I've seen a few Sikh platoons around - including beheaded Warlord Chindits, for 1944 Burma, and Perry guys in shirtsleeves and BD trousers for Italy (that's a bit too much metalworking for me - might get my gaming buddy to do it!) - and they definitely look the biz. Better still, Sikhs in shorts can double for N Africa - 11th Sikhs had a battalion there and one in Malaya.Shahbahraz wrote: ↑Thu Mar 25, 2021 8:27 am I reckon the Sikh headed Perries would make for a great looking platoon. Are they a fairly recent release? As I have just noticed they also do Tam O'Shanters, and when I put this lot together in late 2019, the Woodbine heads were the only realistic choice available.
The British North Africa range was the first Michael did for WW2. The ToS heads have been around for a while I think; not one of the earliest releases in the range, but came out just after the 25-pdr crew and along with the Wolsey helmets and lemon-squeezers for the Kiwis. If you were searching under ToS though, they might not have come up, as the pack is identified by the piper principally. My 2-pdr will retain the helmets, though as all artillery support in Malaya was either RA or RAA.
Incidentally, if you're looking for Malaya '42 scenario material, take a butcher's at all the IABSM Far East stuff (there's masses of it), which has enough detail to allow you to break a company level action down into 2 or 3 platoon actions very easily. And there's also your compatriot Len Tracey on the TFL forum (who I believe is an instructor at Aussie Sandhurst/Camberley?).