Sepoys on the Sands of Egypt : An East India Company Unit for Silver Bayonet

Shortly after deciding I needed another character figure, I noticed the ‘Flash Harry Revisted’ minitature from Northstar and thought he might do as a token white officer in the squad. It was in a range from the Northstar website that I’d never noticed before (‘Giants in Miniature‘ ) so I had a poke around. As luck would have it they also had a kick ass Indian woman with a sword which would work very well as my final member of the team: ‘Lakshmi Bai‘

When she turned up she was a little bigger than the Empress Miniatures that made up the rest of the unit, but by removing her base with an old pair of snippers and some files, that’s a lot less noticeable.

I didn’t get a photo of the paints that I used for this, but it’s mainly speed and contrast paints, which work well for all the folds in her sari.

I also painted the final four sepoys that came with my order from Empress Miniatures, so I’d have some backups for the inevitable casualties that will occur during a Silver Bayonet Campaign. This also saw the first predicted loss of a bayonet from one miniature. I found it once and super glued it back on, but it soon disappeared for good. Luckily this mini is reaching into his cartridge bag to reload, so it looks like he’s fumbling to find his bayonet, particularly if you stand him next to the miniature who is actually fixing his bayonet to his musket.

Next I’ve written the background for all of the unit.
I’ll put that in my next post.