tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26581839474377213882024-03-27T06:35:49.538+00:00Sands of Soudan‘It’s not all beer and skittles’JJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149186334983723631noreply@blogger.comBlogger160125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658183947437721388.post-75574888806369767082024-03-05T20:18:00.000+00:002024-03-05T20:18:41.486+00:00Last of the Beja. Yeah! Right!<b>I’ve scavenged the remaining bodies from the sprues and assembled another fifteen figures, augmented by a single metal sword-armed fellow.</b><br /><br />For now this really is the last of the Beja … as I think I mentioned in an earlier post, I am considering expanding all the bands by adding two figures to each … one can never have enough of these fearsome fellows.<br /><br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzrWewlAo8PM44YpriB5qMKBY7Qcy0VBWMeWGDt852AHsQ6bVRWng5zEOu7Z_QwXlv7nCHergbIPShlNB9Y6bKpDoy9C0xSP5Zu8ji_7_ZNYigH3ybhS51cRNHjOgJC5ww42O7j_jPwIQ5YePYl4ZzlISR2Idw_LqRVyOTPChyGPozKHc-hnUSLxcRd_I/s800/Beja.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzrWewlAo8PM44YpriB5qMKBY7Qcy0VBWMeWGDt852AHsQ6bVRWng5zEOu7Z_QwXlv7nCHergbIPShlNB9Y6bKpDoy9C0xSP5Zu8ji_7_ZNYigH3ybhS51cRNHjOgJC5ww42O7j_jPwIQ5YePYl4ZzlISR2Idw_LqRVyOTPChyGPozKHc-hnUSLxcRd_I/w400-h300/Beja.jpgg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A lone band of warriors … perhaps they’re off to reinforce their kinsmen.</td></tr></tbody></table>JJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149186334983723631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658183947437721388.post-23546045210201666912023-12-31T22:54:00.001+00:002024-02-17T12:22:40.458+00:00Happy New Year!<b>Happy New Year to my followers and visitors. I hope you’ve had a relaxing few days and got all the toys you wished for.</b><br /><br />I managed to get a fair bit done this year:<div>– King’s Royal Rifle Corps<br />– Black Watch<br />– Mahdist Krupp battery<br />– Red <i>rub</i><br />– Black <i>rub</i><br />– 9th Bengal Cavalry<br />– cavalry brigade command<br />– Drummer Jones<br />– a large hill in three sections<br /><br />With these I am drawing my Sudan project to a close for the moment. In future I’ll add mounted infantry to the cavalry brigade, an Indian infantry detachment, and then on to some Egyptians. Then there is the armed train project …<br /><br />So … what’s next? Obviously I <i>must</i> get some gaming in now I have a pretty substantial collection, and post photos of the action. My new project takes me back to the fifteenth century and the dynastic struggle between cousins known today as the Wars of the Roses. <a href="https://bloodymeadowsofengland.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Watch this space.</a><br /><br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNrt4SzeSSrfkypf4g0Jxs8h4FmscbyXOU1LXEmGUIf0dWvY99doDo6UdQxXh97lRwf91AyxRdf_iOq2-kR7r0E0qNAhy_z6U2mkyc_fNObJPfEtO2fOd6PFpfOnfTOkS3JkNyhZRP0bEqA-cqYV4ACs2oMuSOSVGpJI43cNkAsECh4pngETHgNIncENE/s800/StewartandCavalry200x800.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="800" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNrt4SzeSSrfkypf4g0Jxs8h4FmscbyXOU1LXEmGUIf0dWvY99doDo6UdQxXh97lRwf91AyxRdf_iOq2-kR7r0E0qNAhy_z6U2mkyc_fNObJPfEtO2fOd6PFpfOnfTOkS3JkNyhZRP0bEqA-cqYV4ACs2oMuSOSVGpJI43cNkAsECh4pngETHgNIncENE/w400-h100/StewartandCavalry200x800.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Brigadier-General Stewart, the 19th Hussars and 9th Bengal Cavalry.</td></tr></tbody></table></div>JJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149186334983723631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658183947437721388.post-70673364365907786532023-12-30T14:25:00.000+00:002023-12-30T14:25:49.315+00:009th Bengal Cavalry and Beja reinforcements<b>Today I finished basing the Indian cavalry, and very smart they look too. </b><br /><br />I have 16 Hadendowa to finish basing, the last of the plastic figures. There’s a handful of metal command types in boxes, so I am undecided whether to establish a fifth <i>rub</i> or expand the existing force, probably by adding two figures to each band. The latter would be the expedient, only requiring two crouching figures and six rifle-armed figures in addition to the 16.<br /><br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUbgLaew0aAoCPnMg1YJKaQ97z28XTWr0QdnBy3oiGMV8vKPIvPGSJ_m0cdMR8Sa7VzSyaWVCrcy10G5QibeQCZtL1C2yFzlHwd24L51lGmdNO7SkQzUUQz39N9_ib2nPcu-PCKfobp1Eniw9uHTzmTH4x2TR_-p7Lt2wJ0nNJAH0jz1jN22Ft9tyODp4/s800/16Hadendowa.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUbgLaew0aAoCPnMg1YJKaQ97z28XTWr0QdnBy3oiGMV8vKPIvPGSJ_m0cdMR8Sa7VzSyaWVCrcy10G5QibeQCZtL1C2yFzlHwd24L51lGmdNO7SkQzUUQz39N9_ib2nPcu-PCKfobp1Eniw9uHTzmTH4x2TR_-p7Lt2wJ0nNJAH0jz1jN22Ft9tyODp4/w400-h300/16Hadendowa.jpg" width="400" /></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKHZGwAdp5t7sWmbd1JdFakoGoEZU7aSVkHqlCM-t5TCNe1-PhKRTXZttqPmQqKFxPXtt03UXzZu7oKLIerAKCnYznB7nByYNcjrAb6FI-6qg7Ymmq3VndJfZ7ulE9hOb6A8kMpe-e-h46d2MQAiKrsIk040bQYf-5F62FWbGeXXJWk0bQeNOaGVH07F0/s800/StewartAndTaylor.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKHZGwAdp5t7sWmbd1JdFakoGoEZU7aSVkHqlCM-t5TCNe1-PhKRTXZttqPmQqKFxPXtt03UXzZu7oKLIerAKCnYznB7nByYNcjrAb6FI-6qg7Ymmq3VndJfZ7ulE9hOb6A8kMpe-e-h46d2MQAiKrsIk040bQYf-5F62FWbGeXXJWk0bQeNOaGVH07F0/w400-h300/StewartAndTaylor.jpg" width="400" /></a>
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</td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Top-to bottom: One can never have enough Beja; Brigadier-General Herbert Stewart and his Brigade Major, Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor; Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Palmer and 9th Bengal Cavalry.</td></tr></tbody></table>JJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149186334983723631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658183947437721388.post-21395370574405471972023-12-24T14:53:00.003+00:002023-12-24T15:07:56.978+00:00Mount-up for a Merry Christmas<b>Merry Christmas to my followers and visitors. Remarkably the page views have passed 17,000 … which seems pretty amazing to me. I am pleased my musings seem to have some reach, and I hope I have inspired some of you to venture into the Sudan for an adventure like mine. Thank you everyone.</b><br /><br />Today I glued the Bengal Cavalry riders to their mounts and attached half of the pennons to lances … and now I am quite excited about getting this unit based.<br /><br />I trimmed the Empress Miniatures’ pennons to half their height, coloured the edges of the red swallow tail section, and gently curled them around my smallest painting brush. After checking each lance for fit to a rider’s hand, I super-glued the pennons to the shafts. The double thickness folded paper of the pennon results in an edge with enough area to give adequate adhesion. I think these will prove to be robust, especially since I avoid touching my figures directly – instead handling them by the bases they are attached to.<br /><br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7HadDNw2o_dBJBVQyqrIM-0e_BHhLCDAIQb1S9Y8s7dI7UuduoUM35q1hHE18xH0DlAisbV2232548xyAOe-PD3OzJg-FPUwXNdT1pvdf1bnqGiFQRup8lwnhwzId647PlLV18qTyKdvwqG6aHH9Vj0mbQRajkE6mi8fNE_T5Aa524A0qnOHQDHH2ang/s800/BengalCavalry.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7HadDNw2o_dBJBVQyqrIM-0e_BHhLCDAIQb1S9Y8s7dI7UuduoUM35q1hHE18xH0DlAisbV2232548xyAOe-PD3OzJg-FPUwXNdT1pvdf1bnqGiFQRup8lwnhwzId647PlLV18qTyKdvwqG6aHH9Vj0mbQRajkE6mi8fNE_T5Aa524A0qnOHQDHH2ang/w400-h300/BengalCavalry.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">9th Bengal Cavalry and the first six lances with pennons.</td></tr></tbody></table>JJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149186334983723631noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658183947437721388.post-70423148126664256012023-12-23T12:05:00.002+00:002023-12-30T13:54:47.199+00:009th Bengal Cavalry lance pennons<b>I have been thinking about how to go about the lance pennons since buying the miniatures and a set of Empress Miniatures’ pennons. </b><br /><br />It seems that the wargamer’s conventional approach is to wrap the pennon around the lance, which, while giving a sound fixing, isn’t really authentic. Today I made a search on The Miniatures Page, and found this<a href="http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=363609" target="_blank">thread</a>.<br /><br />I then made an internet search and found this <a href="https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/queen-victorian-era-british-army-cavalry-lance-wi-342-c-ed14e5d88d" target="_blank">auction lot</a>, which shows a metal strip attached to the side of a bamboo lance, with the pennon attached to that. While there is also evidence that pennons were tied to lances, this seems more practical from a modelling perspective, so I have decided to attempt this, probably by painting the metal strip on to the lance first. Let’s see …<div><br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJAljTmTriBhbwHXmrWJVwnyeIhCf8J78cVOAhW95Ab-_XNU82VCdBNTpyCh9YRIj8BNkvJWTdMgZTZEYVoUuSwc89_AKutCCTgtLwXV7vaxUE9Jjou0uNrOlTPLVjPdbONZCL6SBMPuExa8OCHD5CooqCOynE5Sa45lwSyh6mfhWbh6My86TEfmV38Oo/s800/LancePennon.jpg" text-align:="left"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJAljTmTriBhbwHXmrWJVwnyeIhCf8J78cVOAhW95Ab-_XNU82VCdBNTpyCh9YRIj8BNkvJWTdMgZTZEYVoUuSwc89_AKutCCTgtLwXV7vaxUE9Jjou0uNrOlTPLVjPdbONZCL6SBMPuExa8OCHD5CooqCOynE5Sa45lwSyh6mfhWbh6My86TEfmV38Oo/w400-h300/LancePennon.jpg" width="400" /></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs37K5PhFM-kyT7uOL5lVFDX7L0igUsCosShhm-JWM49hG2ygZ9Rbf35H1khaYZzdBQDkBj0fsEG0fT5O7okMDGbkFwEhew1Ff9u_8tSyOxPdhwytts_6HgATyLlvDAMR2MSiqHa2x9eqk5HKkzRPhs3r_EWU6XJViLiT8JCYt8ozQpAOS0BH0EH4qwik/s800/BenngalCavalryLanncePennons.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs37K5PhFM-kyT7uOL5lVFDX7L0igUsCosShhm-JWM49hG2ygZ9Rbf35H1khaYZzdBQDkBj0fsEG0fT5O7okMDGbkFwEhew1Ff9u_8tSyOxPdhwytts_6HgATyLlvDAMR2MSiqHa2x9eqk5HKkzRPhs3r_EWU6XJViLiT8JCYt8ozQpAOS0BH0EH4qwik/w400-h300/BenngalCavalryLanncePennons.jpg" width="400" /></a>
</td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Top: a Victorian era pennon attached to a metal strip on a bamboo lance. Above: a Perry Miniatures Bengal Cavalry sowar, lances, and the Empress Minniature’s pennons, which are clearly way too large.</td></tr></tbody></table></div>JJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149186334983723631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658183947437721388.post-21588402060197445372023-12-17T14:05:00.001+00:002023-12-23T11:34:19.987+00:00Varnishing the 9th Bengal Cavalry<b>I have had a bit of time this week so focused on finishing the Bengal Cavalry.</b><br /><br />The horses have had their final coat of matt varnish and the riders have had two coats of gloss; the matt will go on tomorrow. I anticipate the task of adding the pennons to the bamboo lances will be a bit tricky … wait to see.<br /><br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFxialLa6TAg0_W6xVUpo7xW1UOAnnS7UdGHZBj8t_8OZY5TH9I-bmXGGUHG36DW00k9_sbBbFVai4Hh9CJKm5qMuo8jslx0FgRUDcYbukOKr4zLp1vegzMXESKi91K4OGoXUK-PYvxf_eL_VeOmFkSymKEVvaTafSoZt8Tpetqz23jdpX5PqaIMUsymw/s800/9BengalCavalry.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFxialLa6TAg0_W6xVUpo7xW1UOAnnS7UdGHZBj8t_8OZY5TH9I-bmXGGUHG36DW00k9_sbBbFVai4Hh9CJKm5qMuo8jslx0FgRUDcYbukOKr4zLp1vegzMXESKi91K4OGoXUK-PYvxf_eL_VeOmFkSymKEVvaTafSoZt8Tpetqz23jdpX5PqaIMUsymw/w400-h300/9BengalCavalry.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Gloss and matt … nearly ready for basing.</td></tr></tbody></table>JJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149186334983723631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658183947437721388.post-84786582550167348552023-11-15T21:30:00.003+00:002023-12-23T11:35:51.462+00:00The Black Watch and Drummer Jones<b>Languishing since the end of January, my Drummer Jones mini-me is finally finished, joining the freshly matt varnished Black Watch in theatre.</b><br /><br />I have to say that I really like the look of the larger number of figures that comprise the Scottish contingent, which begins to reflect the numbers of men in theatre (eg 320 KRRC and 750 Black Watch at second El Teb), although I have no plans to enlarge any of my other units.<br /><br />Now to finish the Bengal cavalry …<br /><br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbYyRJZGIivTIAi79WXeEwfDXQwLGpnCnxRUbNVqBlxGDgEqnxdJok2eqQE0Tuj2-QoM4dn5czU4qD3lvK1VKgiW3LhcAVZBz_tF-lzWy2lIgF6L1k5MQ0lVMJ5t4wIU58pbv-OtdUTEoZkEBMIzollJ07PgW7gJa7CzruPJVfPNYvRzMh0u0YQN_oBjE/s800/Black%20Watch%2001.jpg" text-align:="left"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbYyRJZGIivTIAi79WXeEwfDXQwLGpnCnxRUbNVqBlxGDgEqnxdJok2eqQE0Tuj2-QoM4dn5czU4qD3lvK1VKgiW3LhcAVZBz_tF-lzWy2lIgF6L1k5MQ0lVMJ5t4wIU58pbv-OtdUTEoZkEBMIzollJ07PgW7gJa7CzruPJVfPNYvRzMh0u0YQN_oBjE/w400-h200/Black%20Watch%2001.jpg" width="400" /></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBf3FPkjwtpAQ3CRhxkXpg4qCLorqhDIvGoUOro_o4FWIAj3TFtyhcpGix25XEumMWWrEM2bshd44onWqvAqkCpTvl7ez7nify7J4L_Lja1w-13NSCGsQJI1b5RpHc_xKdhELaW7LoSFzumZBHKYsm4HcAsGe3zGT91Y862dgIVDnehWmzTpWO9GLV2XI/s800/Black%20Watch%2002.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBf3FPkjwtpAQ3CRhxkXpg4qCLorqhDIvGoUOro_o4FWIAj3TFtyhcpGix25XEumMWWrEM2bshd44onWqvAqkCpTvl7ez7nify7J4L_Lja1w-13NSCGsQJI1b5RpHc_xKdhELaW7LoSFzumZBHKYsm4HcAsGe3zGT91Y862dgIVDnehWmzTpWO9GLV2XI/w400-h300/Black%20Watch%2002.jpg" width="400" /></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLPQVQpYAUpwwx5Feh669HK4RDmb_hSRvjGK3u2VLHlvA2fWvtBZV0J29M3G9TFPBL5fPTpp_BTz7r89C5CQEr4oBDNJK4uauHrPzNxP8RSu9Pd25iptNPdvH-Tw1kmbxl7WfWcjJ1tH2dYU3zuZLM93Rwhu2d4tYEdE76w5pYTdJuG1NIdeoWoS4H14s/s800/Drummer%20Jones.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLPQVQpYAUpwwx5Feh669HK4RDmb_hSRvjGK3u2VLHlvA2fWvtBZV0J29M3G9TFPBL5fPTpp_BTz7r89C5CQEr4oBDNJK4uauHrPzNxP8RSu9Pd25iptNPdvH-Tw1kmbxl7WfWcjJ1tH2dYU3zuZLM93Rwhu2d4tYEdE76w5pYTdJuG1NIdeoWoS4H14s/w400-h300/Drummer%20Jones.jpg" width="400" /></a>
</td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Two views of The Black Watch, and Drummer Jones feeling the heat.</td></tr></tbody></table>JJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149186334983723631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658183947437721388.post-27126021732734761152023-10-30T10:13:00.001+00:002023-10-30T10:13:45.729+00:00The Black Watch: the next twelve<b>The first twelve figures and the detachment’s CO and piper are now glued to bases, ready for scenic enhancement.</b><br /><br />The next twelve are ready for varnishing.<br /><br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFfMC3q7JnnfhCKUPnZTa2N1NtUL3bhveinfkO9H52ShZyG0gh-M4GkBcDBiAlXGQE-tzJQFWRGBmu1tekaFqws9fMJQ-Y3sLzmDApgGDMxIaurkGuncqRbLBG5PcBxkngzW6AGeYHIGyaWIido8V2S06OydSJtFx9_2_SBDgAdn2cm9Tcgyqe2bmYsAg/s800/BW%20wip.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFfMC3q7JnnfhCKUPnZTa2N1NtUL3bhveinfkO9H52ShZyG0gh-M4GkBcDBiAlXGQE-tzJQFWRGBmu1tekaFqws9fMJQ-Y3sLzmDApgGDMxIaurkGuncqRbLBG5PcBxkngzW6AGeYHIGyaWIido8V2S06OydSJtFx9_2_SBDgAdn2cm9Tcgyqe2bmYsAg/w400-h300/BW%20wip.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Slow going … but somewhat faster than I had anticipated.</td></tr></tbody></table>JJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149186334983723631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658183947437721388.post-45565422120955278212023-10-21T14:46:00.000+01:002023-10-21T14:46:31.913+01:00The Black Watch: the first twelve<b>The first twelve figures and the detachment’s CO and piper are almost ready for varnishing.</b><br /><br />Just a little retouching and highlighting to do, then three coats of varnish – the last a matt coat.<br /><br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5RaRaVWT1_L8UScKbTzoN_uOrGEMPs2SQoON65Db71ToRdf1kp0G34R5HzOBSvtWyg09gOtKsIvWvsdtD4LTaC3TVI06sswm0kvvT13s-KqymuT6DlW-exTXKCpkQlVc8LTQ_aGSUeHeWTTIZ_6lo0Ov7u6VGJc1tv45wtXhxNEPkLxe9OIcXjunW_0/s800/BW_first_12.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5RaRaVWT1_L8UScKbTzoN_uOrGEMPs2SQoON65Db71ToRdf1kp0G34R5HzOBSvtWyg09gOtKsIvWvsdtD4LTaC3TVI06sswm0kvvT13s-KqymuT6DlW-exTXKCpkQlVc8LTQ_aGSUeHeWTTIZ_6lo0Ov7u6VGJc1tv45wtXhxNEPkLxe9OIcXjunW_0/w400-h300/BW_first_12.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Not too shabby – definitely beginning to look the part. The mounted officer has a sword armed arm from the plastic British Infantry in Afghanistan and Sudan 1877–85 set.</td></tr></tbody></table>JJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149186334983723631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658183947437721388.post-27502884033229560672023-10-13T13:02:00.001+01:002023-10-13T13:04:13.478+01:00At last! The Black Watch kilts are finished!<b>Something of a relief – the Black Watch kilts and socks are now finished, as are their purses (sporrans). I’m now looking forward to the familiar territory of tunics, webbing, helmets and weapons.</b><br /><br />I’m rather hoping to make rapid progress with these now, so that I can then crack on with the Bengal Cavalry. I really want to have both units finished before Christmas.<br /><br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzQEmYM3xvUGBPNcQ2wDZRI9FmpBQLsmJanvH8RkN4IfTrRsNAMUSJFUFTVFD0dqE3AQf3KGDm5ME5UDOB-Vc1G29GunmQ8lusB2KZzR8lPKuKEB22ppUOx9YU3p7kupwd8bpksjtgrVUWDdMXxtN-aet4D7tlV0ooKG31hK4YMlIV_XMQlpFv5F16nG0/s800/BW.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzQEmYM3xvUGBPNcQ2wDZRI9FmpBQLsmJanvH8RkN4IfTrRsNAMUSJFUFTVFD0dqE3AQf3KGDm5ME5UDOB-Vc1G29GunmQ8lusB2KZzR8lPKuKEB22ppUOx9YU3p7kupwd8bpksjtgrVUWDdMXxtN-aet4D7tlV0ooKG31hK4YMlIV_XMQlpFv5F16nG0/w400-h300/BW.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Overall, I am quite pleased with these. (I’ll straighten the bent bayonets before I paint them – just once to avoid stressing the metal too much.)</td></tr></tbody></table>JJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149186334983723631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658183947437721388.post-50069479149293891832023-09-18T18:23:00.000+01:002023-09-18T18:23:15.138+01:00Slow going … Black Watch tartan<b>I am working on the Black Watch kilts and socks in batches of 12, and sub-batches of six. My plan is to finish the lower parts of all the miniatures before beginning the tunics etc.</b><br /><br />This is a painstaking process … and for all the effort only an approximation of the real thing. From my experience of painting <a href="https://sandsofsoudan.blogspot.com/2022/07/private-thomas-edwards-and-naval.html">Private Thomas Edwards</a> I know that once shaded the overall effect will be just fine.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the Bengal Cavalry languish … and I gestate a new project in a new period, of which more soon.<br /><br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxoytJrbXHPIMXGF0y1nXkj9fcEV34fYNFT3lFckRbL1AxOj9is0K4v8VHEXMnhEd6h0R0XF-LltRkcryP6nkWABnty7BtKf8f20r3TD8oQ3Co3C1yz2drDSEFn8jb3Xq4KO_-0dn6JgEUjqVQ_Y-mdUNlPpE2coWc7nIvlvMMyQxMJUqhbJD8EErGyQ0/s800/BW%20tartan.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxoytJrbXHPIMXGF0y1nXkj9fcEV34fYNFT3lFckRbL1AxOj9is0K4v8VHEXMnhEd6h0R0XF-LltRkcryP6nkWABnty7BtKf8f20r3TD8oQ3Co3C1yz2drDSEFn8jb3Xq4KO_-0dn6JgEUjqVQ_Y-mdUNlPpE2coWc7nIvlvMMyQxMJUqhbJD8EErGyQ0/w400-h300/BW%20tartan.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Imperfect, but beginning to look the part.</td></tr></tbody></table>JJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149186334983723631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658183947437721388.post-26764112248168502982023-08-27T17:27:00.000+01:002023-08-27T17:27:49.555+01:00On the painting desk: 9th Bengal Cavalry horses<b>This week’s accomplishment has been painting the Bengal Cavalry’s mounts, which are now ready for shading, highlighting, then varnishing.</b><br /><br />These sculpts are the same as the 19th Hussars’ mounts, so I think it’s good that there is not a grey amongst them.<br /><br />I have also made a start on the Black Watch kilts … which I predict will be a very slow process. In fact I am inclined to think that I will have the Bengal Cavalry and the 15th Sikhs finished first … and I haven’t even ordered the Indian infantry yet!<br /><br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5NkkggqfSNIGB8zWqJHv34q67AyPUopS4iBYQd4ygYJqc56KF9y4Z_-dtz6gw2QTwW_8Jwstp68sIqiq7cTt_cL7uQ_3JJeTgdeGA-0w2poR8pmySp6UqNHUbW-FQDNfLS1gZpLcvJ9KuOwbfkbbY7rJMeOPdUeNJirybKC4thHnEvNSR2tCZqPt2uRg/s800/Bengal%20Cavalry%20horses.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5NkkggqfSNIGB8zWqJHv34q67AyPUopS4iBYQd4ygYJqc56KF9y4Z_-dtz6gw2QTwW_8Jwstp68sIqiq7cTt_cL7uQ_3JJeTgdeGA-0w2poR8pmySp6UqNHUbW-FQDNfLS1gZpLcvJ9KuOwbfkbbY7rJMeOPdUeNJirybKC4thHnEvNSR2tCZqPt2uRg/w400-h300/Bengal%20Cavalry%20horses.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">9th Bengal Cavalry beginning to look the part.</td></tr></tbody></table>JJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149186334983723631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658183947437721388.post-5111517021012622342023-08-12T19:39:00.000+01:002023-08-12T19:39:24.529+01:009th Bengal Cavalry on the painting desk … finally<b>I have had these miniatures since April last year, and have been looking forward to painting them since. They are destined to join the 19th Hussars.</b><br /><br />The 9th began training with lances in February 1885, going into action for the first time at Hashin on 20 March. No mean feat given that the lance usually requires a protracted period of training to master.<br /><br />An even complement of Muslims and Sikhs plus three command figures, they are accompanied by the detachment commander. They will join the Black Watch on the painting desk, the last of the Empire metal miniatures to be painted … tartan and turbans will be the challenges. <br /><br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5wo68pBY7kLTl1mwgw0sSXJcIK8yao_w4UUIefTlVpi8wWpxeffdwMab0zuqATGUNVKDu6ss6VCpeUA3R69Bj8z5Vnwv1XwN9npcWWzCIInqZHrpEjXn_l4cdYJDHeGRvkNrF57ZkDp4_qwaKCxbwQdJ_YOr2dwsPbhR0BmxqPpXZGRUP66CwQ9gWZRk/s800/BengalLancers.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5wo68pBY7kLTl1mwgw0sSXJcIK8yao_w4UUIefTlVpi8wWpxeffdwMab0zuqATGUNVKDu6ss6VCpeUA3R69Bj8z5Vnwv1XwN9npcWWzCIInqZHrpEjXn_l4cdYJDHeGRvkNrF57ZkDp4_qwaKCxbwQdJ_YOr2dwsPbhR0BmxqPpXZGRUP66CwQ9gWZRk/w400-h300/BengalLancers.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">9th Bengal Cavalry looking a bit pale.</td></tr></tbody></table>JJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149186334983723631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658183947437721388.post-54172774420424043432023-08-04T20:10:00.001+01:002023-08-20T18:05:38.097+01:00Last of the Beja …<b>I have finished basing the last two bands of Hadendowa warriors, which will complete my black flagged <i>rub</i>, commanded by Osman Digna himself.</b><br /><br />I finished the crouching miniatures’ bases with plenty of tufts for them to conceal themselves behind. I’m pretty pleased with the overall look of these fellows<i>.</i><br /><br />I added a wire spear to one of the crouching figures so that he could fly a black edged flag. The crouching drummer conversion looks the part too.<br /><br />The rifle-armed band are similar to the previous ones, with some armed with rifles from the Zulu rifle frame.<br /><br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1KyPW0QqGb1zRHxLCk9OBoyDKV6iY9X42sfOP1kZram9z9z5uxl5hz56cGke7b0FXV6n-lI8XH1nOk59tu2aSjMHjD4Ka7l5n45aZldV5bESwe079OS_d0G8PORBLcsvlK0GPA_wmvbb9Sm81sPijoAmIIvaPoqKWV4HpTiI5A_sjHBxgezhwGlr6Nco/s800/Beja%20ambush%201.jpg" text-align:="left"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1KyPW0QqGb1zRHxLCk9OBoyDKV6iY9X42sfOP1kZram9z9z5uxl5hz56cGke7b0FXV6n-lI8XH1nOk59tu2aSjMHjD4Ka7l5n45aZldV5bESwe079OS_d0G8PORBLcsvlK0GPA_wmvbb9Sm81sPijoAmIIvaPoqKWV4HpTiI5A_sjHBxgezhwGlr6Nco/w400-h300/Beja%20ambush%201.jpg" width="400" /></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsvbfr0rpDLQu6hV-5SXjNonkEbn9x2agvMmBVe1155C_iOuhtw3e1tz_wyhGJlJ2lGtjR_IzgtRDNkjyYCs-fRqy0NBLJdBqKvW0uqHVLqfjfzVJxJXrS9_8AP-i8KHWVOrvl6RbvCy6s713L8rQblgCk08nUZDby9avUxBFF5SfC6aTZVZ2JHUc0nVM/s800/Beja%20ambush%202.jpg" left="" text-align:=""><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsvbfr0rpDLQu6hV-5SXjNonkEbn9x2agvMmBVe1155C_iOuhtw3e1tz_wyhGJlJ2lGtjR_IzgtRDNkjyYCs-fRqy0NBLJdBqKvW0uqHVLqfjfzVJxJXrS9_8AP-i8KHWVOrvl6RbvCy6s713L8rQblgCk08nUZDby9avUxBFF5SfC6aTZVZ2JHUc0nVM/w400-h300/Beja%20ambush%202.jpg" width="400" />
</a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlj6199cA2ohZYEm16Bit2VkxB5FpQIdvNzWxMwAhJDOu_IGttezaKezmdozGh5TaDL_bggprxdKoQOo89b1MfhLpiS9GxSV0DB1ahGM8Gw5INBcaJfse32__PmgUBzDn8BEEQGCOcjSR_haXkTLHZe-IROyVKM2T5zGnu9S98aiFkmNfoJmTTZj_YtEk/s800/Beja%20rifles.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlj6199cA2ohZYEm16Bit2VkxB5FpQIdvNzWxMwAhJDOu_IGttezaKezmdozGh5TaDL_bggprxdKoQOo89b1MfhLpiS9GxSV0DB1ahGM8Gw5INBcaJfse32__PmgUBzDn8BEEQGCOcjSR_haXkTLHZe-IROyVKM2T5zGnu9S98aiFkmNfoJmTTZj_YtEk/w400-h300/Beja%20rifles.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Top–to–bottom: Hadendowa warriors crouching in ambush; the converted flag bearer; rifle-armed warriors.</td></tr></tbody></table>JJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149186334983723631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658183947437721388.post-51387985335902034672023-07-30T23:17:00.008+01:002023-08-14T21:03:03.321+01:00Lieutenant Soltau’s pet dog<b>I have a set of Perry Miniatures’ plastic British Infantry in Afghanistan and Sudan 1877–85, and have been thinking about a way of using Bobby, the small dog. While reading around my current subject I discovered an account of an officer serving with the Berkshire Regiment in the Sudan who had a small dog with him.</b><br /><br />Lieutenant Soltau was killed during the battle of Ginnis, 30 December 1885; the animal was probably a black Toy Spaniel, so I modified the miniature’s ears (<a href="https://sandsofsoudan.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2023-01-01T11:55:00Z&max-results=3&start=12&by-date=false" target="_blank">see a previous post</a>), and took some licence with its coat. I have now added the little chap to the Berkshire’s officer’s base.<br /><br />The sad story of this little dog is told by Lt-Gen Sir William Butler in his autobiography <i>Sir William Butler: An Autobiography</i>:<br /><br /><i><b>We lost only one officer killed—Lieutenant Soltau of the Berkshire Regiment. He was shot through the head a minute or two after we gained the razor-back ridge. He was a splendid specimen of youthful manhood as he stood behind the men of his company, who were lying against the top of the ridge ; nor did he look one whit less splendid when, a moment later, he lay stretched on his back on the rocky desert with his sword still held firm in his hand. We buried him in the desert outside Ginniss. A touching thing happened at that simple funeral. Soltau had a pet dog, which he took with him wherever he went. It was a tiny thing, of the toy spaniel type, but, small as that animal was, it had the biggest heart of any dog I had ever seen. This was what happened. The body of the dead officer was carried on a stretcher behind the Berkshire Regiment as we marched from the ridge, and the stretcher, covered by a Union Jack, was put in a tent for a couple of hours while a grave was being dug in the desert. When all was ready, we followed the body to its last rest. The stretcher was laid on the ground a few feet from the grave, and the Union Jack lifted. The body, still in uniform, was then raised by four men and lowered into the grave ; but, cowering on one side of the blood-stained stretcher, in smaller shape than ever before, was the tiny dog. I have never forgotten the way in which that black atom dragged itself, crouching, from the stretcher along the few feet of sand to the edge of the pit, and lay there with its head hanging down into the grave. When some one lifted it away, it hung like a little dead thing, a sight sufficient to make strong men turn aside.</b></i><br /><br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdDYZwTlpfF6WVHbA-DhacjGvTF_L8ucJQ1ZmD9DotYAXfoLyufVxhSEi93-KRk5oRqw9ibDmwW6N0-tLVR_zfC2kihO6F4smK3-4OguEQaVJHtfDQTNu2vgFEdMKF3_nRsO7kQk6hExfdkzHK9UHn9uZ0zi-0DGbzjHdCVDsWgScFdhQcUxBShnlMlck/s800/Toy%20spaniel.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdDYZwTlpfF6WVHbA-DhacjGvTF_L8ucJQ1ZmD9DotYAXfoLyufVxhSEi93-KRk5oRqw9ibDmwW6N0-tLVR_zfC2kihO6F4smK3-4OguEQaVJHtfDQTNu2vgFEdMKF3_nRsO7kQk6hExfdkzHK9UHn9uZ0zi-0DGbzjHdCVDsWgScFdhQcUxBShnlMlck/w400-h300/Toy%20spaniel.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Lieutenant Soltau, perhaps, and the little dog.</td></tr></tbody></table>JJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149186334983723631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658183947437721388.post-63547518246674491772023-07-27T18:58:00.002+01:002023-07-27T22:11:15.922+01:00Blog lock-out, a captured Krupp 75mm, and two more bands of warriors<b>Minor trauma – I was locked out of this blog for twenty days, and had begun to despair of ever having access again. It was my fault, of course, since I had failed to add recovery information to my Google account. Anyhow … an idle log-in attempt earlier today got me in, and allowed me to add the required recovery information. Lesson learned.</b><br /><br />Meanwhile I made pretty rapid progress (by my standards), finishing the Krupp 75mm vignette of a captured Egyptian crew and their harsh overseers, and getting two more bands of Hadendowa ready for varnishing<i>.</i><br /><br />I have enough metal and plastic figures for one more band of 16 … but I will wait a bit before working out how to fit these into my planned army of four <i>rubs</i>, one camel mounted band, and three guns.<br /><br />Back to the Black Watch next.<br /><br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3w4yRIBrkVarH4BmHYuXWgsYf9CrbstJaSwNNf3fbviUcbESqkrbHFmHTYeFfufHxHwP94mR8WJBnJ7zJ2c3wZChL6rTj9BnbKjjMh1zIgIQO04gXlB67DYtRrPP72JB3wutXZUnNE4dDRHcJzen67QlIQuUSehLj4TtjgMyBrgQ-G_vkpUyNH3kWVPo/s800/Beja%20Krupp%2075mm.jpg" text-align:="left"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3w4yRIBrkVarH4BmHYuXWgsYf9CrbstJaSwNNf3fbviUcbESqkrbHFmHTYeFfufHxHwP94mR8WJBnJ7zJ2c3wZChL6rTj9BnbKjjMh1zIgIQO04gXlB67DYtRrPP72JB3wutXZUnNE4dDRHcJzen67QlIQuUSehLj4TtjgMyBrgQ-G_vkpUyNH3kWVPo/w400-h300/Beja%20Krupp%2075mm.jpg" width="400" /></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEityYhC0OwMvcmLKen0HguM1ODmFVjYa4wK_ta-NBmLHUynpr3av-kUe92xVgWqY5TtO6jHYdoN7qjXulc6yIR7r8PTfaoT7-PjrqFSTjfveAkr5uvt9PRMCNCc5vwDPj2_fFs5Lxc6b7povZ74u4JDZaNoV4fzr5GDvQ4MPwV0nMgFlTJZAad6j4K3Rlw/s800/Beja%20crouching%20400x800.jpg" left="" text-align:=""><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEityYhC0OwMvcmLKen0HguM1ODmFVjYa4wK_ta-NBmLHUynpr3av-kUe92xVgWqY5TtO6jHYdoN7qjXulc6yIR7r8PTfaoT7-PjrqFSTjfveAkr5uvt9PRMCNCc5vwDPj2_fFs5Lxc6b7povZ74u4JDZaNoV4fzr5GDvQ4MPwV0nMgFlTJZAad6j4K3Rlw/w400-h300/Beja%20crouching%20400x800.jpg" width="400" />
</a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwdFUHwPSgycgJbSTF2vxqfSVqCpT21xiovRYw6ZscgOoZhqpSfVcTQh1yv0zZRwvdjGNvvMK1vMOW1dcqUD8Hprh40Bj7eMcG8jmogpFOTLCMliHAcPl6ns5CZhscRLiZg3p-pmGUe7WjrMlMKXf34rVbOLI4tR17iCgbdkt6mCZHH0zDcao_FD8Wjs8/s800/Beja%20riflemen%20400x800.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwdFUHwPSgycgJbSTF2vxqfSVqCpT21xiovRYw6ZscgOoZhqpSfVcTQh1yv0zZRwvdjGNvvMK1vMOW1dcqUD8Hprh40Bj7eMcG8jmogpFOTLCMliHAcPl6ns5CZhscRLiZg3p-pmGUe7WjrMlMKXf34rVbOLI4tR17iCgbdkt6mCZHH0zDcao_FD8Wjs8/w400-h300/Beja%20riflemen%20400x800.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Top–to–bottom: The captured Egyptians, their Krupp 75mm, and the cruel overseers (I made the ammunition crate); the crouching in ambush and rifle bands ready for varnish.</td></tr></tbody></table>JJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149186334983723631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658183947437721388.post-56685245560098910502023-07-03T18:11:00.004+01:002023-07-27T19:09:47.294+01:00Beja crouching drummer and captured Egyptian Krupp 75mm<b>The additional miniatures have arrived and I set to work with a minor conversion to add a drummer to the Hadendowa crouching band, and assemble a vignette around the captured Krupp 6pdr.</b><br /><br />I know I should be cracking on with my scots, but just now I am finding the Beja easier to get on with – I’m not quite well enoiugh for the level of concentration that painting the tartan will demand.<br /><br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPQ0VbHbappnr-qlXvti-g9Jl8hUZh39gnD89j91Gy-9qOEVzbKVCvy0FYob7VO_meSldLQUdnDZCwtxMLn3z3GTaDAoe90kd_Nm86r2P5znoVrzpFE3OAITPJL3bC4mHM6H0V3ZBXmA55jECG_ZPaz_F562RoIaLrVNt2itamTYD9-mGlll0vxZrHIj8/s800/Beja%20crounching%20drummer.jpg" text-align:="left"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPQ0VbHbappnr-qlXvti-g9Jl8hUZh39gnD89j91Gy-9qOEVzbKVCvy0FYob7VO_meSldLQUdnDZCwtxMLn3z3GTaDAoe90kd_Nm86r2P5znoVrzpFE3OAITPJL3bC4mHM6H0V3ZBXmA55jECG_ZPaz_F562RoIaLrVNt2itamTYD9-mGlll0vxZrHIj8/w400-h300/Beja%20crounching%20drummer.jpg" width="400" /></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEzUjNyoFe9SLa1X-o9ls2DJb-JP4liVWDyFVK-5BXN_VjcjNGXSVJZE4MsG6zLNcf9Ckdy0WtxGa7Hfw07aAK2CObv5AQh5KvBf2xlPeOGSW0twfkqqpaWXIFr56cvtxHA9pylONW4TprUfK1WW-gI9f7GQ0pTLN3V7oY3baWG4RPuo16kvmdncS1xUY/s800/Beja%20Krupp%206pdr%20wip.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEzUjNyoFe9SLa1X-o9ls2DJb-JP4liVWDyFVK-5BXN_VjcjNGXSVJZE4MsG6zLNcf9Ckdy0WtxGa7Hfw07aAK2CObv5AQh5KvBf2xlPeOGSW0twfkqqpaWXIFr56cvtxHA9pylONW4TprUfK1WW-gI9f7GQ0pTLN3V7oY3baWG4RPuo16kvmdncS1xUY/w400-h300/Beja%20Krupp%206pdr%20wip.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Crouching drummer conversion, with parts from the plastic Mahdist Ansar set, and the Krupp 75mm with captured Egyptian crew and Beja overseers.</td></tr></tbody></table>JJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149186334983723631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658183947437721388.post-74448442223602381922023-06-27T15:31:00.000+01:002023-06-27T15:31:07.261+01:00Yet more Beja!<b>As I recover from the last two weeks I am beginning to get my modelling mojo back … so I assembled the next batch of plastic Hadendowa riflemen to acompany the metal figures arriving shortly.</b><br /><br />I have augmented these plastic fellows with parts from Perry Miniature’s Zulu rifle sprue, which ads a bit more variety to the poses and weaponry.<br /><br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxxB6p6KwMKxOS9q1PU8Ffg6cvrsQi1fO3m1Rlsm-I_PkdPDg11XvMAhRcNGkvjLo1zFY-IjHxPRiKflvrZpELlf_WIJFe-W2ztnqi6PXleP5XJKcHZ5ksxi-CfoBzfNbrcMTknpT1joC0cPEbESWwCCaMn9JWMGMRJSFK4pHqcr4wfnd6vpG5904V_Kc/s800/Beja%20riflemen%20400x800.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxxB6p6KwMKxOS9q1PU8Ffg6cvrsQi1fO3m1Rlsm-I_PkdPDg11XvMAhRcNGkvjLo1zFY-IjHxPRiKflvrZpELlf_WIJFe-W2ztnqi6PXleP5XJKcHZ5ksxi-CfoBzfNbrcMTknpT1joC0cPEbESWwCCaMn9JWMGMRJSFK4pHqcr4wfnd6vpG5904V_Kc/w400-h300/Beja%20riflemen%20400x800.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">More rifle-armed Hadendowa for my black flag rub.</td></tr></tbody></table>JJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149186334983723631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658183947437721388.post-61264417895701072852023-06-25T11:19:00.003+01:002023-06-25T11:19:40.857+01:00More Beja<b>Well … life crashed across my painting efforts in a bad way – I have tested positive for COVID-19 for the past 11 days, the first time I have had it, and it has been a pretty grim experience. Today I tested negative. A relief.</b><br /><br />Meanwhile, my Scottish miniatures have languished, but I prepared the first of a band of Hadendowa warriors crouching in ambush. I have ordered another six, and some riflemen, so that I can finish my black-flagged rub.<br /><br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV1wEYu1gnG6uHHUhDnhQO9-1kv0b2LcmWZnMVdFqnlZ3dfPO4hCynOMXt5JEZKRD6PLbyaLPZnI8boZAGpgNLBXYfFqnTLwWPDN_pKGvlkubnCUepxlZ7QHNPRYCMSv6yCt2S87Zgt_x-CbWelK-Shap0d0Wnoy0Sat2yf6Iuyyq_gpxcEJYdDVSqyv4/s800/Beja%20crouching.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV1wEYu1gnG6uHHUhDnhQO9-1kv0b2LcmWZnMVdFqnlZ3dfPO4hCynOMXt5JEZKRD6PLbyaLPZnI8boZAGpgNLBXYfFqnTLwWPDN_pKGvlkubnCUepxlZ7QHNPRYCMSv6yCt2S87Zgt_x-CbWelK-Shap0d0Wnoy0Sat2yf6Iuyyq_gpxcEJYdDVSqyv4/w400-h300/Beja%20crouching.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The first of the Hadendowa in ambush, including a converted flag bearer.</td></tr></tbody></table>JJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149186334983723631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658183947437721388.post-83619128681864443312023-05-10T17:18:00.000+01:002023-05-10T17:18:05.925+01:00A little progress with the Black Watch<b>Life crashed across my painting efforts – in a good way – these last weeks, so I have been struggling to get time for my Scots. Meanwhile my page views have passed 10,000, which is pretty amazing to me for something that began as a project notebook. So a hearty thank you to my followers and readers.</b><br /><br />Returning to my Scottish miniatures, I have got the flesh on, and shaded it, and added the base coat for the kilts. I’m using a 50/50 mix of Prussian blue and black, which, at scale seems to give the right shade. It’s going to look very different when the pattern is added, of course.<br /><br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh2NfxN_IdwzA6VgP4X_60mxui-11O0xA2CXuTfbdVjLjEDWyXAnA5QOQdLq3Lrv7Pe6MxEJ5KZEtryp0FqhZ0ZYNEoq5N0qC39ORwScGEXnaXuAR-Pzqsxd5GOchWsHSd0748zFtzH5GBhTP8xHrzGiS0xgQot-UZpbZOkckNNvGzKUgCOnRLBsDC/s800/BlackWatchKilts.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh2NfxN_IdwzA6VgP4X_60mxui-11O0xA2CXuTfbdVjLjEDWyXAnA5QOQdLq3Lrv7Pe6MxEJ5KZEtryp0FqhZ0ZYNEoq5N0qC39ORwScGEXnaXuAR-Pzqsxd5GOchWsHSd0748zFtzH5GBhTP8xHrzGiS0xgQot-UZpbZOkckNNvGzKUgCOnRLBsDC/w400-h300/BlackWatchKilts.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Slow going with the Black Watch.</td></tr></tbody></table>JJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149186334983723631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658183947437721388.post-26312982026916163212023-04-02T22:27:00.000+01:002023-04-02T22:27:39.466+01:009th Bengal Cavalry turban colours<b>A correspondent on Facebook may have come up with a reliable reference for the turban design and colours.</b><br /><br />‘Earl Cardigan’, a member of the Colonial Wargaming group, found a splendid reference on the Royal Collection Trust’s <a href="https://www.rct.uk/collection/403810/risaldar-nadir-khan-9th-bengal-lancers?fbclid=IwAR2qfjJdPKiNC2jkObimGKcq8ZsafNKjPBYzLVkyb-5qjbHUI59mMI9dS6w" target="_blank">web site</a>. The turban is blue with a striped section of gold, blue and white.<br /><br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgJLcwchmWJzLPEjeU2OdXr4-EwiB5G-NuS6xBXFKDfBfkiZBVlrkS64UsJoRx3HoEeH5yUF8DPItrpSUqwAztJZi8UZRI8DGV2SlMrDPeB6H8r8w2LPvrDUGcpNy4AAUCAAMGs9Q4EETh8RkafrEs6kwMzihA6YRgoR6uNyEkYTOJNYIKF0JTVm87/s800/9th%20Bengal%20cavalry%20Turban.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgJLcwchmWJzLPEjeU2OdXr4-EwiB5G-NuS6xBXFKDfBfkiZBVlrkS64UsJoRx3HoEeH5yUF8DPItrpSUqwAztJZi8UZRI8DGV2SlMrDPeB6H8r8w2LPvrDUGcpNy4AAUCAAMGs9Q4EETh8RkafrEs6kwMzihA6YRgoR6uNyEkYTOJNYIKF0JTVm87/w400-h300/9th%20Bengal%20cavalry%20Turban.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Left: Rudolf Swoboda’s portrait of Risaldar Nadir Khan, 9th Bengal Lancers, painted around the time of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1887. Right: Illustration by Michael Perry from <i>Go Strong into the Desert</i>.</td></tr></tbody></table>JJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149186334983723631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658183947437721388.post-43919049105791612712023-04-01T14:54:00.009+01:002023-04-01T15:04:14.983+01:009th Bengal Cavalry<b>Waiting in boxes, unopened, are fifteen Perry Miniatures’ castings destined to represent a detachment of 9th Bengal Cavalry.</b><br /><br />Clad in khaki, most of the uniform details are easy to determine. The turbans are another matter, though, and I have a few posts on Facebook groups and a couple of forums asking for help about this.<br /><br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPAenUsUu1WaXRvDQMG1cJtEQ0JYENOTTyv3tygrGhYGe1w4gT98g_iNJQlgPxwwWZM2zJCnLDPrSSGRi2gTmTETzFj6cNP1UMj0Xd15HpEmcF0Ka7KXEM7viRSU9ggMf9qUWzIL5SM8O2O9dkJ2WGZ2I6YOMT8M4RCIouKhPQwHzb1I0CuvHWn9Dj/s800/9%20Bengal%20Cavalry%20400x800.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPAenUsUu1WaXRvDQMG1cJtEQ0JYENOTTyv3tygrGhYGe1w4gT98g_iNJQlgPxwwWZM2zJCnLDPrSSGRi2gTmTETzFj6cNP1UMj0Xd15HpEmcF0Ka7KXEM7viRSU9ggMf9qUWzIL5SM8O2O9dkJ2WGZ2I6YOMT8M4RCIouKhPQwHzb1I0CuvHWn9Dj/w400-h300/9%20Bengal%20Cavalry%20400x800.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">9th Bengal Cavalry at Suakin in 1885, from Brian Robson’s <i>Fuzzy Wuzzy</i>.</td></tr></tbody></table>JJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149186334983723631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658183947437721388.post-11022322581803817092023-03-05T17:23:00.001+00:002023-03-05T17:23:51.163+00:00KRRC and a low hill
<b>I have just finished the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, distinctive in their black webbing, and a low hill. </b><br /><br />I have based the KRRC figures in pairs to allow them to be deployed in a loose formation for skirmishing. The hill is in two sections for flexibility and ease of storage … and ease of making, to be honest. I’m using A4 size XPS craft foam in various thicknesses.<br /><br />On to the Black Watch next.<br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhywn6WhmbuO_HyNlO5NOwsczZr5ONYlhlOnZ_fSK3nf5X9feDkahvFLXhoA4xDBQzSzJR_f-k0a92Aa_oZItgW4cPUwYrSf1pUY7WQgba0PqA2fUcvACbagn3K8p-fZOynFYv_-ZQVN00IZ6PTPTCqwt0qf3qxtEJl8pUYqtA7acr7vppWRayQqvbH/s800/KRRC%20formed.jpg" text-align:="left"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhywn6WhmbuO_HyNlO5NOwsczZr5ONYlhlOnZ_fSK3nf5X9feDkahvFLXhoA4xDBQzSzJR_f-k0a92Aa_oZItgW4cPUwYrSf1pUY7WQgba0PqA2fUcvACbagn3K8p-fZOynFYv_-ZQVN00IZ6PTPTCqwt0qf3qxtEJl8pUYqtA7acr7vppWRayQqvbH/w400-h300/KRRC%20formed.jpg" width="400" />
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What Was The Military Career of Lance Corporal Jones?<br /><br />
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