Call me Tango, but I happened to visit the Perry Miniatures FaceBook page and discovered it's finally happened: the Perrys are about to release Gurkhas for their "Victoria's Little Wars" range. As to be expected, the figures look excellent:
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Two out of three planned pack codes are pictured above, which look to be "Attacking with bayonet & kukri" and "Loading and firing". I assume the missing code is "Command". It would be amazing if the Command pack includes a Gurkha carrying the Queen's Truncheon… but I wouldn't bet on it.
The only wrinkle is their release has been delayed by the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. This is a bummer, since it will probably make it impossible for me to buy, receive, paint, base and terrain a unit (or two) of these new figures in time for my 1880 Kandahar/Baba Wali 140th Anniversary game in mid-August. Still, it will be good to finally have "new" Second Afghan War Gurkhas. At some point Artizan Designs is supposed to release Gurkhas for their Second Afghan War range, but I haven't heard anything about that in a while.
So while I hope these new brave sons of Nepal arrive in time to reprise their key role at Baba Wali in a few months time… if not they will still be a welcome addition to many a colonial gamer's army, myself included.
EDIT: Apologies to the 18th Century folks, I accidentally cross-posted to "18th Cent. Discussion" instead of 19th. I will contact the Editor and ask him to remove this post from your Area!
MESSAGE SENT.
gets his hands on some fields and fences.
