Saturday 17 December 2011

Colonial Army

A bit of a break from Medievals....lots of red and white colonials...maybe it´s got something to do with having seen lots of people dressed in a similar fashion lately ...yo ho ho.
I´ve been toying with the idea of making a colonial army  for a while now, but got my finger out after seeing these gatling guns and looking jealosly at Duncan´s Blog 20mm Colonial Wargaming
This lot are the start of a "colonial" army who are getting ready to put down an insurrection in the Chocolate producing Principality of Khandihar...led by the incontinent Kailf..Mustapha leek
The mission has to be successfull, I mean..how will the ladies and gents back home get to sleep without thier mugs of hot chocolate in the evening ???
The army so far. The 9-Pdr I  painted some time ago, but the rest in the last 3 days :-D
Any historical similarity to any kilts pattern in existance is purely coincidental :-P
The red jackets..?? They look good :-D
Gardner Gun from Hat
Gatling gun from HaT
9-Pdr from Hat Colonial artillery
Heliograph and Telescope that come with the Gatling gun set. I´ve  based them seperately so they can be used as signallers or spotters for the artillery.  

28 comments:

  1. Lovely painting, Paul! You don't half get a lot of painting done. I like the kilts...

    Cheers, Simon

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  2. Very much my sort of thing this, superb as well!

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  3. Very nice period and very nice figs!

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  4. Great stuff, these figures look fantastic. Good choice for a change from your medievals.

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  5. Paul:

    Fantastic start on your Colonial army. They all look great; and great together! Best, Dean

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  6. Beautiful and the red color looks great.

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  7. Very Colorful (Colourful). Nice figures.

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  8. OOOO I like these!!!! Very very nice. I thought I painted a lot but you own the crown here!!!!

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  9. Love the red coats. They look perfect!

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  10. Really stunning - I love the gun crew.

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  11. I see you started painting them Paul! But I miss some sets. We had more of them :-D And soon you will see some of mine painted ;-)

    Excellent painted figures!

    Greetings
    Peter
    http://peterscave.blogspot.com/

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  12. Jolly good old boy!
    Mind you..some of them look as Sikh as a chip!

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  13. Wow How much can you paint a day I'm hopeing to finnish 2 figs today a knight with a war hammer and a cross bow man. How do you do it, so quick and so detailed. Have you got a magnifiying glass?

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  14. Wow very nice work, aren't they the soft plastic and doesn't the paint come off very easily if so?

    Cheers.

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  15. Very good. It inspires me to get my Colonial British on the table for a game of TSATF. I really must do that again one of these days!

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  16. Paul, don't forget the ASMMF!

    Chris

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  17. 3 Days!!!! Wow!! Fantastic Paul and a great period choice.

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  18. Yes my thoughts were 3 days and they look so good!!!

    Not my period but I still think they look excellent

    Ian

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  19. Very nice work, and I am utterly ashamed at my lack of painting progress.

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  20. 3 days?!! I do have to put myself to work on these rubbery french guys I have!!

    BTW, those look great!

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  21. A nice and lovely work in just three days !

    Respect Paul;-)

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  22. These guys look great. How big will the army be when finished.

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  23. Very nice! They look great!

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  24. I only watched Khartoum yesterday! Great work Paul.

    I really wish spat's would come back in!

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  25. One more day of visiting and doing stuff...then its back to the brushes...hehehehhehehe!

    Bloody excellent Paul...!

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