Afghan Tribal Force Update #13a: The Second half of Pashtun Tribal Unit #2

"Hurry up and paint the rest of the unit. We have an uprising on the NW Frontier to start!"

It's time to hit the home stretch for my Pashtun/Tribal core force for The Men Who Would be Kings. For units that don't have uniforms or have mix and match uniforms, I usually break them up in batches. The recommended size for Tribal units in The Men Who Would be Kings 16 figures so now it's time to put the last 8 hard plastic Perry Miniature Afghan Tribesmen together.

Most of the shields, turban scarfs, etc., will be added after the main figure is painted.

This batch of 8 will be mounted one 3 figure base, one 2 figure base, and three one figure base. I haven't quite figured out yet which figures will go on the 3 and 2 figure bases for a vignette except for the drummer who will definitely be on the 3 figure base.

I love how this figures is yelling a war cry  and charging with two blades.

To make all of my drummers unique I used a different body that I have not seen as a drummer. Since there is a gap between the drum and the figure, I once again added some household string to the drum so the drum is not "magically" floating in the air. The drummer has the same head as our two bladed chap above.

I REALLY like the way this figure turned out. How would you like to see him jump out behind a rock at you? You better have your bayonet fixed!

Just a regular charging guy that will have a shield.

Whoops. Looks like some dried glue "webs" need to be removed.

This batch definitely as a group looks like they want to get up and personal with the Indian Army.

From this angle this guy looks a little goofy. From the side, and especially when the shield is added he will look more dramatic.

Pulling out that tulwar on the run - nicely animated with just a little cutting and repositioning of an arm.
 

The rest of the group wanted to supervise while I painted. In reality, I have them on the painting people so I can continue the "theme" of how I what the whole unit to look. And I need to remember to fix that white spot on the leader's turban!

POST CREDIT SCENE:

I had some extra time and as I started painted I decided which figures would go with which bases for my "vignettes".

The last 8 after the white primer has been applied. White works well for Afghan/Pashtun tribesmen.

The group of Three.

The group of Two.

These figures will be mounted singly.