Hello chaps,
Anyone got any pictures of painted up mountain guns and crew from the zulu wars range?
I'm tempted to buy them for my 5th royal artillery brigade?
Any help would be lovely!
Cheers
No painted pics, just the ones from the website:
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/ZC7.JPG)
EDIT: Just remembered there are some painted crewmen are in this thread: http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,2742.0.html (http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,2742.0.html)
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If anyone is interested, here is a site that has pictures of pendraken stuff ;)
http://koti.welho.com/ctenwold/10mmworld/PendrakenColonialsBoerWar.html
Mountain gun is at the bottom ;)
Cheers guys! They look awesome painted up!
Ordered my pack of them!
Another question hopefully someone could answer as I can't find it searching myself.
The men's uniform, was it the standard red jacket and blue trousers or was it blue jacket and trousers as they were in the afghan war going on at the same time period?
My guess is red and blue but if anyone could clarify so my miniatures are historically correct would be lovely
Cheers!
Depends.
The Zulu war was the last war the British army fought in 'fancy' uniforms...although you'll find people wearing red or blue for a lot of years yet. Mostly units that had come straight from Britain and not been issued khaki uniforms. British units in India had been wearing white, stained white or khaki from the 1840's sometimes even earlier!
If these guys were mine I'd paint them dark blue with black boots and off-white equipment and helmets.
Rule of thumb;
Infantry and Heavy Cavalry have red jackets.
Light cavalry and artillery are dressed all in dark blue.
Rifles are green.
Of course after the mid 1880's you can cheat and paint most everyone various shades of khaki with off white equipment and helmets.
Hope this helps.
That helps a lot thanks!
I think for mine, the actual artillery crew men will be in blue, painted up a few bases of infantry from the 5th artillery using the red and blue scheme.
Off topic I've seen artwork of the highlanders in the afghan war wearing the beige/khaki jacket with their dark green kilts! Very fancy haha
(http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i392/daniel933/23AB848F-5418-46D4-80CB-D84E956A701D-2843-000001F34C4C8B1C_zps870b85e0.jpg)
Nice illustration, though. Now I know what those tiny shields are for.
Hi Danyo.
Sorry this reply to your post is so late but I just joined the forum last week.
The Royal Artillery did not use the mountain gun carriage in the Zulu War. Instead, the 7pdrs were mounted on a modified 9pdr carriage which was better suited for transport in South Africa. The wider wheel base gave the gun more stability and the larger wheels were better suited to trundling across the plains and up and down donga banks. If you want to be a purist you could mount the 7pdr barrel on a 9pdr carriage or, like me, just use the 9pdr. It probably won't be noticeable in this scale.
Cheers,
Rob :)
It's interesting that Victorian illustrations continued to show British troops in the Sudan in red, even as it became increasingly unusual to find them so clad. Still, there are enough cases where it was still worn to justify going for the pretty uniforms one last time.
Quote from: FierceKitty on 09 May 2014, 01:08:26 AM
It's interesting that Victorian illustrations continued to show British troops in the Sudan in red, even as it became increasingly unusual to find them so clad. Still, there are enough cases where it was still worn to justify going for the pretty uniforms one last time.
I was thinking of doing a couple of bases with red, jackets but as the debate rumbles on as to whether they really did wear red jackets after the fall of Khartoum...I have read arguments from both sides of that very sandy fence :)
They look too pretty in scarlet for history to spoil the fun.
Quote from: FierceKitty on 09 May 2014, 05:58:24 PM
They look too pretty in scarlet for history to spoil the fun.
Here, here!
Gotta luv them redcoats!
Rob ;D
Well, I'd say there, not here. But perhaps you live in Sudan?
Quote from: FierceKitty on 10 May 2014, 01:27:50 AM
Well, I'd say there, not here. But perhaps you live in Sudan?
Since the phrase is "hear hear" and not "here, here," the point is mute* about whether he's here or there.
*See what I did there?
Thanks for the correction, Nick. :-[
Rob :D
Quote from: Nick the Lemming on 10 May 2014, 02:04:58 PM
Since the phrase is "hear hear" and not "here, here," the point is mute* about whether he's here or there.
*See what I did there?
I tried not to.