Just finished these two
A Private of the 66th , and Gunner Collis V.C. of the RHA.
Everything is entirely scratchbuilt except for the articulated plastic bodies inside.
All the details come from Barthorp's excellent article in Military Illustrated No. 17.








Maiwand was a now-forgotten disaster , eighteen months after Isandlwana , and with a rather similar scenario. A small army under General Burrows blunders into the main Afghan Army ; firepower holds them back for a bit , but an over-extended position is then overrun .
About half the troops became casualties, the others escaping to take shelter in Kandahar .


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