Painting Challenge Submission #11 - More Afghan Regulars for Second Anglo-Afghan War

Another unit of 28mm Afghan regulars for the late 19th century - metal castings from Perry Miniatures.

My eleventh and final submission to the 14th edition of Curt's Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge is shown here - one more unit of 28mm Afghan Regulars for my Second Anglo-Afghan War project. These are metal castings from Perry Miniatures, sporting different head coverings from the last group. As with the previous such entry, this group is meant to represent a unit of infantry in the Osprey game "The Men Who Would Be Kings".

Opted for Khaki colours on these lads...

Some different head wear to capture the variety to be found among the Afghan forces of the period.

I opted for more of khaki look for this unit - still a bit of colour on the red facings and straps, but on balance not as bright as the previous unit of regulars. This choice was made in part to create some variety, but I also wanted to practice painting khaki tones so I could come up with a paint "recipe" that I like when the time comes to paint some of the British units.

Officer and musician to rally the troops!

So that makes four units for the Afghan side of this project - still not a complete force, but getting close. Not bad for a new project started from scratch!

A couple of the riflemen.

Afghan regulars ready to resist the British!

That's all for me from AHPC XIV, but won't be it for the painting...after the end of every painting Challenge, there are always a few projects that were "almost" finished by didn't get done in time. Watch for those to appear in the days ahead. Thanks for reading!