AntiJihadistCrusader
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AUCTION AT EBAY
http://www.ebay.com/itm/251764087142
If found, asking price is 60.00-70.00 and up .....Auction starting at 50% off or more of the lowest price found elsewhere.
TIME MACHINE MINIATURES
BRITISH COLONIAL SERIES
THE LAST STAND AT GANDAMAK
BCS 1 RETREAT FROM KABUL
DESIGHED AND SCULPTED BY CHRIS TUBB.
Base and three 54 mm. resin figures with white metal parts secured in zip lock bags.
Time Machine's 54 mm. vignette "The Last Stand at Gandamak" is a beautifully sculpted and cast vignette. Chris Tubb, the sculptor has truly captured the desperation, drama and pain of this horrific event in British Colonial History. The kit is comprised of 13 parts cast in good quality resin and white metal.
The vignette is composed of two 44th Regiment of Foot Soldiers, one Bengal Horse Artillery Officer and a very nice base.
To facilitate the assembly and painting, the figures are supplied with seperate individual bases.
The kit is flash free and the assembly is straight forward with no filling required.
This vignette is sculpted with much realism, artistry and flair. The faces are very convincing and will paint up nicely.
This kit has to be seen in the flesh to be truly appreciated.
This highly recommended kit will give you many hours of enjoyment.
HISTORCAL BACKGROUND.
The 44th Foot fought in the 1st Anglo -Afghan War and the regiment formed the rearguard on the retreat from Kabul. On 13 January 1842, the few survivors of the decimated regiment made a last stand against Afghan tribesmen on a rocky hill near to the village of Gandamak The force reduced to fewer than forty men by the retreat from Kabul that had come to an end of a running battle through two feet of snow. The ground was frozen and icy. The men had no shelter and little food for weeks. Only a dozen of the men had working muskets, the officers their pistols and a few unbroken swords. When the Afghans surrounded them on the morning of the 13th the Afghans announced that a surrender could be arranged. "Not bloody likely!" was the bellowed answer of one British sergeant. It is believed that only two survived the massacre. Most notable was Captain Thomas Souter, who by wrapping the regimental colours around himself was taken prisoner, being mistaken by the Afghan as a high military official. The other was Surgeon Brydon who made it as far as the British garrison at Jalalabad after riding his exhausted horse to the limit for days. A vivid, if romanticised, depiction entitled "Last Stand of the 44th Regiment at Gundamuk" was painted by the artist Wollen in 1898 which now hangs in the Chelmsford and Essex museum in Oaklands Park, London Road, Chelmsford. This disaster to British arms served to encourage the Indian nationalists who were leaders in the great mutiny in India (1857)....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/251764087142
If found, asking price is 60.00-70.00 and up .....Auction starting at 50% off or more of the lowest price found elsewhere.
TIME MACHINE MINIATURES
BRITISH COLONIAL SERIES
THE LAST STAND AT GANDAMAK
BCS 1 RETREAT FROM KABUL
DESIGHED AND SCULPTED BY CHRIS TUBB.
Base and three 54 mm. resin figures with white metal parts secured in zip lock bags.
Time Machine's 54 mm. vignette "The Last Stand at Gandamak" is a beautifully sculpted and cast vignette. Chris Tubb, the sculptor has truly captured the desperation, drama and pain of this horrific event in British Colonial History. The kit is comprised of 13 parts cast in good quality resin and white metal.
The vignette is composed of two 44th Regiment of Foot Soldiers, one Bengal Horse Artillery Officer and a very nice base.
To facilitate the assembly and painting, the figures are supplied with seperate individual bases.
The kit is flash free and the assembly is straight forward with no filling required.
This vignette is sculpted with much realism, artistry and flair. The faces are very convincing and will paint up nicely.
This kit has to be seen in the flesh to be truly appreciated.
This highly recommended kit will give you many hours of enjoyment.
HISTORCAL BACKGROUND.
The 44th Foot fought in the 1st Anglo -Afghan War and the regiment formed the rearguard on the retreat from Kabul. On 13 January 1842, the few survivors of the decimated regiment made a last stand against Afghan tribesmen on a rocky hill near to the village of Gandamak The force reduced to fewer than forty men by the retreat from Kabul that had come to an end of a running battle through two feet of snow. The ground was frozen and icy. The men had no shelter and little food for weeks. Only a dozen of the men had working muskets, the officers their pistols and a few unbroken swords. When the Afghans surrounded them on the morning of the 13th the Afghans announced that a surrender could be arranged. "Not bloody likely!" was the bellowed answer of one British sergeant. It is believed that only two survived the massacre. Most notable was Captain Thomas Souter, who by wrapping the regimental colours around himself was taken prisoner, being mistaken by the Afghan as a high military official. The other was Surgeon Brydon who made it as far as the British garrison at Jalalabad after riding his exhausted horse to the limit for days. A vivid, if romanticised, depiction entitled "Last Stand of the 44th Regiment at Gundamuk" was painted by the artist Wollen in 1898 which now hangs in the Chelmsford and Essex museum in Oaklands Park, London Road, Chelmsford. This disaster to British arms served to encourage the Indian nationalists who were leaders in the great mutiny in India (1857)....
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