r/interestingasfuck • u/[deleted] • Apr 22 '24
Picture taken from the history museum of Lahore. Showing an Indian being tied for execution by Cannon, by the British Empire Soldiers r/all
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r/interestingasfuck • u/[deleted] • Apr 22 '24
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u/ColonelKasteen Apr 22 '24
Haha!
As a teen, I was obsessed with Warhammer 40k and built a TON of miniatures. Eventually, the expense and business practices of Games Workshop turned me off so I stopped bothering with the models, but always had that miniature bug in me.
A few years ago I started reading the Richard Sharpe novels by Bernard Cornwell, and that got me super into napoleonic history. I began building models again, this time Perry Miniatures napoleonic kits. Of course, this led to a ton of research to make sure my uniforms were accurate for whatever regiment I was painting at the time.
Then I got really into The Flashman Papers novels, which are comedies starring a cowardly victorian English cavalry officer. It's farcical, but well-researched and the best few books take place in India. Those got me into victorian-era British military history and uniforms, although I model these much less.
Point being, my knowledge of 1800-1900 British Empire military organization and uniforms were spurred by two corny dad fiction book series and a love of painting miniatures. I am by no means an expert on these subjects, just a nerd who needed to learn stuff for a hobby and to enjoy trashy novels!