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Posted by despertaferro on 28 Jan 2020, 14:15

Hi...

Boer's war British Artillery and Infantry

The artillerymen and guns goes straight from the Strelets box, so not much to say about.

For the infantry bases, I did mixed figures from the Strelets British infantry for the period and some figures from the WW1's Australian Camel Cops set. I know they are not perfectly accurate but I wanted to represent how the British soldier did look late in the war: slouch-hats, bandoliers and khaki trousers. In fact, they were not much different from their Boer enemies.

My earlier postings about the subject can't be seen now, so I'll try to post them here the soonest I can.

Many thanks for your time and I hope you like them.

Regards

Joan



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Posted by Bluefalchion on 28 Jan 2020, 14:54

Amazing, as always. Can't wait to see your Boers so they will have an opponent!
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Posted by Susofrick on 28 Jan 2020, 16:24

You really are the master at mixing figures from different makers so we hardly notice the difference! Next time I expect to see some 28mm and 1/32, but not sure we can spot the difference even then! And, as Aaron, I long for some boers!
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Posted by Beano Boy on 28 Jan 2020, 16:29

Fantastic firing lines. Pretty Cool for that hot climate too.
These could be used against Johnny Turks too, in the Great War. BB
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Posted by C M Dodson on 28 Jan 2020, 22:42

Marvellous stuff.

You have really captured the era in these pictures.

Best wishes,

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Posted by Rich W on 01 Feb 2020, 09:21

As with all your other works, excellent stuff again! I have a box of the Strelets infantry and seeing your efforts makes me want to paint mine (although I'm sure I'll still not get round to it...)! Looking forward to seeing the Boers.
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Posted by lobo on 01 Feb 2020, 09:30

Joan, Thank you very much for sharing¡
Excellent work,…as always¡¡¡
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Posted by MABO on 02 Feb 2020, 08:56

Very cool look of this British army full of dust.
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Posted by Man from the north on 09 Feb 2020, 19:40

Very good work! It is interesting in Europe that the book of the writer Louis Boussenard, Captain Sasset -Cov, was also popular as in Russia?
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Posted by Rich W on 25 Apr 2020, 14:29

What colour's did you use for these uniforms?
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Posted by despertaferro on 25 Apr 2020, 17:55

Hi Rich…

I do paint with enamel, so the colour reference is from Humbrol.
And not just one shade for every item although one is predominant over the others (50% or more painted with this one, the others share the rest…)

Slouch Hats:
119-93-187
Helmet Cover:
237-148
Jackets:
110-93-72-187
Shirts:
175-248
Trousers:
110-119-93-83
Puttees:
187-240

And the brown-black washing coat makes the different shades (that taken straight from the pot could seem too much dissimilar) look closer to each other that they really are.
Hope that helps…

Joan
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Posted by Rich W on 25 Apr 2020, 20:21

Thanks for that. I'l try and find a conversion chart for these. As previously commented, these look excellent and have inspired me to put them as next in my queue!
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Posted by despertaferro on 07 Jun 2020, 12:38

Hi boys and girls…

I hope you’re all doing well and got through all this with no harm…

I must confess that I’ve been a bit lazy while doing these… Got to rush back to work and try to catch up all the wasted time and between the constant online meetings and the fully wrapped travelling around I had to do these just going straight to the point and trying to make them looking not too bad by just doing the minimum. I haven’t drill barrel holes (I can’t remember the last time I did made my guns just painting the tip black…) and did not made much research about how these Krupp’s did look under Boer service.

But, somehow, I managed to finish them… :-D
I hope the next one’s can come out a little better… Sorry for that…

Well, here you have the finest artillery of the world at the time and, believed or not, the first artillerymen in History to use indirect fire (the gunners didn’t see the targets and direct their fire through forward observers…).
If wasn’t for the racism and the religion, my kind of army those Boers… :-D

Many thanks for you time...

Joan



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Posted by CliosPaintingBench on 07 Jun 2020, 14:06

Wow, these are fantastic, especially when they are arrayed up in those gunlines. Love the muted, realistic painting style. This is a great collection.
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Posted by despertaferro on 14 Nov 2020, 16:19

Long Cecil

Hi...

This is the impressive gun made by the British to counter the Boer’s Long-Tom’s.

The gun is from Speira and, like everything from them, is quite an impressive model. Strelets and Hat's figures.


A couple of Long Tom’s will follow in a matter of days ... I guess...

Hope you like them.

Joan



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Posted by PaulRPetri on 14 Nov 2020, 16:33

That is sensational Joan!!!
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Posted by C M Dodson on 14 Nov 2020, 18:48

What a superb model.

The composition, painting and setting look first class.

A horse hair lanyard and in sepia you would be transported back in time.

Brilliant.

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Posted by Peter on 14 Nov 2020, 23:48

Wonderfull work Joan! :thumbup:
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Posted by despertaferro on 18 Nov 2020, 10:52

Hi…

As promised, these are my Boer’s Long Tom’s.

One of the models (the one with the barrel`s rear open) comes from Speira. The other, same as figures, from Strelets.

Many thanks for your time.

Joan



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Posted by Bluefalchion on 18 Nov 2020, 15:17

Great to see some more of your works!
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