North West Frontier
24 November 2011
Indus Indian Irregular Cavalry or Pindari with Bows, although the right-hand arrow looks a bit long?
I recently stumbled across Indus Miniatures – and when they announced a 20% off ‘Thanks Giving‘ Sale I couldn’t resist getting a few – even though they are aimed at the Indian 18th Century to Mutiny era rather than the later NWF (North-West Frontier). Still the quality of the greens looks nice in these pics, and some of the figs are designed to be fairly generic – for example the Irregular Cavalry or Pindari are described as “meant to represent the Irregular troops serving in India for the Princes, Mughals, Europeans, Sikhs etc. They can be used from 1700 till 1850′s. They probably can be used for other time frames as they are quite generic“.
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Tags: 28mm, Afghanistan, Cannon, Colonial, Elephants, Figures, Indian, Indus, Medieval, Pike & Shotte, Victorian | 
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4 June 2010
Sikh Bengal Lancers
As my colonial forces expand to cover the NWF (North West Frontier) now the Sudan and Zulu Wars are well catered for I have endeavoured to make some units ‘multi-use’ (i.e. suitable for more than 1 campaign/theatre if possible). As such I am constructing 2 Squadrons (or TSATF ‘units’) of Bengal Lancers, one Sikh and one Muslim. Here are some photos of the completed figures so far, based, and just waiting for lance pennants and suitable texturing of their bases…
The Sikh unit consists of Perry Miniatures figures from their Sudan range, except for the Bugler – who has been converted from a Castaway Arts Muslim Bengal Lancer figure by modifying the top of his turban. The figures are not yet finished, as in addition to the pennants and base modelling they still require varnishing and then a matt coat to remove any sheen or gloss…
Posted in North West Frontier, Sudan & East Africa | Tags: 1876-1880, 1881-1889, 28mm, Afghanistan, British, Colonial, Figures, Indian, North-West Frontier, Sudan, TSATF, Victorian | 2 Comments »
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18 Apr 2012, 2:40 pm UTC Rorkes Drift Arrives! Also, happy to participate in the enormous multi-player you are planning for when they are painted!