"Kabul River painted for Charasiab 1879" Topic
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Mad Guru | 28 Dec 2014 3:57 a.m. PST |
As seen just above I've finished painting the Kabul river, which puts me one step closer to being done with all the terrain for the October 1879 Second Afghan War battle of Charasiab. I still need to pour resin for both the 6'x2' Kabul River board and the pair of 2'x2' Logar River boards… but that too will come in time! If you're interested in seeing a ton-and-a-half of WIP pics showing the board go from this --
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Oh Bugger | 28 Dec 2014 4:44 a.m. PST |
Looking great do keep posting as you progress. |
Pictors Studio | 28 Dec 2014 8:22 a.m. PST |
That does look fantastic. I just finished reading a book on the 2nd Afghan War and it is very tempting. Especially with the Artizan figures. |
Rhingyll | 28 Dec 2014 8:43 a.m. PST |
Hopefully your 10th Hussars will have a less difficult time crossing the river than they did in 1879. |
paxx88 | 28 Dec 2014 11:04 a.m. PST |
excellent wish my troops could ride across such terrain looking for a ford. |
Lion in the Stars | 28 Dec 2014 12:48 p.m. PST |
And the great guru of questionable sanity strikes again! I'd love to see your setup in person one day… |
Mad Guru | 28 Dec 2014 4:16 p.m. PST |
Thanks very much for all your kind words, gentlemen! @Oh B*gger: will do! @Pictors Studio: glad you enjoyed the book! Yes, the new Artizan figures are very nice. I'm waiting impatiently for them to release their promised Highland Command pack so I can order a unit's worth of their kilted Highlanders to serve as the 92nd Gordon Highlanders for my Anglo-Indian army at Charasiab, as no one else makes historically accurate 28mm kilted Highlanders for this campaign. I've always found the Second Afghan War to be amongst the most interesting of all Victorian colonial Campaigns. It features battles against tribal irregulars, religious fanatics, and Western style regulalr infantry, cavalry and artillery, and includes every type of action from skirmishes of all sorts to major battles involving tens of thousands of troops, and just about everything in between, including several sieges and at least one major sally attack from behind city walls. I really hope Artizan gets around to releasing that Highland Command pack soon… @Rhingyll: yes, I was thinking the same thing. After I finish adding the resin to the rivers, I have a plan to make some REMOVABLE FORDS that hopefully will look good enough not to detract from the quality of the river itself. I won't get to that for a while but at some point I will. @paxx88: it would be my honor to play host to your troops, considering how incredibly well-painted they always are! Here at Charasiab my first choice would be the 72nd Duke of Albany's Highlanders you painted up using the Perry Sudan British in Indian Dress. I used those same figures for that same unit, which played a key role at Charasiab. Mine are very nice, but I think yours were even better looking! @Lion in the Stars: any time you're in Southern California, you're welcome to stop by! The other possibility is if you attend next year's Colonial Barracks convention in Metarie, just outside New Orleans, some time in early November 2015. I really want to bring this Charasiab lay-out to that con, where I hope it can play host to an exciting close game. |
Pictors Studio | 29 Dec 2014 10:51 a.m. PST |
I game the Anglo-Sikh Wars and they have a ton of the same stuff in them: very good Western style regular infantry on both sides, tribal irregulars, religious fanatics, almost medieval style cavalry, excellent artillery on both sides. It is one of the things that drew me to the period. If you're ever out in Western PA let me know and I will put on a game for you. |
Mad Guru | 29 Dec 2014 4:45 p.m. PST |
That's very kind of you, Pictors, thanks very much! Hopefully someday I will manage to take advantage of your offer. I myself have wanted to raise armies for the Sikh Wars for the past 2o or 30 years, but just have never gotten around to it, unfortunately. I started to get close by attempting to expand backwards in time to the First Afghan War, which took place only a few years before the Sikh Wars, so a lot of the same British and East India Company troops could be used. What rules do you use for the Sikh Wars…? |
Pictors Studio | 29 Dec 2014 5:19 p.m. PST |
I use Black Powder with some serious modifications. The one being that the Sikh side either has one player on it that wins by destroying Sikh units or the British player is in charge of the Sikh overall commander and can issue orders to units from that commander. Obviously it depends on who you have playing as to how well this works or what limits you have to put on it. Sometimes we prevent that commander from issuing more than one order at a time or to more than one unit at a time, so no brigade orders. It works pretty well mostly. There are some battles where we don't do this. |
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