Wargames Foundry

Indian Mutiny 1857-1859

by Bob Beattie

Every so often a line of figures is released which sets the standard for a particular period. Such isthecasewith the recently released India Mutiny figures from Wargames Foundry(WF). WF is notyeta household name in the US because their previous releases were onlyfor the Franco-Prussian War, Marlborough era,and the English Civil War. In each case,the ranges were very extensive and very well done. The new figures continue the tradition of artistic presentation and in-depth coverage for a somewhat out-of-the-way episode. The Indian Mutiny, 1857-1859, presents quite an interesting setting for Victorian Era Colonial wargames. it had small skirmishes, sieges, urban warfare, and even some large scale open field battles. It pits regular British troops with some irregular European types and allied regular natives against a combination of mutineer regular native soldiers and tribesmen. It should be pointed out that most of the regular troops involved were not serving in the British Army but in a private army maintained by the Honorable East India Company, which actually ran thecountry. Queen's troops were used to ultimately quell the uprising.

These figures are sculpted with a fantastic detail - each a work of art. Every fold, wrinkle, belt, and button is there. I cannot see any technical errors, and even if there were some I could not complain. Note, however, that the figures are on the big side, standing a half to a full head above MiniFigs and the American made figures like Falcon, Rai Partha or Frontier. They do mix in if you mount on a thinner base. I really like these figures and even though I never considered gaming this particular episode, I now plan to get enough of these to do skirmish gaming.

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