Perry Miniatures Sudan 10th Hussars: The Command

Perry Miniatures Sudan 10th Hussars: The Troopers.

Troopers of the 10th Hussars, one each of the three variants.

Perry Miniatures Sudan Army Hospital Corps.

Painted up in their Home Service undress (working) uniform with foreign sevice helmet.

Perry Plastic Hussar Challenge Part 9

Trooper of the 9th Hussars in Marching Order according to the 1812 uniform regulations (hence the green overalls and green ornamentation on the sheepskin shabraque).

Perry Miniatures Sudan War Correspondents

Melton Prior stands on a rocky outcrop to get a good view of the action some distance away and immediately begins to sketch. No doubt this illustration too will be reproduced in the Illustrated London News. Frederic Villiers, his mount giving him an excellent view of the action, makes notes and brief sketches in his notebook ready for his next article for the Graphic. Scotsman, Bennet Burleigh, correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, watches on, no doubt mentally composing the next chapter of his planned book on the campaign.

Perry Sudan Gordon Highlanders 3

A photo of the latest six off the painting table. Below that, a picture of the "firing line". Six more of these to do as part of this group, but the remaing six are all in the firing position so I shall not post images of these as they are, in effect, repeats of figures already featured. These chaps are hard work, but there comes a moment in the painting process when it all comes together and I nod my head and think "nice!".

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Copplestone Castings WW1 Indian Army

Sikh infantry. Nice figures to paint!

Perry Sudan Gordon Highlanders 2

Interestingly, I kept a log of how long it took to complete these six figures from bare metal to painted, varnished and based. Thirteen and a half hours' work.

Copplestone WW1 British Rifle Section 2

The last five figures for the Suffolk's rifle section.

And a high angle shot of all the Tommies from this latest group.

Copplestone British WW1 Rifle Section 1

June is a bad time for finding time to paint. Too much real life getting in the way at work. I'm glad to say that the madness is beginning to ease and I can now find both the time and the inclination to return to the painting desk.

Here we have the first five of a ten man rifle section of Copplestone WW1 British Infantry figures. Like the other Copplestones posted in May, these chaps wear the Suffolk Regiment patch on their helmets . Believe it or not, there are three different recipes for the khaki drill shorts on these five figures. It just gives a bit of variety.