My regular opponent from Sandown is an avid Boer war and Colonial addict, we have fought several small actions using his figures until I also got the bug and decided to make a British Infantry Brigade of the Boer War period. We do not have big set ups -- usually we have about a couple of Infantry battalions taking on a Boer commando who have occupied a strategic hill or farm, or as our last action attempting to rescue some Boer P.O.Ws. My unit is as follows: Brigadier and Staff. 2 Squadrons Imperial Yeomanry. 1 Regular Infantry Batt. 1 Coy combined Mounted Inf. 1 Regular Infantry Batt. 1 City Imperial Vol. Batt. 1 M/Gs from Regular Batts. 1 Australian Vol. Batt. 1 Naval pom-pom. 2 Guns 1 Coy Army Service Corps. We also have one armoured train manned by Naval m/gs and Marine Light Infantry detachments. All these are Airfix conversions. I hope to complete this Brigade soon by scratch building some Service Corps G.S. wagons and to get underway with an ambulance column. These vehicles will be made from Plasticard, cocktail sticks, and artillery wheels. INFANTRY O/R (Sources - Carmen Money-Barnes). Basic figures used were World War I British. First all unwanted articles are removed - cap brim and back pack. Next a helmet is made from plasticine and a greatcoat, canteen, water bottle and haversack are added from same material. A11 the plasticine is covered with clear nail varnish. The finished figures is painted khaki with either white or stained equipment, a black canteen cover and a blue blanket or a grey greatcoat. With a steady hand one can represent the helmet seems and puggaree with black paint and a thin brush. From photos and old prints etc., it seems that this was the basic fighting equipment during the war. Back to Table of Contents -- Wargamer's Newsletter # 122 To Wargamer's Newsletter List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1972 by Donald Featherstone. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com