The Loose Association of Wargamers

As you know, Newline are generally a high quality manufacturer.

I recently received an order from them, including this figure of Colonel Durnford of the Zulu Wars:



As you can see, the mould seems to be only partly successful, but with the figures' left hand being virtually non-existent.

I am furious. Furious, I say!


donald

Have you contacted Newline?

Everyone gets it wrong, the good people correct them. Did Durnford have two hands?

I'm also going to return a Long John Silver figure they sent me.

It's missing a leg.

donald

And it’s short. And made of white metal.

I'm mortified. It might be handy if you legged it over to them.

Peeler wrote: ↑Wed Mar 10, 2021 10:47 pm I'm mortified. It might be handy if you legged it over to them.

If he was from TFL no doubt he would have avast behind

Death of the gallant Durnford.

Colonel Durnford died at Islandlwana - exactly how, we'll never know.
Given that all of those who escaped were on horse back, Durnford must have had a chance but possibly chose to die with honour.



The figure looks better with paint.

donald

.....or his horse was dead?

Cynic.

He was quite hard done by, as I'm sure you know. Chelmsford & pals set him up as a scape-goat, with charges he found, post-Islandlwana, hard to answer.

And though he had the good Bishop's daughter to defend him, it was Victorian times & no-one listened to mere women, doncha-know.

donald