Monday, 27 October 2014

The Life and Times of Herbert Hardly-Standing VC, No1

Inspired by a thread on the Loose Association of Wargamers forum, a scene of daring do from the NW Frontier: Herbert Hardly-Standing saves the brigadier's life, again, from the unwelcome attentions of three swarthy Bhurpa warriors ~


















The Bhurpas are from Britannia/Grubby Tanks, Herbert Hardly-Standing is a Copplestone figure and the Brigadier is from Pulp Figures. On a different note I've added something to the baggage and backstory theme of our games, a unit of RAMC on the move ~


















The mules are from Askari, a firm from the USA who I've not seen before, while the casualty is from Redoubt's Zulu War range and the two Medics are from Pulp Figures. I thought the mules were poor sculpts but as they were a gift I'm not complaining! They are from the French Foreign Legion set I believe. The Redoubt casualty figure is obviously too large for the stretcher I've put him on, but I can live with that. I'm working on a mule born radio team now though,so hope that will appear here in due course.
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6 comments:

  1. Phil Robinson29 October 2014 at 23:02

    Jolly nice additions to the campaign old bean. Tally ho!

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    1. David30 October 2014 at 00:24

      A comment at last! Was wondering if anyone had seen this at all...

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  2. Phil5 November 2014 at 08:01

    Ok, a second comment : very nice job, love the beautiful second picture, great looking vignette!

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    1. David6 November 2014 at 13:24

      Thanks, Phil! Feedback always welcome! Glad you liked the ambulance mule set.

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  3. tomw16 January 2015 at 17:51

    Occasionally I've visited the askari site as they do offer some niche figures, but they do always seem rather rough so never purchased

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  4. Sgt. Guinness25 March 2021 at 05:58

    Another great vignette! I’ve painted lots of Askari Minis over the years. There are some hidden gems, he makes the best limbers and awesome artillery.

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