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Ok, I managed to accidentally buy a small group of wargames foundry 1st Afghan War British. So now I'm wondering if anyone has done lists for the conflict??
Doug
(I blame Flashman...)
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Good Morning Stephen, How does one find the Virtual Wargames Club? I thank you in advance. Jon On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 5:33 AM Stephen Caddy <stephen.f.caddy@...> wrote: Accidents do happen - however careful one tries to be. --
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PETER SIDES
开云体育Hi I don’t know what scale you bought, Men who would be king are quite good for this period. The basic british infantry coy orbat was BRITISH INFANTRY COMPANY 1880S ? COY HQ –? Capt. Lieutenant 2nd Lieutenant CSM 2 Drummers ? 1st Platoon????????????????????????? 2nd Platoon ???????????????????????? 3rd Platoon????????????????????????? 4th Platoon Sargent??????????????????????????????? Sargent?????????????????????????????? Sargent??????????????????????????????? Sargent Corporal?????????????????????????????? Corporal?????????????????????????????? Corporal?????????????????????????????? Corporal 24 Rifles????????????? ??????????????? 24 Rifles?????????????????????????????? 24 Rifles?????????????????????????????? 24 Rifles In 2 sections?????? ? With 6 companies to the battalion. ? If this is any help. ? peter ? Sent from for Windows ? From: Doug Melville
Sent: 16 August 2021 23:09 To: toofatlardies ([email protected]) Subject: [TooFatLardies] Lists for 1st Afghan War ? Ok, I managed to accidentally buy a small group of wargames foundry 1st Afghan War British. So now I'm wondering if anyone has done lists for the conflict?? ? Doug (I blame Flashman...) ? Get? ? ? Get ? |
开云体育Hi Stephen, no, they are generally the pristine bell topped shako and short jackets version. I am considering whether I want to bite the bullet, put them on the back-burner and just go full on Indian Mutiny.? Which seems to have a much greater variety
of figures available and is better supported.??
Though..? Flashman.?
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Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2021 10:32:57 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TooFatLardies] Lists for 1st Afghan War ?
Accidents do happen - however careful one tries to be.
I look forward to learning more of this project at the Virtual Wargame Club. Did you buy the Gandamak figures? Stephen |
开云体育Thanks Peter, I only bought a few as I wanted to do Sharp Practice, but that's very helpful. It's interesting to see the relatively high number of NCOs.
All the best
Doug
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Hi I don’t know what scale you bought, Men who would be king are quite good for this period. The basic british infantry coy orbat was BRITISH INFANTRY COMPANY 1880S ? COY HQ –? Capt. Lieutenant 2nd Lieutenant CSM 2 Drummers ? 1st Platoon????????????????????????? 2nd Platoon ???????????????????????? 3rd Platoon????????????????????????? 4th Platoon Sargent??????????????????????????????? Sargent?????????????????????????????? Sargent??????????????????????????????? Sargent Corporal?????????????????????????????? Corporal?????????????????????????????? Corporal?????????????????????????????? Corporal 24 Rifles????????????? ??????????????? 24 Rifles?????????????????????????????? 24 Rifles?????????????????????????????? 24 Rifles In 2 sections?????? ? With 6 companies to the battalion. ? If this is any help. ? peter ? Sent from for Windows ? From: Doug Melville ? Ok, I managed to accidentally buy a small group of wargames foundry 1st Afghan War British. So now I'm wondering if anyone has done lists for the conflict?? ? Doug (I blame Flashman...) ? Get? ? ? Get ? |
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Take heart, Doug!? Flashman was involved in the Mutiny, too!? And Empress/Iron Duke have a lovely and comprehensive range of figures!
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Byron?
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Jon,
thanks for your interest in VWC [Virtual Wargames Club]. To learn more just email me at stephen.f.caddy@...? all the best, Stephen |
开云体育I know, I've looked at the Empress/Iron Duke range and been ashamed of the lust...??
Hmmm..? of course, if I was a REAL wargamer, I would collect both.
And just to deflect, painting some Perry plastic AWI till I get over it.
D.
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Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2021 3:18:56 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]>; Doug Melville <dougmelville@...> Subject: Re: [TooFatLardies] Lists for 1st Afghan War ?
Take heart, Doug!? Flashman was involved in the Mutiny, too!? And Empress/Iron Duke have a lovely and comprehensive range of figures!
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Byron?
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Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2021 5:37:06 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TooFatLardies] Lists for 1st Afghan War ?
Doug,
that's the uniform I'm using for Carlist Wars and an alternative Victorian Civil War - both SP2. With Afghan, Opium, Cape and Carlist Wars there's quite a few infantry and artillery. Cavalry is more limited - lancers and light dragoons. Stephen |
开云体育Don’t forget about the British Irregular Cavalry, that can give you quite a bit of variation. ? Neil ? Sent from for Windows ? From: Doug Melville
Sent: August 20, 2021 6:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TooFatLardies] Lists for 1st Afghan War ? Lancers and Light Dragoons make for some colourful figures though....? ? Thanks Stephen.? ? Get From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Stephen Caddy <stephen.f.caddy@...> ? Doug, ? |
开云体育Iron Duke has East India Company Irregular Cavalry which you could use to represent Skinners horse (Yellow coats, red pants and ?red or blue turbans) GAPS 7 and 8. Also looking at the orders of battle for Afghanistan the British had a number of allied tribes so you could have some just in native dress. There was also the East India Company regular cavalry which was in light blue/grey uniforms with orange facings and peakless shakos. ? Neil ? Sent from for Windows ? From: Stephen Caddy
Sent: August 21, 2021 2:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TooFatLardies] Lists for 1st Afghan War ? Neil, Can you tell me more what you have in mind with the British Irregular Cavalry. Whose figures? What might they represent? Thanks. Always open to ideas. ? |
开云体育Thanks Graham, I did wonder about the Sikh Wars, but I confess, part of the appeal was the ready availability of the Perry plastic Afghans.?
I am now wondering if I consign them to the lead pile and instead grab the splendid Iron Duke Indian Mutiny figures.
Regards
Doug
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Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2021 11:22:58 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TooFatLardies] Lists for 1st Afghan War ?
Doug
You can always use the for early Scind and much more interestingly against the wily Ranjit Singh. At a push you could form up your French Old Guard, call them Persians and refight Herat. Graham |
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Well if you do go for the Duke’s First War of Independence range then having a few gentlemen from Peshawar and beyond will not go amiss. 1857 is not somewhere I need or want to go anymore, but the misadventures of Dost Mahommed and General Elphinstone I do find fascinating along with the rise and decline of the Sikh empire. In fact pretty much anything along the Silk Road in the 1800s.
Graham |