The Nawab of Tandoori

The Nawab of Tandoori is informed that the french man de Lally has arrived ...

de Lally and his aide are admitted to the presence of the Nawab ..

Carribean: Small ships (for pirates and other uses)...WIP

I've had a couple of small toy ships waiting in the project pile for a while; I've dug them out and hacked them about and made them into single mast ships with new decks made from scribed cardboard where needed; below is a shot of the two after the main bash trying out how they look with some cannons.

Carribean: 61st Foot

Some Old Glory british used to form the 61st Foot, this regiment served in the Carribean

 They could also be used for India to represent the 79th which had same facing colour.

India: The Bhaji of Bhovindi

The Bhaji of Bhovindi had a busy day dealing with affairs of state including a rather tiresome visit by the french man Count de Lally asking for his support against the british. The Bhaji dismissed him politely (he'd already signed a treaty with the british). So the Bhaji decided to wind down and went out into his private garden to relax with a couple of young ladies .....

[figs: from Steve Barber Models 25mm arabian nights range]

India: big guns ...

Finished painting the Indus Miniatures artillery and crew; these are lovely figures and I enjoyed painting them

India: work in progress ...

Still working on this, but coming along slowly. Have been recently looking through what I've got so far and touching up some of the painting I did.


I've few things in the stack for this project and got them all out to get them ready to paint..

• Indus Miniatures artillery
• Some 'civilians'/charcaters from Perry and Steve Barber
• A regiment of English infantry on single bases

 

Carribean: Red Jack - hard passage through Port Maria

Scenario: Red Jack and a couple of his crew had gone ashore during the night at Port Maria, Jumeida, the next day they have to get back to their boat through the town - soldiers are on the look out .....

 

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Red-Jack and two of his crew move across the fields near the outskirts of the town ....

The soldiers start their serach of the port town, while the Governor watches ....

an unfortunate inquisitive passer-by is dispatched

The soldiers moving down the main street are held up by the local sedan chair ...

An old amour accosts Red Jack ....

As they move towards the main street - soldiers by the windmill move their way ...

No sign of him yet sir, reports an officer to the Governor - I'll take a couple of men and check the quayside ....

Red Jack moves down towards the main street ... soldiers are behind him ...

Red Jack hides by the cart preparing to make a dash to get into the churchyard.. then shots are heard

The soldiers rush off to investigate, finding one of their men down and a pirate dead....

with the soldiers gone Red Jack moves up the main street, keeping an eye open ...

spotting more soliders up the street Red Jack goes into the Inn; he bumps into the his old mate Pegleg Johnson who tells him to wait out the back while he distracts any soldiers in the street ...

with Pegleg Johnson distracting the soldiers, Red Jack makes his move towards the port

he now moves up behind one of the warehouses  ...

Red Jack moves to the headland and is spotted by his men on the boat ...

As Red Jack moves towards the boat along the quay, a couple of his crew move up the jetty  - the officer shouts 'there he is !'

Red Jack dodges under the colonnade of the customs house... while some of his crew from the boat attack the soldiers ...

Red Jack fires his pistols and runs at a soldier brandishing his cutlass ...as one of his crew fights with an officer...

So close now, they get nearer to the jetty ... one of the pirates is down ...

... more sword play - the soldier is forced off the jetty into the harbour and Red Jack makes it to the boat - they set sail for his ship the Saucy Sue, the soldiers fire a couple of shots but miss ....

one of Red Jack's men on the headland discards his weapons and swims out to picked up...the commander of the detachment searching the town updates the Governor ....

Red Jack got away sir - three pirates killed two men wounded and one dead ; the Governor is not amused ..... he wants Red Jack dead ....

Carribean: Red Jack in trouble ?

Red Jack and a couple of his crew had gone ashore during the night at Port Maria, Jumeida, to recce for a raid inland; however they had got lost and were trying to find their way back ....

 

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A small boat is at the end of the jetty, they are pirates from Red Jack's ship, waiting to pick him up - they are anxious it is daylight and he has not yet come back ...

Trouble - someone spotted Red Jack last night down by the quay and informed the authorities; now in the morning they are getting ready to search for him in the town - an added complication for the commanding officer is that the Governor is visiting the port and he has taken up a position on the balcony of a building to watch what happens ...

The rest of the town of Port Maria - plenty of places for Red Jack to hide, and many possible ways back to the harbour ...

Red Jack has finally found a trail back and has reached the outskirts of Port Maria, he stops to consider his best way back to the harbour ....

 

can Red Jack get back through the town to his boat and make his get-away ?

 

to be continued.....

Additions/Alterations to buildings....

First a new building for India now painted up and finished off ..

Also I have some Games of War pirate buildings which in Carribean mode look like:

I made some alterate roofs for them out of card/foamboard and a couple of resin dome castings; they can now be used for India ...

Carribean: Port Royal - Jumeida

This weekend I've been finishing off the 'little ships' coastal sections shown a couple of posts ago; I used a simple paint finish with some foliage clumps; houses in the town are a mix of Rod Langton and painted up Monopoly buildings.

 

The fort at Port Royal overlooking the harbour entrance ....

The Governor of Jumeida's residence ....

HMS Prince Albert at anchor ...

The main town and dockside ...

An overview of the whole of Port Royal (overall with the port it is 27 inches wide and 12 inches deep)

Carribean: A few pirates more ...

 

Some extra pirates including three women to add to the scurvy crew, from Brigade Games, ....

 

A closer look at the women pirates ....

Carribean: Port Royal - Jumeida - Under Construction

More work in progress on coastal/port modules for my little ships - this time the main port, Port Royal, on the british island of Jumeida. I've been struggling for some time to figure out how to make a fort for it, but I was given one which was close enough and matches just about the scale of the Rod Langton buildings I had .....

A closer in lower level shot giving an idea of the size of the fort and buildings compared to the ship....

Now to get down to finishing off.....

Carribean: Native Village (2) - all done

Finished off the village houses then flocked the bases - not quite tropical - but neutral enough for use in a number of ways ....

Carribean: Native Village (1) - new items & initial work

I picked up some secondhand buildings at good price to use to start a small native village; buildings are perhaps not quite right - but I want them to be re-useable possibly in other contexts.

I also decided to re-use or modify some of my dark age houses as well..

The dark age hut with the door in the side, making a base for it from card and parts of plastic trees ....

 

The hut I bought is now based, the dark age hut with the door in the side is done as well. I have also done the small dark age hut - it is stuck on a cut down 1/32 scale table with some plasticard strips added to get the correct width

the steps used are from a pack I picked up in a model shop which specialises in boats (always worth a rummage for things that may be useful in any model shop). I've based the round house - which will act as the chiefs residence - on a simple square base - needs terraining etc ...

I probably do a nother couple of huts, then finish them all off; also in progress on the painting table are a few more pirates - including some women pirates