This is a lovely little figure of a trooper, 19th Hussars 1885, who fought at the battle of Abu Kru, 19th January 1885. This was 2 days after the battle of Abu Klea.
The British formed square and moved toward the Nile, repelling all attacks. The British losses were 121, the Mahdist losses are unknown but thought to be quite high. I have restyled the moustache, making it slightly bigger and added a lower sword sling.
All painted in acrylic.





The Square at Abu Kru, but showing the infantry

The square at Abu Klea

Already love it.

Oda.

Thank you Oda, this and Napoleonic are a favourite of mine

Nice start Bob..... the moustache reminds me of somebody...'lovely boy'..... ......Mike

Great stuff sir.

Beautifull! Great start!

Nice start Bob. I like the khaki color of the helmet.

Hi Bob
I'm not too keen on figures that are pointing their finger as they never seem to look right to me, a bit wooden if you know what I mean, but this one has certainly cracked it, it looks great and very naturally posed, the moustache looks spot on...nice one
Cheers
Jim

Thank you all for the comments , very much appreciated, I also agree with you Jim but this is the best one yet from Troop54.
regards to you all.

Good start!

Getting more and more interested in this period (or more so around 1900...)

Gr
Erik

P.S:Happen to know (or someone else) who sells helmet or heads with helmets from this period (in 54mm/ 1:32...)

Nice work Bob. Nice to have a bit of history in the introduction too. That to me is what its about...recreating history in miniature.

Great start Bob on what looks to be another super offering from Troop 54.

Thank you all for the comments
Nap cheers mate, no plans for a Fuzzy wuzzy
Erik. Not sure who makes heads with the foreign service helmet.
Troop54 have some great offerings and more in the pipeline.
Regard to you all.

Looking good Bob! Love the period and your work, as always.

Cheers,
Ken

Thank you Ken, much appreciated. The mid to late Victorian period is a favourite with me too as well as Napoleonic. The 1850s is being better represented now in figures. Happy times.
Best regards.

A bit more painting, the bedford cord trousers have been finished, I was going cross-eyed doing the fine dark lines but it looks okay to me. Onto the white of the belt and haversack now and of course the Martini carbine, of which I made a sling, with swivels only to find out they didn't have a sling. aghhh.

Cheers Nap


The two large pic's are of The infantry Martini, one of the GG camel corp, the other I believe is of the Staffords Regt.
The Cavalry carried the Martini carbine which had a shorter barrel length.

this had two small screws either side of the ladder sight to secure a leather strip to stop it snagging on the boot holster (below) They may have been issued with the latter Artillery Carbine, but I doubt it.