Three Afghan mounted generals, converted from 2 Foundry Crimean War mounted British Generals from their “Lord Raglan & staff” pack, shown here:
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And a Turkish mounted General from their “British and Allied Officers” pack, shown here:
First up is the Turk, turned into a Turcoman/Herati commander…
I also covered up the old style pistol holsters on his horse…
Here’s a pic of all 3 finished Afghan Generals — the Turcoman from above, one wearing an Afghan regular army fur (or felt) hat and one wearing a turban…
Green model putty was used to scratch-build the turban…
Below is the source for the open hand I used on the Afghan General with the fur hat. I didn’t have exactly what I needed on hand (no pun intended!), so I visited my FLGS — The Last Grenadier, of Burbank, CA — and picked through some loose figures they had for sale in the odds-&-ends box and found this one, which I thought at first was a wounded French Napoleonic infantryman but then realized was perhaps a Mexican-American War Mexican. Either way, he met my requirements perfectly…
The fur hat Afghan General with arm bent up and new hand attached…
Source figure for above conversion. I felt compelled to mess with his right arm with the pointing finger, since that’s the exact sculpt on the Foundry mtd. Afghan Sirdar/Commander figure in brass helmet, that I already have…
British Crimean general with his hat trimmed down and covered up with model putty to become a turban — I think his Crimean-era full beard works well…
Below is the Turcoman/Herati General, converted by using putty to turn his fez into a Turcoman fur hat…
