Friday, 27 June 2014

WIP Afghan Pathans

To start the ball rolling on the Second Afghan War demo game I'll be putting on next year at Partizan in May/June I've been splashing some paint on some of Wargames Foundry's lovely Pathans designed by the Perry's many a moon ago.

They are sans bases at present as I haven't decided how they will be based as I'm waiting for a set of rules to be released by the Grimsby Wargames Society some time over the next three or four seeks and I reckon I'm going to go with their rules as they seem to be designed with mass battles in mind.

I was lucky enough to witness their Indian Mutiny game at the Durham show and I really liked the simplicity and elegance of what I could glean from the game- See former post Durham Wargames Show for pics of their excellent game.. It's really the basing that I'm concerned about so these chaps will remain baseless for a little while yet.






As soon as they are based up I'll take some pics with some decent terrain in the background and post them up here on this blog.

Darrell.

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  1. Millsy27 June 2014 at 15:37

    Very nice indeed. I'm being tempted by this period at this very moment.

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    1. Bedford27 June 2014 at 21:43

      Thanks Michael, it's a very interesting period in history. The Brits never really managed to get the sort of control they were seeking (sounds familiar?).

      Darrell.

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  2. Phil27 June 2014 at 23:50

    Splendid work with incredible details!

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  3. Michael Awdry28 June 2014 at 00:20

    Gorgeous work Darrell, this is a period that I will have to visit in depth at some point.

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    1. Bedford28 June 2014 at 01:54

      Worth doing though there doesn't seem to be that much in print for the Second Afghan War. Well, maybe a better way of putting it is there's not as much in print that I expected :>)

      Darrell.

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  4. gingerbhoy28 June 2014 at 01:38

    Nicely done, Darrell.
    Any chance of a photo of your working area / table? (privately if you prefer). I'm in desperate need of inspiration to re-do my own area and am looking at as many different people's ideas as I can to try and help me. Shelving for the paints is something I might just have to consider.
    Roy

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    1. Bedford28 June 2014 at 01:52

      I'll take one today, I think you might faint! There is a *lot* of paint!!

      Darrell.

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  5. gingerbhoy28 June 2014 at 03:57

    OMG! that's quite the impressive set-up you have there. Cheers for this :)

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  6. Paul Scrivens-Smith28 June 2014 at 05:25

    Great work. James and John use The Sword and the Flame for his games. I've never played them but they seem to like them.
    Will Flashman make an appearance?

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    1. Bedford28 June 2014 at 05:32

      I've never even read Sword and the Flame Paul [embarrassed smiley], do you know how basing is?

      I'm thinking of using none sabot multi bases- a risk I know but they look so much better with the addition of a bit of imagination.

      Cheers,
      Darrell.

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    2. Bedford28 June 2014 at 05:33

      Oh, and Flashy should always make an appearance!! LOL :>)

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