Mardan or Suakin?

A Suakin Gate Sketch

 

 
Now I've ransacked myself: miniatures by Perry Miniatures, Copplestone, Old Games, Castaway Arts and so on. The base plate of my diorama will form a game board of Games Workshop.

In the summer of last year, I started with wall segments and the main gate. The basic colors are available. My drawing, I apologize, is not really good. but she will give a picture of what I intend to do.

I'm still not really sure if I'll show Suakin in Africa or Mardan in North India.
Both cities have to do with the Corps of Guides, insofar as the Suakin was the base of the guides during the Sudan campaign and Mardan actually the headquarters.

What do you think?

May the Great Builder of all worlds guide your way.
Cheers
Andreas



The Mardan Gate

 

Sons of the Empire - Part II

Some Pics from the workbench today...

A lot of work to do, now we will see...

Cheerio,
Dudley

"Sons of the Empire" - Part I

In the meantime, all is in change. Even so my ideas about Dudley and his friends. I have show you the first paintsteps about Dudley and the Skinner Horses. And so I have change my mind about Dudley Regiment.

Dudley is an British Officer in an British Unit in the British Army in India. So he would be an Officer of the 17th Lancers.

His Friend, Major Frederik Hardy, would be an Officer from the 1st Madras Cavalry.

The next main character of the Troop is (Lieutenant) Colonel Robert Stanley Montgomery, Officer in the Viceroys Bodyguard and Special Agent of the Viceroys Security Service and a big-game hunter.

Last but not least we have Brigadier Gregory Hamish Campbell from 5th Seaforth Higlanders in Indian Service.

(Lt. Colonel in the Front)

 

And there are the Miniatures....

Campbell

Dudley

Hardy

Montgomery

Royal Engineers - Indian, Sudan and other Service

Hello everybody !

 

There are the first pics from the workbench about my Royal Engineers, Major Dudley, Lord Peter Wimsay and Colonel Burnaby (Blues).

 

 

I have told about the uniform mix between grey and red tunics...on the left Major Dudley (RE) on the right Brigadier Lord Peter Wimsay (CB,CBE, KCSI). This two minis are finished.

     

I have made two sections with two Trooper in two teams. They are not finished, only first brush.

There is the first brush of Fredrick Augustus Burnaby..

(poor Burnaby..he never wear kahki....)

 

The Troop together...

Royal Engineers and Indian Officer [III]

Hello my Friends,

 

there i have to show you some work finished today. The first part of the Royal Engineers in Indian Army and Major Dudley are finished.

 

 

 

There some pics from the workbench...

Major Dudley is an Officer of the Dragoons, so he needs a sword. I take it from the perry napoleonic command sprue of the british Army....

Some older group pics before finish the bases...on the right two Riflemen from 95th Rifles..

Please, say something...

Greetings
Gordon

Indian Office, Royal Engineers [II]

Canadian Service

Home Service

Within my small timeline..i have finished the second Mini i the Indian Office Diorama Group. First i have think about the Royal Engineers.

Lieutenant John Chard was an RE and General Gordon too. Some great british Officers are part of the Corps of Engineers too.



Officer mounted and Sapper

NCO and two Sappers

 









So i have look at some pictures in this time of the Engineers...i don´t know if they have an special Service Dress in this time, but they are not in Battle, they are in regular Duty.

 

So i have to take a look at the patrol jaket. And now i finished my RE Officer....

Indian Office, Royal Engineers & Secret Service [I]

Hi Friends !

 

Ok...Admiral Drax Comment showed me that my photographs convey a slight green tint. Considering that, please ...

 

The Petty Twins had help me out. The special range of sudan shows us some magazin corespondents, like  Melton Prior, Frederic Villiers and Bennet Burleigh. I use the diorama for my own one.

 

My idea is to represent a group of Royal Engineers and Indian Staff Officers. Like an intelligence service team.

 

This is the original from https://www.perry-miniatures.com.

 

 

 

This are the two horses... 

 

Their leader is Major William Cedric Dudley..

He wears his uniform pants, because he really is an officer charge of Bengal Cavalry in duty of imperial indian staff.

 

The other two are officers of the Royal Engineers and the Indian Staff Office. Images come to nearest days.

 

Have a good week.

Gordon