Cadman Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 On a miserable and bitterly cold morning, 13th January 1842, in the final act of the disastrous Retreat from Kabul, the forty or so ragged remnants of Major-General Sir William Elphinstone's entire Army of the Indus, most of them from the 44th Regiment of Foot, prepared to make their Last Stand on a windswept hill, close to the village of Gandamak, Afghanistan. Only a handful of them survived to be taken prisoner by the Ghilzai tribesmen -- the rest perished in the snow. The small diorama is based on the famous painting by William Barnes Wollen which hangs in the Essex Regiment Museum in Chelmsford, England. All figures used are 1/32 scale resin from Time Machine Miniatures, and this snapshot in time depicts the moment an unknown Sergeant from the 44th shouted his response to the Afghan's offer to spare all their lives if they would surrender. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clogged Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Lovely depiction of a famous action. The figures poses look very imressive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murdo Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 That is something to be extremely proud of. You can almost feel the defiance. An excellent diorama sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadman Posted February 3, 2017 Author Share Posted February 3, 2017 8 hours ago, Clogged said: Lovely depiction of a famous action. The figures poses look very imressive. Thanks for that. Yes, those Time Machine Miniature figures are excellent. I'd like to order a few more sets in future, carry out some pose conversions and expand the diorama -- with better, and more accurate, groundwork. They were my first try at painting 1/32 scale figures. It's difficult to explain, but I found the transition from doing larger scale figures took quite an adjustment on my part; so they're not my best. They tell the story though. Here's some WIP shots. And sitting on the bottom shelf of a sadly overcrowded display cabinet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadman Posted February 3, 2017 Author Share Posted February 3, 2017 (edited) On 2/3/2017 at 6:31 AM, Murdo said: That is something to be extremely proud of. You can almost feel the defiance. An excellent diorama sir! Cheers Murdo. I've long wished that someone, somewhere, would get around to doing a reasonably accurate movie about the First Afghan War and the harrowing Retreat from Kabul. I reckon Emily Blunt would be perfectly cast as the redoubtable Lady Sale. However, absolutely number one on my wishlist would be a big budget film highlighting characters from both sides during The Indian Mutiny 1857. Surely there's a wealth of material there for a magnificent movie? "Mangal Pandey:The Rising" from 2005 is the only DVD I have that covers this one. Edited February 8, 2017 by Cadman removed a comment 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clogged Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Makes me want to have a go at something similar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadman Posted February 4, 2017 Author Share Posted February 4, 2017 11 hours ago, Clogged said: Makes me want to have a go at something similar! Why not have a go? The diorama base is very simple compared to some, but still gets the story across. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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