Yorks & Lancs at the Battle of Tamai
The guys at Newline Designs are reading my mind - which is a) a little bit creepy and b) means I still need to get out more (actually I have a date this weekend with a real live human female, so there. But won't be going into great detail about wargaming... not on the first date...)
Anyhoo, in the back of my mind since Newline released their Camel Corp offering and HaT haven't really released anything in their equivalent range for a few years, I've had a little wish.
SUD35 York & Lancaster Regt Command
Outside of their native allies, the Scottish and Camel regiments, the only British regiment that is distinguishable from other regiments by their uniform is the Lancaster & York regiment.
SUD37 York & Lancasters Standing Firing
But yet no one had produced them in 20mm (1/72) and it irked and scratched away at my OCD (Obsessive Collectors Disorder) and I even thought of converting other figures using green stuff, to complete the collection.
So I was like far out, a wish come true, when I checked up on an order for some ancients and saw Newline's August 2016 York & Lancasters releases.
There they were in their covered helmet with chain and rolled greatcoat slung over their shoulders.
SUD40 York & Lancasters Advancing
All the main poses are covered so that you can produce a firing line, a line advancing, line at ready, or a good mix of skirmishers.
The offering includes:
SUD35 York & Lancaster Regt Command
SUD36 York & Lancasters at Ready
SUD37 York & Lancasters Standing Firing
SUD38 York & Lancasters Kneeling Loading
SUD39 York & Lancasters Kneeling Firing
SUD40 York & Lancasters Advancing
As usual the sculpting looks fantastic with superb detail and the uniforms and equipment accurately portrayed.
SUD38 York & Lancasters Kneeling Loading
Which completes my wish list of Sudan Brits. I fancy a regiment made up of two standard sized BP units and a Small unit of skirmishers.
Another fantastic regiment modeled from Newline in an excellent line of 20mm Anglo-Egyptian and Ansar figures for your Sudan campaigns.
SUD39 York & Lancasters Kneeling Firing
Jolly good...'specially the bit where you're not stuck trying to convert them yourself. I could just imagine you huddled over a pile of little plastic figures long into the night, night after night after night...
ReplyDeleteOh, and enjoy your outing on Saturday. :-)
Repeat after me:
ReplyDelete"What's in all those hundreds of boxes?"
"Oh nothing really"
;)
Good luck, and yeah always good when that one missing unit is released :)
Haha, thanks for the advice, but I find its good to be up front with a date, they'll realise the extent of the madness eventually. Its better to get the shocked reaction and the '...but what do you DO with them...' that follows, out the way as soon as possible.
ReplyDeleteAnd yea, the Newline range has given me weeks of my life back... although I just finished eight more pugaree conversions, I can do about one a minute now... I just can't help myself!
... and the clincher that follows '...do you make the noises?' - classic.
ReplyDeleteChicks man, gotta dig em!