Sunday 23 June 2019

The Army of the Sublime Porte .


In between painting figures for 'A' and about six other dabblings I have got the first contingent of my Turkish force done . Here we see the Commander Omar Sharif Pasha , he's a Irregular 40mm figure made up from pieces from their Deutsche Homage range .


Here he leads his bodyguard of Lancers in an al fresco setting - seeing summer has finally decided to arrive , the cat had to be removed from this location for the photographic shoot as it's a favourite sunning place .


One of two units of Infantry , I'm not usually keen on firing figures but Irregular only do a firing pose so I've had to use that - it's growing on me slowly as it's different .


Omar Pasha meets with the German Naval attache , both up to no good I expect . The foot figure is a strange semi flat figure I got with an eBay buy and is 50mm tall , a bit big - but as a 'cameo' figure it doesn't matter , I painted him in a vaguely naval uniform . I have another batch on order but have thought of a scenario for a game using this small force which will be appearing soon .




6 comments:

  1. The advance guard is looking good, especially the Pasha. Removed the cat from the sunny spot!?? I've heard slanders about the cruelty of the Turks before but....

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    1. Even worse the dog was banished to the house for the time the photos took !

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  2. The stranger is a German Naval officer originally from Schneider mold 55. He came with two sailors. You may find this interesting.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qXXGZaiIYc

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  3. Good to see you out in the Garden Tony with your splendid Toy Soldiers enjoying the Sun...we're in Winter here -only about 10 Degrees during the day- dropping to 3.5 over-night with some rain. Cheers. KEV.

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    1. Well Summer has arrived - but it has taken it's time about it !

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