figures (except for typical headgear)
Now I do not have access to my "archive" photo. If you want, I can post them later.

I did not understand what the word "Poshteens"...   

[Sir Rodney Ffing]

I did not understand what the word "Poshteens"...   

It's an Afghan coat made out of sheep or goatskin with the fleece on the inside. Can be with or without long sleeves.  Great for the NW Frontier, and the long sleeve version was also very popular with university students in the UK in my day!