Colonial India & The North-West Frontier (1 Viewer)

[PolarBear]

Hi folks Love this new thread, brilliant idea of yours Randy. Saw the item on tent pegging thought you may like to see this figure, painted from a BMSS casting, Officer 30th Bengal lancers

Regards John

John

I think I have died and gone to Heaven. Please feel free anytime to post figures from Anglo-India and the North-West Frontier. How much would a beauty like that cost in US dollars from your skilled hands and brush?

Randy

 

[Louis Badolato]

Hi folks Love this new thread, brilliant idea of yours Randy. Saw the item on tent pegging thought you may like to see this figure, painted from a BMSS casting, Officer 30th Bengal lancers

Regards John

That figure is incredible, John!!! I join in Randy's inquiry about the cost of obtaining one.

 

[glossman]

John

I think I have died and gone to Heaven. Please feel free anytime to post figures from Anglo-India and the North-West Frontier. How much would a beauty like that cost in US dollars from your skilled hands and brush?

Randy

Randy,

John has done a great job on the BMSS casting of the Officer of the 30th Lancers.

Out of sheer curiosity, I went to the BMSS website to look at the other Indian Army mounted figures

Here is the link which may be of interest to both you and LB:

http://www.btinternet.com/~MODEL.SOLDIERS/supserv/page55.html

It appears that the Officer on the 30th Lancers tent pegging is no longer available.

What a pity !! This is really a unique figure.

Best, Raymond.

 

[beating retreat]

That figure is incredible, John!!! I join in Randy's inquiry about the cost of obtaining one.

Hi Sorry guys the figure has been withdrawn fromthe BMSS lists but there are 2 others on there you might be interested in HRH Sir Pertab Singh Bahadur or 13th lancers drum horse are still available
Regards John

 

[PolarBear]

To demonstrate the level of John's painting skills just compare his version with the sample posted by the BMSS:

1. John Firth (beating retreat)
2. BMSS Model

 

[Wraith]

I see what you mean Randy. Well, I'm sure John will get it to look nearly as good as that if he keeps practicing.

John,

The painting on that set is nothing short of amazing. Never seen that level of realism in a glossy piece. It looks brilliant, and thanks for sharing the pic.

Simon

 

[PolarBear]

"Pac Power"

Two Members of the 53rd Regt. in India during the Sepoy Rebellion of 1857 get help moving logs for a barricade by a local pachyderm known to work for peanuts.

Figures: Wm. Britain & Safari Ltd.

 

[beating retreat]

Hey Randy love the elephant pic brilliant the way the soldier is pushing it to get it to move the log

John

 

[PolarBear]

Hey Randy love the elephant pic brilliant the way the soldier is pushing it to get it to move the log

John

Thanks John

I just had to find a new way to use that hand gesture.

Randy

 

[Mardasson]

"Pac Power"

Two Members of the 53rd Regt. in India during the Sepoy Rebellion of 1857 get help moving logs for a barricade by a local pachyderm known to work for peanuts.

Figures: Wm. Britain & Safari Ltd.

Very nice picture ! (I'm partial to elephants).
What is the grass you put the figures on ?
Michel

 

[PolarBear]

Very nice picture ! (I'm partial to elephants).
What is the grass you put the figures on ?
Michel

Hudson & Allen grass base.

http://www.treefrogtreasures.com/detail.aspx?ID=4335

 

[PolarBear]

View #6: The 93rd have breached the walls of the Secundra Bagh and hand to hand fighting ensues.

 

[Mardasson]

Hudson & Allen grass base.

http://www.treefrogtreasures.com/detail.aspx?ID=4335

Thanks ! It has a much better look in your picture with figures on it !
Michel

 

[PolarBear]

The previous post is a sample from my other India thread on the Indian Mutiny of 1857 as portrayed in the Victoria Cross Collection by Wm. Britain.

The Indian Mutiny Thread: "Views From the Bagh"

http://www.treefrogtreasures.com/forum/showthread.php?p=183669#post183669

Wm. Britain site for Indian Mutiny Collection

http://www.wbritain.com/products.cfm?catID=3822

 

[PolarBear]

Thanks ! It has a much better look in your picture with figures on it !
Michel

That H&A photo does not do it justice

Here is a better view:

 

[PolarBear]

For students of Anglo- India during the Raj of the 19th C. it is a fortunate coincidence that photography had become a significant means for recording daily life, geography, portraits and historical events. I have already included examples in this thread and will continue to do so, showing works by both Anglo-European and Indian photographers.

Here is an example by the Studio of Johnston & Hoffman:

Prince Sardar Singh
Jodpuhr Circa 1900
Albumen Print

 

[PolarBear]

Here is an example by an Indian portrait photographer: Framji C.

Two British Soldiers with Servant, Dog and Monkey
Poona, India 1890s
Cabinet Photo

This offers an interesting contrast to the 'royal' subject of the previous photo. The cost of servants in India was low enough so that the Other Ranks as well as officers could afford to have them.

 

[PolarBear]

Bengal Sappers & Miners (Photographers)
Captured Guns at Kabul
1879 (2nd Afghan War)


"Photograph of Captured Guns in Kabul, taken by the Bengal Sappers and Miners, an engineering arm of the Indian Army in c. 1879 during the course of the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-80). It was taken in the Sherpur Cantonment at Kabul in Afghanistan. Following the death of the British resident, Cavagnari and his mission at Kabul in September 1879 General Roberts and his forces entered the city and occupied the Sherpur Cantonment. Roberts was tasked with punishing those responsible for the death of Cavagnari, securing his force at Kabul and establishing a line of communication with British forces via the Khyber Pass." BL

 

[aujj65]

Randy, sorry to jump again but all those guns reminded me of the Elephant Battery I painted last year (which now resides in Canada). These are castings made by Fusilier Miniatures.

Jeff

 

[PolarBear]

Randy, sorry to jump again but all those guns reminded me of the Elephant Battery I painted last year (which now resides in Canada). These are castings made by Fusilier Miniatures.

Jeff

Jeff

Feel free to jump in anytime. That is a beautiful work of art.

Randy