Monday 4 November 2019
Post Office Rifles, Egypt, 1882.
Egypt, 1882. Perry plastics from the AZW set with heads from the Afghan War set. The 24th Middlesex Volunteer Rifles (Post Office Rifles) sent just over 100 men to Egypt with Wolseley. They ran the Army Post Office and provided a telegraph detachment. So...to reflect their role in communications, I painted some up standing around a heliograph. The very dark blue palette does not take the varnish well....
Very nice indeed :)
ReplyDeleteClones???? Did Queen Victoria have a secret lab beneth the House of Parliament. Lovely painting mind you
ReplyDeleteIndeed, Phil. Queen's regulations state that the 'tash should be worn, but there are many figures in the Perry AZW and Sudan ranges that are sculpted without. On the sprue in the Afghan set, there is only one head in five with a 'tash.... hence the cloning. All Postmen look the same, obviously.
ReplyDeleteGreat looking vignette. I love how plastics, particularly Perrys, can be mixed and matched.
ReplyDeleteSimilar paint job with white pipeclayed equipment means...Royal Marine Light Infantry (use Afghan set arms on AZW bodies) A black uniform and black equipment...King's Royal Rifle Corps.
DeleteVery unique unit - wonderfully painted.
ReplyDeleteA lovely looking little group... Mark
ReplyDeleteAre you using Vallejo dark blue...?
All the best. Aly
Aly, Errr...ish. Base coat is VMC Dark Prussian Blue + Black. Mid tone VMc Dark Prussian Blue and the highlight is Dark Prussian Blue with a little VMC Dark Blue added.
ReplyDeleteNicely done … I might add some of these chaps in due course.
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