"Malalai of Maiwand; who made this miniature??" Topic

My wife sent me this photo of a miniature standard bearer of Malalai of Maiwand, the Afghan folk heroine, that she found on some site dedicated to explaining the battle; but she didn't make a record of it and now I don't know where to find it. But I'd love to add this miniature to me collection of rugged and wily Pathans. Any pointers as to the maker?

Maybe it is a conversion, but I still want to know where the base civilian figure came from. I can use Afghan civilians, too.

Ooops, I think I ignorantly cross-posted to some wrong century boards, too. Eeps!

I think this is probably from the Mad Guru's site on Maiwand;

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He brought his magnificent game to the first Colonial Barracks in 2011. The work, creativity and love involved in this project still boggles the mind. You can spend hours at his site so enjoy!

Yep, it's from the sumptous maiwandday.blogspot.com

Good catch – it's converted from the bottom left figure in Foundry pack CIV 012 here:

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Clever (and simple) conversion.

I always admire anyone who can look at a figure in one range and see that it can be repurposed like that.

"You know, that Roman woman's toga would work nicely as an Afghan woman's clothing . . ."

This is a follow-on to an earlier thread: TMP link

After a fairly extensive web search, I managed to find a few very brief references to the Shieldbearer rule set. They indicate that the author's name was Michael J. Young, and that the rules were published in 1991. Does anyone here know the publisher's name? Any cover images and/or additional information?

Many thanks,
Scott

Wow.

I haven't been hit by "The TMP bug" for years, but it just took me and my joyful -- and elaborately well-illustrated and linked -- post out in a big way.

Definite bummer. Unfortunately I just don't have any time left to reproduce what I'd done, need to get back to work, so I'll just repeat that you and your wife made my day, piper909, and I look forward to seeing a pic of your own Malalai conversion! Now I gotta go punch a wall or something…

For future reference, you can usually "fix" a bugged post by hitting the back button and resubmitting.

Quelle Horreur! Yet despite disasters all around me, I was rewarded with the treasure that I sought. Thanks, all! I guess I must go shopping with Foundry now.

Well, I don't think ANY period Afghan woman would have her face uncovered, except in the privacy of her own home.

Nice conversion, but maybe a lower-face-concealing wrap could also be added? Or a burnous?

Hey, Chick!

You of course have been there yourself, so who are we to argue? Nonetheless the image of an unveiled Malalai above comes from an Afghan source, as does this one:

And let's remember, 1880 was more than a century before the importation of Saudi Wahhabism into Afghanistan (not to claim that traditionalAghan Pashtun culture hosts the most open and unorthodox form of Islam, but you get my drift).

Also it was in the midst of a battle.

You may very well be right, I just don't think it's an absolute certainty.

Still, the figure might look even better -- and more instnatly indentifiable -- with an added veil over her lower face, or neck. If I had a spare I'd give it a shot, but if you read the blurb on my blog -- link -- about getting my hands on that Foundry Ancient Roman Lady, you'll see it took a herculean effort just to get my hands on ONE of them, so no spares in hand, at least at my place!

EDIT:

AHHHH!!!!!! Finally figured out a way to change that pic from the Foundry site in order to make it displayable in this post -- thanks to my 13 year-old daughter. Took a screen shot, uploaded that, then copy-&-pasted here. Took a while, but it worked. No doubt there are faster, better ways, but we tech-challenged must be happy with any success…