These figures are from the Copplestone Castings ‘Back of Beyond’ range. As such, they are intended for service in Northern India and environs. keeping the Russian Bear at bay. They are dressed and equipped as Britons in any theatre where Tropical Dress was the norm.
This makes them a very useful set indeed.
They are (mostly) in shirt sleeve order, wearing khaki drill shorts, socks, and pith helmets. They can be used in Africa, India, China, and places in-between, from the Great War into early WW2.
I organized them into two ten-man units. This is the first, with an officer, seven riflemen and a two-man Lewis team.
This is the second, with the same organization. I use rules for this era with ten, sixteen, or twenty-man units, so I don’t always use them like this.
These are the supernumeraries – Including the two NOT in shirt sleeve order. They allow me a small Command section, or the option of fielding a sixteen or twenty-man unit with the correct number of rifles. (Depending on the rules being used)
The three officers – Two are very similar, to be sure.
Three riflemen – The figures are similar rather than identical, and they are chosen randomly. This provides a good-looking unit, uniform without being identical. The poses and sculpting are top-notch as is to be expected when Mark Copplestone is the sculptor.
All in all, I am very pleased with the unit(s), and they are going to prove very useful!
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