Something a little bit older

For a change of pace I decided to work on a small number of figures for the Irish War of Independence (and possibly the Irish Civil War as well). So far I've enjoyed doing something 70-80 years older than my normal period, no AKs and no camouflage! I really don't know much about this history, but I'm slowly learning about it as I work on a small stack of books I have.

I did no conversions on these figures. They took a bit of work to prepare as they are older figures in RH Models' range, but nothing too bad. For reference colors I used photos of reenactors and reenactor gear. I definitely miss having thousands of color photographs to look through for inspiration; I'm just not accustomed to using black and white photos. In the future I hope to do another batch with some slightly different colored equipment and some sculpted on helmet covers for a little variation. If I'm feeling really ambitious I might work on a Lewis gun conversion.

Next up is some Black & Tans in greatcoats.

RH Models ICW3; ICW3; ICW3; ICW3

RH Models ICW3; ICW3; ICW3; ICW3

RH Models ICW3; ICW3

I found these pictures of British troops serving in Ireland and wearing great coats.

British army vehicle checkpoint in Dublin city during the Irish War of Independence.

British troops move in on Irish civilians at an anti-British demostration in Dublin city during the Irish War of Independence.

British troops during the Irish War of Independence, 1919-1921.