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I have been breathing some life back into my Sudan project over the last few weeks
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FFpmoBOCPaI/UvgCxEPE1JI/AAAAAAAAEbo/s8l8gqJpuNI/s1600/BEJA_1.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zufK8RGaBuY/UvgCxGvMVOI/AAAAAAAAEbs/nI6Yi9LrvxM/s1600/BEJA_1_2.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TUBbqIMpLrg/UvgCyJsqBgI/AAAAAAAAEcA/h28bhh_w7iI/s1600/BEJA_2_1.jpg)
and all together
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6pEGE6amFZo/UvgD10VuHeI/AAAAAAAAEdA/e_Z9SEBXxw8/s1600/BEJA_ALL_1.jpg)
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That's quite a sight :)
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:o How many figures?
This is really amazing, thanks for posting.
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Form Square!
Form Square!
Those are dandies. Ansar I presume? Darvershers.... ;)
Of course your terrain is exceptional.
Thanks so much for the gander.
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Fab stuff :-*
Do you mind if I ask where you got the backdrop from?
Darrell.
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:o How many figures?
It is 236 all together
Do you mind if I ask where you got the backdrop from?
Darrell.
Darrel the backdrop is a large poster 6 foot by 4 that I sourced from All Posters I waited until they had a really good offer and free postage. It is velcroed on to the wall so is easily changeable.
www.allposters.co.uk/ (http://www.allposters.co.uk/)
This is the one I got hold of , it is for use in my Old West games - i will be looking for a new one more specific to the Sudan this year
http://onemanhisbrushes.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/monument-valley-in-man-cave.html (http://onemanhisbrushes.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/monument-valley-in-man-cave.html)
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Darrel the backdrop is a large poster 6 foot by 4 that I sourced from All Posters I waited until they had a really good offer and free postage. It is velcroed on to the wall so is easily changeable.
www.allposters.co.uk/ (http://www.allposters.co.uk/)
This is the one I got hold of , it is for use in my Old West games - i will be looking for a new one more specific to the Sudan this year
http://onemanhisbrushes.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/monument-valley-in-man-cave.html (http://onemanhisbrushes.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/monument-valley-in-man-cave.html)
Thanks for that, I'm having a look through now 8).
Darrell.
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that is impressive :o :-*
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This is really excellent !
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... incredible :o
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Excellent :-* :-*
I really like the rock outcrops as well 8) Scratch built I assume?
cheers
James
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Excellent :-* :-*
I really like the rock outcrops as well 8) Scratch built I assume?
thanks - the rocks etc are by Gale Force 9 Battle field in box,- Badlands Plateau sets, i have one set of each. Out of the box they are a little to Martian Red for my like.. so they have been suitably treated!
http://www.flamesofwar.com/gf9online_store.aspx?CategoryID=13336 (http://www.flamesofwar.com/gf9online_store.aspx?CategoryID=13336)
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Lovely stuff! :-*
I've just finished reading Churchill's The River War about the last Sudan campaign. It's nice to read about baking hot desert conditions while looking out at all the [expletive deleted] snow hereabouts! lol
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Another recent addition for the desert column. The supply chain. Should give the Imperials something to defend!
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rHmHx0f_m7w/UtkFSyktd5I/AAAAAAAAESM/B5rJzXEe1WE/s1600/IMG_0733.jpg)
Figures are mix of Connoisseur and Britannia if I recollect correctly.. They have been in the lead pile a very long time.
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Most impressive,every aspect,and I am sure we all have figures that need rescuing from the pile,and rescue them you did,WOW!
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Lovely stuff :-* :-* :-*.
I think that Castaway Arts do some camels that are suitable too(?):
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Wow :o
What an awesome spread. Well done indeedles.
(sorry, couldn't resist ;))
Seriously impressive collection though. That's a LOT of painting...
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I think that Castaway Arts do some camels that are suitable too(?):
Thanks, always good to have it of variety
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Completed a few more items , Skirmish/asmbuh riflemen, two new warbands, 3 mounted commanders and gun set.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-moGb69HqmJ0/UwYkgaCOEkI/AAAAAAAAEiQ/DGiUrRNF_iA/s1600/IMG_0820s.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EvbGkGagpAU/UwYk3XYgSFI/AAAAAAAAEi4/2ehu5fp4Agk/s1600/IMG_0825s.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TMOjiQt4aIc/UwYlCCSIOOI/AAAAAAAAEjQ/HQNstT9-M8M/s1600/IMG_0828s.jpg)
and here is all the recent completion plus my exisitng collection
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zYYoX1y6TMY/UwYlHSqLZUI/AAAAAAAAEjY/TB5YRHAN1ik/s1600/IMG_0835s.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VVevOpSl7l0/UwYlRDZtmUI/AAAAAAAAEjg/w65Ow-FhS0w/s1600/IMG_0830s.jpg)
just a few mounted to units to add - next job..
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That is one mightily impressive force you have there.
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That is one mightily impressive force you have there.
It certainly is!!! :o :-* :-* :-* :o
Darrell.
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Wow! :o
Magnificent stuff ;D :-*
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Excellent 8) 8)
cheers
James
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They're beautiful, I'd love to pit my Egyptians against them.
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They're beautiful, I'd love to pit my Egyptians against them.
Now that might work... Not too far fom you..
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Do it!
:)
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Wow that is an impressive army! How many figs do you have there????
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Wow that is an impressive army! How many figs do you have there????
Around 600
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Those are mighty impressive my good man :-*
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Wow, that's very cool. Neat to see that many 28mm in one force :)
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Completed the mounted elements for this force which completed the OOB for 2nd El Teb at a 1-20 scale -
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aANAOtbkjss/UxcE3SdjIlI/AAAAAAAAEqw/2B6zVy97E6o/s1600/BJ+CAMEL_1L.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Tu_U33daHnE/UxcE4I_yXnI/AAAAAAAAEq4/H8_EsTOD2qw/s1600/BJ+CAMEL_2L.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pQhsGL3QVk4/UxcE7F-6-YI/AAAAAAAAErA/ZfztXn4_qsY/s1600/BG+HORSE_1L.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RuslhiiIbso/UxcFI6y2Z9I/AAAAAAAAErI/RuTKDqx20_k/s1600/BG+HORSEL.jpg)
a new command figure
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7VoX47jeHM4/UxcFLxRhhnI/AAAAAAAAErQ/I2puI2Co2f8/s1600/BJ+LEADERL.jpg)
And the start of the colonial forces
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-niGlL5cKkCI/UxcFPiPpA9I/AAAAAAAAErY/E3dJ1entKHU/s1600/CC_1L.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0sYcsRCpM0U/UxcFR0elfpI/AAAAAAAAErg/Yn8GUsd8v0c/s1600/CC_2L.jpg)
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If you do set that game up, I'd love to join you - seems like Yorkshire is God's Own County when it comes to light-hearted colonialism :)
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If you do set that game up, I'd love to join you - seems like Yorkshire is God's Own County when it comes to light-hearted colonialism :)
you are more than welcome!
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They, like the rest of your stuff, are brilliant.
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That's fantastic! I love the Sudan and hope to return to it soon as a gaming project. These days there's so much inspiring stuff around for an aspiring Sudan gamer that it's a wonder everyone isn't doing it.
I've added you to my list of people to copy :)
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Lovely stuff :-*
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Unless just caught on to this project, Deedles.
:o :o :o
Stunning stuff, both in scale and results.
:-* 8) :-*
I shall not be doing any Colonial* stuff for a very long time, so I can safely watch this and drool.
Brilliant!
:D
*Plans for expanding the VSF stuff does not count, by the way.
;)
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Lovely stuff! :-*
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Cheers chaps..
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Love that stuff.. has inspired me to finish off my colonial zulu stuff.. :o :o
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Like!
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Oh yeah! :-* :-* :-*
Darrell.
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Added a few more bits for the colonials
the Gardner gun
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hwKqGxvZ_-g/UyXhImEKe3I/AAAAAAAAExE/yHfqGJSlcIY/s1600/IMG_0935LAF.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wYyDoccp8sU/UyXhBCYZhBI/AAAAAAAAEw0/gQ2-aG8sLp8/s1600/IMG_0933LAF.jpg)
picked these figues up second hand , pretty sure they are old school Connoisseur, so quick lick
of paint later..
Also add more bits to the supply column. A camel set carrying screw gun, and mules with supplies and water barrels,.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2-TKjSeaGzE/UyXhSlOyWJI/AAAAAAAAExc/wNHrRv-LrqQ/s1600/IMG_0929LAF.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--dK0RDrQwiM/UyXhRNVdiKI/AAAAAAAAExU/oyZSzry9CZY/s1600/IMG_0928LAF.jpg)
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They look great! Richard
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Really lovely collection you have there. Some of my gaming buds and I are just getting started on a Sudan project so this is inspiring stuff.
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It been while since I was spinning this plate, anyway the winter 14/15 project is to complete enough Imperial Forces for large game.
So first up here are the recently completed Black Watch - Highlanders by Connoisseur Miniatures
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xs-kAaa_NG8/VIoXArGSlEI/AAAAAAAAIVY/mK8_MYy2FxM/s1600/IMG_1563.JPG)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dm0YROlme0E/VIoW88u5stI/AAAAAAAAIVQ/A0mrgzOiLD0/s1600/IMG_1562.JPG)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SrTy711YP0I/VIoW5H7flGI/AAAAAAAAIVI/Q3wiZtYIT-w/s1600/IMG_1555.JPG)
plenty more in the pipeline
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Wow!
This is just extraordinarily cool!
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Oldies but goldies 8)
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Added in the first of the cavalry units the Bengal Lancers. Connoissier figures. Converted figures to make a charging unit, arms removed remade , soldered into position.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_YTEofujeoM/VJAfgjW_gOI/AAAAAAAAIb0/mkjY5M6yxPE/s1600/IMG_1578ss.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AAT-9Dave9c/VJAfYW2APCI/AAAAAAAAIbc/VTGEKdVfcds/s1600/IMG_1575ss.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xCF_BkSe6Bs/VJAfaWXCayI/AAAAAAAAIbk/T_xobVqRMVA/s1600/IMG_1576ss.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SfLPUz2V-FY/VJAfeqUMqhI/AAAAAAAAIbs/Vi1BW5FtkcM/s1600/IMG_1577ss.jpg)
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I admire your dedication. This is turning into a stunning collection. ;D
I have fond memories of reading and looking at the photos of the olf Peter Gilder collction in the Wargames Illustrated holiday special magazines many years ago. Your pics remind me of that collection :-*
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More stuff completed
Punjab Infantry
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4v3GUImiCSY/VJgQFfs2LLI/AAAAAAAAIjU/sBXgcSjacCc/s1600/IMG_1605s.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eNOtuTv2lmg/VJgQPv3hi0I/AAAAAAAAIkM/jYTOM9Z41Ck/s1600/IMG_1608s.jpg)
and Royal Artillery screw guns
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-__CESOV7idc/VJlR2YWz-dI/AAAAAAAAIp8/J3nDET4wrZw/s1600/IMG_1601s.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2zTxv1Zt-wA/VJlRxdJAFkI/AAAAAAAAIp0/e3XjtFv29cg/s1600/IMG_1604s.jpg)
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What a great collection, very inspiring!
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What a great collection, very inspiring!
Yeah, let's do the Sudan next in 28mm :D
More loveliness. :-*
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Superb! :-*
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This is a great example of how miniatures en masse have an emerging property of awesome!
While the individual miniatures are not painted like master class stuff the overall look of the mass is just fantastic.
Great job!
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Yeah, let's do the Sudan next in 28mm :D
Deal :D
cheers
James
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This is a great example of how miniatures en masse have an emerging property of awesome!
While the individual miniatures are not painted like master class stuff the overall look of the mass is just fantastic.
Great job!
Yep spot on... Quantity has a quality of its own... To build a collection with 2000+ figures is going to need some compromises or it will never be finished!
There will be some top end painting on specials to finish .. But this is about getting it done in a Grand Manner initially..
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Another couple of infantry , the KRRC and RMLI done along with a Gatling
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zunxyu0ZEEc/VKAkcyvQrtI/AAAAAAAAIyM/v0v-8iztJ_E/s1600/IMG_1610ss.jpg)
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(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vCproDOeNgE/VKAkuJXggKI/AAAAAAAAIyk/g3Dc6hulayc/s1600/IMG_1616ss.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7Cy2EnOdNU0/VKAkQeOxTjI/AAAAAAAAIx8/hTiJnd0pfhg/s1600/IMG_1609ss.jpg)
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And here is a view of the Imperials done so far - in square
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HUGwdMk6iBE/VKMIHLJq02I/AAAAAAAAI4A/UEMWBRnbWMg/s1600/IMG_1626laf.jpg)
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Wow. That is a magnificent force! :-* I was just on the fence about adding some Perry Highlanders to my Warlord British for a romp in the Sudan. This has pushed me over to the buy side with a resounding thud. lol
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Wow. That is a magnificent force! :-*
Agreed on that, what's not to like about a square of 28mm figures :-*
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Wow. That is a magnificent force! :-* I was just on the fence about adding some Perry Highlanders to my Warlord British for a romp in the Sudan. This has pushed me over to the buy side with a resounding thud. lol
Excellent , welcome Along.
This is only half of the final force..mmmmwahhhaha...
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This is a lovely force, very impressive. :)
Inspirational as well, I'm WIP on my Perry British for Sudan now.
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A really great collection.
My favorites, the lancers,
so well painted. :-*
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Excellent looking stuff!
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Added in some Egyptian troops and artillery
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-D2Z5Z7q3laM/VKzyT1G02fI/AAAAAAAAJDw/qA8Ch_EHbkc/s1600/IMG_1636ss.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ayYvgVXZc64/VKzyWMf5_6I/AAAAAAAAJD4/3rjvsAc3q9Q/s1600/IMG_1639ss.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5rjGZw33BAo/VKzyHQR92QI/AAAAAAAAJDY/UmSMkU71Pvw/s1600/IMG_1640ss.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-peL-NES1Eck/VKzyJ2o1ArI/AAAAAAAAJDg/87VNWq79pHw/s1600/IMG_1641ss.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zmuz3X0KOf4/VK0bRxckqNI/AAAAAAAAJG0/tEJhfwir3rA/s1600/IMG_1654ss.jpg)
and with the previously completed ones
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-odPvgwGyyNw/VK0bTMgmoPI/AAAAAAAAJG8/dxeZx6Ow8RE/s1600/IMG_1655ss.jpg)
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Deedles sounds like a Dalek with a programming error :)
Looking great, I like the look of an Egyptian force on the table no matter their historical performance. Really nice!
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Deedles sounds like a Dalek with a programming error :)
just trying to "exterminate" the lead pile!
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From what I've seen thus far (got to page 2!) you have a really striking and beautiful force!! 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
What size bases have you got your infantry based on, both for the Mahdist forces and the Europeans?
Is there any particular way you based the Europeans so they could be marching or about face to fight?
Also, what rules are you using?
Sorry if some of these questions have been answered but I'm expressly pressed for time today :(.
Darrell.
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From what I've seen thus far (got to page 2!) you have a really striking and beautiful force!! 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
What size bases have you got your infantry based on, both for the Mahdist forces and the Europeans?
Is there any particular way you based the Europeans so they could be marching or about face to fight?
Also, what rules are you using?
Sorry if some of these questions have been answered but I'm expressly pressed for time today :(.
Darrell.
Close order imperials on 15mm frontage , so it's 45x40. Cavalry are 20mm frontage so 40x50mm. camels will be deeper still. I have the guns on Octagonal bases s I prerfer the look and the fit neatly the corner of a square...
No difference in bSing for marching firing ..I tend to prefer at the ready type pose, but will have some marching or firing depending on what lead I have the mountain..
The Mahddists are on 60x40 or 120x40 with a variable number of figures..
Skirmish bases are Warbases sabot still with various numbers of spaces .
They will fit for Black powder , but I will use Carlos Sands of the a Sudan ..I also have another home brew set . No worries about the questions.. And if you want to play in play test over the summer let me know as I am only the other side of Smoggytown...
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Close order imperials on 15mm frontage , so it's 45x40. Cavalry are 20mm frontage so 40x50mm. camels will be deeper still. I have the guns on Octagonal bases s I prerfer the look and the fit neatly the corner of a square...
No difference in bSing for marching firing ..I tend to prefer at the ready type pose, but will have some marching or firing depending on what lead I have the mountain..
The Mahddists are on 60x40 or 120x40 with a variable number of figures..
Skirmish bases are Warbases sabot still with various numbers of spaces .
They will fit for Black powder , but I will use Carlos Sands of the a Sudan ..I also have another home brew set . No worries about the questions..
Thanks for the very comprehensive answers- much appreciated. I've been humming and harring over how to base my Mahdists (who still need a lick of paint!) and the Europeans. What you have suggested seems to make very good sense. Basing is always a bit of an issue with me as I love vignette style basing- thankfully the Perry /Sudan range is full of amazing extras as well as the more 'run of the mill' types that when combined can make excellent vignettes. This is what I've done with my HYW stuff.
And if you want to play in play test over the summer let me know as I am only the other side of Smoggytown...
That sounds like a very good plan and one that I think I'll hold you to! Cheers for the invite 8) Please let me know when you plan on playing.
Cheers,
Darrell.
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Added in another British cavalry units 19th Hussars.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--rw93GX3D-0/VLJ2dDuDmiI/AAAAAAAAJLU/1P8z9_cXaQY/s1600/IMG_1664ss.jpg)
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(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-H5pfxSiFqGw/VLJ2iJ3bKnI/AAAAAAAAJLk/HVC93hyzw58/s1600/IMG_1666ss.jpg)
And here is both cavalry units together
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Again, most excellent stuff :-* :-* :-*
The units are nice and big too which just adds to the spectacle on the tabletop!
Darrell
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Added in skirmish bases, a certain Col Fredrick Burnaby and the press corps .. Bennett Burleigh.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_E6dIfV-hGE/VLJ1g7woD0I/AAAAAAAAJKQ/NSw9F8rRS7Y/s1600/IMG_1643s.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r5es4eUB5ac/VLJ1coqL1CI/AAAAAAAAJKI/Ugno7nAD6ss/s1600/IMG_1644s.jpg)
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Great stuff 8) 8) 8)
BTW, I've gone with your suggestions about the basing, well I will have as soon as I have a base painted up! to be fair they are on the painting table now.
Darrell.
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Looking fantastic - love the Fred Burnaby figure. Redoubt do have some lovely figures in their range for this period.
Cheers
Carlo
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Love the huge unit of Hussars!
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Another unit of highlanders completed.. The Gordon's this time
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tezPYwGqJsA/VL4pT_Gw9nI/AAAAAAAAJZs/yEdtpCAis14/s1600/IMG_1676l.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GQFclqbS6-A/VL4GnlSHZ1I/AAAAAAAAJYE/qtuHK54y2M0/s1600/IMG_1677s.jpg)
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bigger photo added
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Another unit of highlanders completed.. The Gordon's this time
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MxstBujwMGg/VLzJi7LRj8I/AAAAAAAAJTQ/SWgxx6H9H2c/s1600/IMG_1676ss.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PWQKFKSOL1s/VLzJlIxw6wI/AAAAAAAAJTY/thnTgAp1UVo/s1600/IMG_1677ss.jpg)
Great stuff- if I may? The pics could do with being a little larger or is it an evil ploy to get us to check out your blog? Which of course I'll be doing anyway! :D
Darrell.
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The pics could do with being a little larger or is it an evil ploy to get us to check out your blog? Which of course I'll be doing anyway! :D
Darrell.
sorted that - replaced pic..
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sorted that - replaced pic..
It's still a tad small amigo :)
Darrell.
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The forum software restricts images to a width of 800 pixels. He literally cannot make that pic any bigger. If you want to see the detail better you need some close-up shots.
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It's still a tad small amigo :)
Darrell.
ha.. its as good as i can get to fit the unit in..
the higher re picture is on the blog
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tezPYwGqJsA/VL4pT_Gw9nI/AAAAAAAAJZs/yEdtpCAis14/s1600/IMG_1676l.jpg (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tezPYwGqJsA/VL4pT_Gw9nI/AAAAAAAAJZs/yEdtpCAis14/s1600/IMG_1676l.jpg)
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Pz3Q9YRMJbQ/VL4pxxO-P5I/AAAAAAAAJZ8/1pS6CJN-XvU/s1600/IMG_1677l.jpg (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Pz3Q9YRMJbQ/VL4pxxO-P5I/AAAAAAAAJZ8/1pS6CJN-XvU/s1600/IMG_1677l.jpg)
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and i finished the Yorks and Lancs last nights.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cOWpYfqeuX0/VL4N3jT5VYI/AAAAAAAAJY4/Oq8FMOClhxQ/s1600/IMG_1684ls.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8iB7c4CMCvA/VL4QCJ4ZNwI/AAAAAAAAJZU/1o01n-HdbYo/s1600/IMG_1680s.jpg)
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and here is the parade ground shot of the foot units so far.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7yGb-u5mrG8/VL4OzwhNwcI/AAAAAAAAJZM/EVsGS3Bj6Ak/s1600/IMG_1691.JPG)
and the link the the high res pic
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7yGb-u5mrG8/VL4OzwhNwcI/AAAAAAAAJZM/EVsGS3Bj6Ak/s1600/IMG_1691.JPG (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7yGb-u5mrG8/VL4OzwhNwcI/AAAAAAAAJZM/EVsGS3Bj6Ak/s1600/IMG_1691.JPG)
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Absolutely top hole old chap, that's just the sort of parade I'm looking to have in mi' Emporium... so far I've got as far as painting Private Shytes McGregor of the Black Watch!
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and here is the parade ground shot of the foot units so far.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7yGb-u5mrG8/VL4OzwhNwcI/AAAAAAAAJZM/EVsGS3Bj6Ak/s1600/IMG_1691.JPG)
and the link the the high res pic
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7yGb-u5mrG8/VL4OzwhNwcI/AAAAAAAAJZM/EVsGS3Bj6Ak/s1600/IMG_1691.JPG (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7yGb-u5mrG8/VL4OzwhNwcI/AAAAAAAAJZM/EVsGS3Bj6Ak/s1600/IMG_1691.JPG)
Looks bloomin' marvelous!
I'm still into my first 11 Beja!! o_o
Darrell.
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Looks bloomin' marvelous!
I'm still into my first 11 Beja!! o_o
Darrell.
Only another 600 or so to go then Darrel and it will look like this
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Eo1Sll6R55w/Uw23BaeqRFI/AAAAAAAAEm8/9CbyTJwKedg/s1600/IMG_0834s.jpg)
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Only another 600 or so to go then Darrel and it will look like this
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Eo1Sll6R55w/Uw23BaeqRFI/AAAAAAAAEm8/9CbyTJwKedg/s1600/IMG_0834s.jpg)
lol Erm..... eventually lol
Darrell.
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Nice Burnaby figure, I wish the Warlord version had the braiding on the jacket like this instead of being left plain. All the photos of him I've seen have him in uniform, usually with the braiding. It's a pity you can't get those Martian rock forms from Gale Force anymore, I've searched everywhere for them but all out of stock :(
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Only another 600 or so to go then Darrel and it will look like this
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Eo1Sll6R55w/Uw23BaeqRFI/AAAAAAAAEm8/9CbyTJwKedg/s1600/IMG_0834s.jpg)
How hard can it be... Says the bloke who hasn't even bought any yet???!!!
o_o :'( o_o
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How hard can it be... Says the bloke who hasn't even bought any yet???!!!
o_o :'( o_o
lol lol
Fantastic array of figures and beautifully set out. :o One can almost feel the ground shake as the Ansar charge! :D
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And some additions
Naval Brigade, RIF and skimishers/casualities etc.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TkNfFLlwOU8/VMeSzju17OI/AAAAAAAAJg8/pK5l6WuVSPQ/s1600/IMG_1712m.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4AO001pjvzw/VMeTJe0omuI/AAAAAAAAJhM/0wPYe2ZFDWw/s1600/IMG_1717m.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--DNoAKGfIyU/VMeT0B6yh-I/AAAAAAAAJhk/i0uq7WU_FlA/s1600/IMG_1722s.jpg)
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Bloody gorgeous, mate.
Love 'em!
:-*
This is turning into a serious collection that you have now.
Most impressive!
8)
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Sweet, I love naval brigades :)
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Fab :-* :-* :-*
Darrell
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Cheers chaps, still got plenty more to come...
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After a few hectic limited hobby time type weeks.. back with some new additions
A field hospital - tents by Grand Manner and ambulance camels by Redoubt
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NKvYioQircQ/VOw2mo4eEGI/AAAAAAAAKCw/XXpvzZn0VRg/s1600/IMG_1726ss.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oA2DRhlXY28/VOw2oACAjLI/AAAAAAAAKC4/fCGLEn6PKS8/s1600/IMG_1727ss.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YTX6ADqF1zo/VOw2qW_OagI/AAAAAAAAKDA/SFXNs4u1sBw/s1600/IMG_1728ss.jpg)
the Mahdi's drums are beating - is that sound of reinforcements?
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I'm loving it! :-* :-* :-*
Who makes the Bell Tents? Grand Manner?
I've got to get some, they look superb!
Same goes for the casualties on the camels! So much to do!!!
Darrell.
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I'm loving it! :-* :-* :-*
Who makes the Bell Tents? Grand Manner?
I've got to get some, they look superb!
Same goes for the casualties on the camels! So much to do!!!
Darrell.
yup Grand Manner - 6 man bell tent http://www.grandmanner.co.uk/6_Man_bell_tent--product--467.html (http://www.grandmanner.co.uk/6_Man_bell_tent--product--467.html) - they are a proper size!
ambulance camels Redoubt Enterprises http://www.redoubtenterprises.com/shop/?page=shop/flypage&product_id=5143&category_id=86dda58981ef83cf892be49edb6093aa (http://www.redoubtenterprises.com/shop/?page=shop/flypage&product_id=5143&category_id=86dda58981ef83cf892be49edb6093aa)
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yup Grand Manner - 6 man bell tent http://www.grandmanner.co.uk/6_Man_bell_tent--product--467.html (http://www.grandmanner.co.uk/6_Man_bell_tent--product--467.html) - they are a proper size!
ambulance camels Redoubt Enterprises http://www.redoubtenterprises.com/shop/?page=shop/flypage&product_id=5143&category_id=86dda58981ef83cf892be49edb6093aa (http://www.redoubtenterprises.com/shop/?page=shop/flypage&product_id=5143&category_id=86dda58981ef83cf892be49edb6093aa)
Thanks mate. I reckon I'd have to try to convert some Perry/Empress figures for the Ambulance Corp as you have done. Redoubt are big by comparison.
Still looks wonderful though :-*
Darrell.
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Lots of beautiful figures on display in this thread...
I'd never seen those Redoubt camel ambulances before and will have to go buy a couple right now, thanks very much for posting those pics, Deedles!
Darrell, since you are on the look for Second Afghan War and Sudan Campaign supporting arms, not sure if you know of these or not, but Castaway Arts in Australia also make a 28mm camel ambulance -- albeit for the less severely wounded, as pictured here:
(https://secure.iig.com.au/castawayarts/images/product/20120314172818_tr3.jpg)
Here's a good pic of a very nicely painted version courtesy of the Lonely Gamers blogspot:
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6J13ACZ7W5M/VM3OK5CYqhI/AAAAAAAAPs0/41X33lime0c/s1600/IMG_2914.JPG)
(***Sorry for the huge size of the above pic, I tried to shrink it down several times but obviously without any success!***)
In case you are interested, here's a link to the Castaway Arts catalogue, where you can click on the "Baggage/Transport" page to see the Camel Ambulance listed:
https://secure.iig.com.au/castawayarts/index.php?cmd=store
I got three for my own Second Afghan War Anglo-Indian forces and converted two of them, one with Bandaged wounded heads from Woodbine Designs and the second with Turbaned heads from a couple of Wargames Foundry figures....
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Mfb05ZkZVuE/Tw_VYXVz3PI/AAAAAAAADI4/M3UPULiGECE/s1600/MaiwandGame_332.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ouegCIPx00Q/Tw_c6SkwVpI/AAAAAAAADNo/IXF1sPGdbXg/s1600/MaiwandGame_310.jpg)
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Mad Guru,
I'll be buying all of the above! The Sudan, being a large expanse of desert punctuated by rocky outcrops and waddi's in the main begs for vignettes to draw the eye to the table.
I'll actually be guying all the models twice, once for the NWF and once for the Sudan- unless I can figure out a way of making them work for both?
Darrell.
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Wow, I think that was the fastest reply to a post ever, Darrell, as you replied while I was still editing!
Actually, I think you could very well get away with using the same camel ambulances for both Sudan and NWF/Second Afghan War, so long as the injured are dressed in khaki. Then there is the question of the Native camel driver... which might be a bit more tricky, unless you use separately based figures, in which case it won't be a problem at all. Even if you base the Native driver on foot on the same base as the camel ambulance, it would take a serious stickler to criticize turban and/or native dress style as being inappropriate for either theater of battle.
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Lots of beautiful figures on display in this thread...
Castaway Arts in Australia also make a 28mm camel ambulance -- albeit for the less severely wounded, as pictured here:
(https://secure.iig.com.au/castawayarts/images/product/20120314172818_tr3.jpg)
In case you are interested, here's a link to the Castaway Arts catalogue, where you can click on the "Baggage/Transport" page to see the Camel Ambulance listed:
https://secure.iig.com.au/castawayarts/index.php?cmd=store
Thye are on my wants lists.. now if only someone would stock them in the UK!
Oh well... Stuff the co2 ... Order placed , for a couple of these and some other bits
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The drums have been beating...reinforcements for the Mahdists/Khalifa.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6ZGJU7C9kAU/VOwza4XIpCI/AAAAAAAAKCE/wu3ioHkOmEI/s1600/IMG_1734m.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QxIMXB2v-6I/VOwzichEdbI/AAAAAAAAKCM/HAopVY6Y98U/s1600/IMG_1738s.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BQIXbjejVDQ/VOwzyarbRzI/AAAAAAAAKCc/8vqcL2kylY0/s1600/IMG_1740s.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1cfnTaMwYMY/VOwyg4lgM8I/AAAAAAAAKBc/YLbmVeW2qAI/s1600/IMG_1729M.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uJsxE7nrzyc/VO0AhWLCBsI/AAAAAAAAKDc/BFq_6KCW8VA/s1600/IMG_1733.JPG)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iwpGY33Ll5o/VOwylMmKU1I/AAAAAAAAKBk/AJENms7Yo3c/s1600/IMG_1730S.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XMDXqqZ3c2o/VOwyviBsfCI/AAAAAAAAKB8/ZCHI5QTvuGM/s1600/IMG_1741s.jpg)
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Amazing array of Mahdists, beautifully painted.
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Beauties!! :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
They don't half look formidable in their massed ranks!!
Darrell
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OHMYGOD! This is wonderful, wonderful stuff. Totally inspirational and I hear the siren calls of the Lead God calling me into another period....what rules do you use???
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OHMYGOD! This is wonderful, wonderful stuff. Totally inspirational and I hear the siren calls of the Lead God calling me into another period....what rules do you use???
It is Sands of Sudan.. See Carlos thread on this forum. Designed for big games!
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Bloody hell :o :o :-*
You have been a busy boy.
They look utterly fabulous en masse like that. Well done.
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Bloody hell :o :o :-*
You have been a busy boy.
They look utterly fabulous en masse like that. Well done.
I feel faint when I look at that lot..... lol
Seems as though I've got a lot of catching up to do!! :o
Darrell.
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Added in some Camels and riders for the Mahdi/Khalifa - bit of old school stuff that was lying in the lead pile..
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2KYRuy4un_A/VPTZou2kdGI/AAAAAAAAKH0/Qal-AE8e1Ps/s1600/IMG_1746s.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-syQGf1FNzNU/VPTZhdEwqnI/AAAAAAAAKHc/nw74Ti9wUT8/s1600/IMG_1743s.jpg)
6 foot wide mass of Mahdists .. might just be enough to make the square think twice!
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Excellent! :-*
Darrell.
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Blimey!
Is there no stopping you?
Another seriously impressive update to an already magnificent force.
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Blimey!
Is there no stopping you?
lol lol lol
my Megalomania know no bounds.. Mwwahahaaaa!
cheers
D
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lol lol
An honest megalomaniac?
That is original.
:D
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Fabulous stuff as ever!! :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Inspirational, which is what I need having completed only 11 Beja thus far!!
In my defence, I have been working on a Burnaby vignette (got to be done) and the Mounted Infantry are all ready saddled up in full technicolour!! Pics will follow shortly, as soon as I can find my backdrop!! Or rather one big enough to photograph the unit as a whole.....
Darrell.
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I have completed another 150 Beja to add to the army... now up to 880 foot figues, and 50 mounted - so just another 120 foot and 50 mounted to go and then the main troublemaker will make an appearance on gaming table..
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-20beo20wLR4/VQFIZk0zryI/AAAAAAAALi4/zoPT6J-l438/s1600/IMG_1769S.jpg)
now I am sure you would like to see how the Mahdist forces are looking now
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-u6wPpxwFttQ/VQFI65rAlZI/AAAAAAAALjQ/T_zT1xXd_J4/s1600/IMG_1776M.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2r7QnM5h2kU/VQFI-MreqUI/AAAAAAAALjY/pfRbNOP3DHw/s1600/IMG_1773M.jpg)
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Marvelous work as usual :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Darrell.
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That is bloody impressive :o
880!!!! o_o
I'm feeling quite inadequate having only managed to build and paint 300 Perry medieval plastics... ::)
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Truly amazing. That's quite a sight!
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That is bloody impressive :o
880!!!! o_o
I'm feeling quite inadequate having only managed to build and paint 300 Perry medieval plastics... ::)
Dude! You're feeling inadequate.... I've only got eleven painted up!! lol
Darrell.
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Dude! You're feeling inadequate.... I've only got eleven painted up!! lol
Darrell.
Sorry chaps...
NOT!
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Latest additions. Ambulance camels, baggage camels and mules (castaway arts) and some Connoissuer bagge mules and camels.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LhC7aReTN8M/VQ0leIWVigI/AAAAAAAALvo/GJqGt1IFkCA/s640/blogger-image-1584508408.jpg)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wdMtPqrxu9I/VQ0lbuaDPoI/AAAAAAAALvg/ZXYHVYzYwks/s640/blogger-image--43377731.jpg)
A top up of Cavalry for the Mahdists . Perry Baggara
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vRIREIHRkgM/VQ0lgmazcKI/AAAAAAAALvw/1l41VakusKc/s640/blogger-image--450254926.jpg)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-VPYpqK4-rr8/VQ0lYgB0ySI/AAAAAAAALvY/251nKmV_ej8/s640/blogger-image--1287206174.jpg)
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Superb!
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Yep, like the Baggara Horse a lot but love the Baggage Train..... :-* :-* :-*
I'm going to have to convert one as I've got six spare camels who's lack of troopers makes them very eligible.
Darrell.
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Excellent additions to your collection!
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More lovely additions.
What a collection. :-*
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Well with all the troop additions lately i felt like doing something a bit different - so the first of the Nile Flotilla
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XdPLJhxyfJc/VRqSi28Sr9I/AAAAAAAAL2g/wDiPixKspjw/s1600/IMG_1787m.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CGWKfxDIjkM/VRqShjYVL6I/AAAAAAAAL2Y/TlXCpU8xJ9E/s1600/IMG_1788m.jpg)
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Well with all the troop additions lately i felt like doing something a bit different - so the first of the Nile Flotilla
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XdPLJhxyfJc/VRqSi28Sr9I/AAAAAAAAL2g/wDiPixKspjw/s1600/IMG_1787m.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CGWKfxDIjkM/VRqShjYVL6I/AAAAAAAAL2Y/TlXCpU8xJ9E/s1600/IMG_1788m.jpg)
That is fantastic! :-*
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Outstanding! Richard
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Superb!! :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Darrell.
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Great collection!
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Very good stuff all round 8)
Is the paddle steamer a kit, scratch or a mix?
cheers
James
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Very good stuff all round 8)
Is the paddle steamer a kit, scratch or a mix?
cheers
James
It's mostly a kit by Grand Manner http://www.grandmanner.co.uk/Armoured_Paddle_Steamer_A--product--677.html (http://www.grandmanner.co.uk/Armoured_Paddle_Steamer_A--product--677.html)
I built the bottom half of the raised tower from foambord and balsa as I wanted it higher. I am going to add some more deck clutter etc yet to it
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This thread is filled with fantastic.
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Back to work here.
Added in a set of city walls for Khartoum. Bought these in from the Colonial Steamboat Company - I think they are pretty good and saved me a job.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JrwE8ADGQUE/Vb_cp8AMPWI/AAAAAAAAPpw/nZbiSA4CyLI/s640/blogger-image--1170294352.jpg)
About 8 feet altogether. Getting started on one of the large terrain mats too
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ClUYZ9OY5Js/Vb_cspBAPxI/AAAAAAAAPp4/1Ocvgdm1yWs/s640/blogger-image-925002620.jpg)
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Really nice :-* :-* :-*
I'm not being 'funny' but I do have a question, were the walls of Khatoum actually walls in the traditional sense as I've read that they were tamped earth? Maybe an amalgamation of the two?
Regardless, they do look splenidid! 8)
Darrell.
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Steamboat and walls, both fantastic! :-*
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Atheling, yes, I think you're right - these owe more to Hollywood than the original 'walls' which were more improvised (and some distance from the city), mainly built of earth and incorporating several buildings as strongpoints. Several years ago I had some scratchbuilt for a campaign, based on images found on the internet (earthworks at Massowa, IIRC) and some stuff in the TVAG Sudan sourcebooks. Will try to dig out some pictures if you're interested.
But Im still a fan of Andrew's work at CSC!
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There's a couple of images of my walls on the 'Wargaming Info' website, but I'm rubbish at posting links, sorry!
Was it really 7 years since we played our 'Fire & Sword' campaign? Time for a re-run, I think!
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Ah, got it! (I think)
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Ah, got it! (I think)
Grand stuff...
And yes I wanted these to have a more solid regular appearance ... Got some other future plans for them as well
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Magnificent forts both then and now! It will make for a fabulous looking table.
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Atheling, yes, I think you're right - these owe more to Hollywood
Which is fair enough :)
The original 'walls' which were more improvised (and some distance from the city), mainly built of earth and incorporating several buildings as strongpoints. Several years ago I had some scratchbuilt for a campaign, based on images found on the internet (earthworks at Massowa, IIRC) and some stuff in the TVAG Sudan sourcebooks. Will try to dig out some pictures if you're interested.
Once I get moved- still in the process(!!!)- I'm going to have a go at making a set of walls based on the drawings in Mike Snook's book. It will be a while off yet but I'll be sure to post up pics when they're done.
Anyway, one cannot go wrong with anything to do with the Sudan! 8)
Darrell.
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took advantage of the nice weather of the weekend to spend a few hours outside completing messing terrai works.
Various Palm trees and Acacia bushes created..
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JMlR9aqcB68/VcdlbsYjS0I/AAAAAAAAPuU/UjnVfBYWwl4/s640/blogger-image-312759696.jpg)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dJ18aOxIVtI/Vcdlxtgnm9I/AAAAAAAAPu8/AWAsbuFi0tk/s640/blogger-image-1622548842.jpg)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NldFpjnQiQM/Vcdl0UffsFI/AAAAAAAAPvE/yzFx2iC_WIE/s640/blogger-image--699749074.jpg)
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I love and I want to know or you get the palm trees
thank you in advance
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Excellent!!! :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Darrell.
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I love and I want to know or you get the palm trees
thank you in advance
Hi.. I got them e bay, you can buy lots of different sizes ... Mainly for model railway
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/160548521707?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/160548521707?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT)
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-72-built-Palm-Tree-for-diorama-/151780134608?hash=item2356cd0ed0
Personally I like these, they are more expensive obviously, but if you don't want loads of trees that , I find, either get knocked over or constantly shuffled around so figures can move, and you only want a few to add atmosphere then these look great. The pine trees this guy makes look amazing too.
What did you use for the acacia bushes Deedles?
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What did you use for the acacia bushes Deedles?
Hi , Woodland Scenic metal tree armatures ( a few different types as I haavea load I picked up cheap from model railway store closure) hot glue rubberised horsehair onto it, cut and shape it. Spray a dark colour, dry brush a light colour overall, PVA the horsehair and sprinkle over sone leaf scatter, allow to dry , and hit it with hair spray to fix the scatter. Fix to a base, in this case hexagonal to give a range of grouping options.
I have some more to do so will be doing a blog post shortly..
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The winter painting season sees me back to this project. Time to raise the camel corps
Connoisseur Minatures..
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SY9Zin_FFa0/VqFkqxZ5g-I/AAAAAAAAU2U/iW6NdjMJ1tU/s1600/IMG_2136s.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4MTa1AQaunQ/VqFkssduNHI/AAAAAAAAU2g/-iFJHTiWfo4/s1600/IMG_2139s.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nR5A_pC771M/VqFkvAM0CWI/AAAAAAAAU2k/jLS76MfPESY/s1600/IMG_2141s.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XyJkS2KBjpI/VqFkwvcNToI/AAAAAAAAU2s/hhpSo1gi_5g/s1600/IMG_2142s.jpg)
Dismounted close order unit , and skirmish formations up next
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Impressive stuff. Your dedication to this project is admirable. :)
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Fab :-* :-* :-*
Darrell.
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Impressive stuff. Your dedication to this project is admirable. :)
Cheers!
It's a fine line between dedication and obsession... I may just have crossed it
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One: Astounding nice collection you've created.
Two: Where the heck are you going to be able to play with this mighty host? Seems you require a convention to play with that mass.
Three: Don't panic, but I think you need - even after your last listed additions - a lot more native figures to be able to properly contend with the Queen's forces. (or will you be recycling the Mahdist's paradise bound?)
And, just for completeness sake, it is, unquestionably, obsession! :o
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One: Astounding nice collection you've created.
Two: Where the heck are you going to be able to play with this mighty host? Seems you require a convention to play with that mass.
Cheers.
I have access to a couple of places that can run games on tables 24x15 ...
It's not all about getting everything on, but having lots of differing force options as well..
And yes they Mahdists will be recyclable.. But I will be able to field 1000 foot in one place if needed!
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I think you danced over that line awhile ago. lol
Wonderful units and a great addition to your collection.
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Some new additions to the field hospital
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rmwxwol68wg/VsYE2L3YvOI/AAAAAAAAVOo/SFs238ExEWQ/s1600/IMG_2155s.jpg)
And some signaller sets
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nb4cd-0iAxw/VsYhYF1drDI/AAAAAAAAVS0/3Dao9vTExHU/s1600/IMG_1884.JPG)
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Great looking stuff! Richard
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Fab stuff again! :-* :-* :-*
I really look forward to these posts Deedles 8)
Darrell.
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and completed another cavalry unit
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jV1eEsv9FUs/VsYOgYnqPdI/AAAAAAAAVQc/ZB00oAdvpH4/s1600/IMG_2170s.jpg)
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HVW8mnPu6MM/VsYOsm-yOII/AAAAAAAAVQk/5fT7LxJYi10/s1600/IMG_2174s.jpg)
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0GJ7xGVPS60/VsYOmpy59RI/AAAAAAAAVQg/1ffxQdZk2sw/s1600/IMG_2168s.jpg)
so now thats the 3 of the imperial units done i wanted. So here they are
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w1ZCujZDXf4/VsdxNuFNqlI/AAAAAAAAVTo/88KXyiZXDMw/s1600/IMG_1887.JPG)
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Cracking stuff, mate! :-*
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You are a painting machine! Great work.
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For palm trees, I found the cheapest option was the toy department of the local supermarket; really tatty plastic dinosaurs came with a few palms that responded well to a bit of darkening with a broad-pointed black CD marker pen and some multiple bases. I have all I need at a fraction of what other sources cost.
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Time for the main protagonist (EDIT , or antagonist ,depending on your view) to make an appearance I think
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tyFaz7qQ3jQ/VsipOYeXElI/AAAAAAAAVWA/lEkuPwKGr3c/s1600/IMG_2178s.jpg)
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HkJfR_6Fv2w/VsipMZHJ_yI/AAAAAAAAVV8/LEbVAq-R8io/s1600/IMG_2180s.jpg)
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Great stuff mate :-* :-* :-*
Darrell.
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And some extra additions. The dismounted elements for the camel corps. Close order and skirmish elements
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-60F4rgtif2c/Vtlk_tLF7PI/AAAAAAAAVhY/gAuhPxNZJuc/s1600/IMG_2197s.jpg)
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FoAJz5la6nk/Vtll81xgmlI/AAAAAAAAVhg/n-uRqIOQJGY/s1600/IMG_2196s.jpg)
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XeMYDM52psI/VtlmwURVR6I/AAAAAAAAVh4/FjspPff3DG4/s1600/IMG_2199s.jpg)
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Time for the main protagonist to make an appearance I think
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tyFaz7qQ3jQ/VsipOYeXElI/AAAAAAAAVWA/lEkuPwKGr3c/s1600/IMG_2178s.jpg)
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HkJfR_6Fv2w/VsipMZHJ_yI/AAAAAAAAVV8/LEbVAq-R8io/s1600/IMG_2180s.jpg)
If you're not telling the story from the perspective of the Awaited One, he is the antagonist, surely?
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Superlative does not begin to describe this thread! :o :-* o_o ;D :D :P
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Added a unit of Egyptian Lancers
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Fw0BUHX5VEc/Vtlqe73I6AI/AAAAAAAAViI/WM6l2fdHSjo/s1600/IMG_2203s.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GW7slq3wboU/VtlqldnwNQI/AAAAAAAAViM/mCit-iyJBIY/s1600/IMG_2202s.jpg)
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More fab work Deedles :-* :-* :-*
Darrell.
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wonderful. I am looking forward to see a battle report
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A few more bits added. Perry war correspondant set , and a some locals from Connoissuer
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wonderful. I am looking forward to see a battle report
hopefully have some coming up in April
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Something a bit different
The first part - the flying part- of a Royal Engineer Balloon Detachment . I still need to do a ground crew set
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It's scratch built from polystyrene sphere I found in Hobbycraft, the netting is from a bag of onions, the basket is made from balsa, the rigging and ropes from garden twisty wire which his it's plastic cover removed and then all soldered together. It's based onto a CD for stability
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:-* Excellent, well done old bean! :-*
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Love the balloon.
Always wanted to do one.
Lots of great additions to an already great thread.
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Bunch of buildings completed
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Some other game Playing aids done , roster sheets
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Some hills to use on playing mat while I get some proper terrain boards made
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oTjFh65-Z_I/Vvz8C32NT6I/AAAAAAAAV4k/s54GuUkX48k1_RKXLQIRe0u4mHEFl97Og/s1600/IMG_1974b.jpg)
New decks of random event cards
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JfxJj29XDaA/Vv1W5GIO90I/AAAAAAAAV5Y/4scZj_LjOWMoXQP1t9KyrgYEPTuV102FQ/s1600/Cards.JPG)
The first proper run out is booked for the 16th April
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Love the buildings and the cards.
Well done.
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Loving the pics, keep them coming...
Wolt
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Those buildings look great.
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You certainly are hard to stop once you get going on a project, are you not?
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Marvelous!
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You certainly are hard to stop once you get going on a project, are you not?
:D
Cheers , So it seems... Though I have a few others still on the go too
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Wow, very nice work on repainting the buildings makes them way more useful for the Sudan! Really wondering if I should start improving my painting skills as Mason also repainted my church with great effect. But excellent and can't wait to see everything together on a table!
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Wow, very nice work on repainting the buildings makes them way more useful for the Sudan! Really wondering if I should start improving my painting skills as Mason also repainted my church with great effect. But excellent and can't wait to see everything together on a table!
Yep they came up really well, three different shades up drybrush , heavy desert sand, and bit of white to that , then a an off white lighter top coat.. All done in one session... Having them built already was a real boost. You did a great job building them
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Yep they came up really well, three different shades up drybrush , heavy desert sand, and bit of white to that , then a an off white lighter top coat.. All done in one session... Having them built already was a real boost. You did a great job building them
I can only echo exactly what Deedles said (almost exactly the same recipe too!).
Just layers of drybrushing, with a very 'dry' brush.
Easy when someone has already built a nice base to work from.
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what a wonderful thread :D
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Lovely stuff all round! :-* The cards are elegant.
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Excellent stuff.
Particularly like the way you have done the hill pieces. I picked up this same set of hills at York, but haven't tackled them yet. Nice paint job!
Phil
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Excellent stuff all 'round as per usual Deedles :-* :-* :-*
Darrell.
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Some new additions to the field hospital
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And some signaller sets
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nb4cd-0iAxw/VsYhYF1drDI/AAAAAAAAVS0/3Dao9vTExHU/s1600/IMG_1884.JPG)
Beautiful work.
Who makes those ambulance camels? Id like to get some for my baggage train.
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Who makes those ambulance camels? Id like to get some for my baggage train.
The stretcher type are by Redoubt http://www.redoubtenterprises.com/shop/?page=shop/flypage&product_id=5143&category_id=86dda58981ef83cf892be49edb6093aa (http://www.redoubtenterprises.com/shop/?page=shop/flypage&product_id=5143&category_id=86dda58981ef83cf892be49edb6093aa)
The seated version is Castaway Arts , code TR003. Ambulance Camel set
https://secure.iig.com.au/castawayarts/index.php?cmd=store
(https://secure.iig.com.au/castawayarts/index.php?cmd=store)
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Fantastic...I would like to see a game with all those figures
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Fantastic...I would like to see a game with all those figures
Well, here is a first small one. Still got basic terrain board, mats to do , so used a friends large base table while we kicked a scenario and rules around. Fun was had ..just a fraction of the collection used.
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A good game was had. A few things identified for doing for the the next one. Just need some dry weekends to the terrain mats out ..
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:o What a wonderful game! very nice photos... and a really large table, suitable for the 28mm. Now we need some more
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That is a huge table. You might actually get all your units on board!
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That is a huge table. You might actually get all your units on board!
Indeed... One of the reasons for so many!
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Nice set-up! :o :-* Peter Gilder had similar sized tables at the WHC where I first went up the Nile.
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where I first went up the Nile.
Using euphemisms like that could get you into very heady water lol lol lol
Darrell.
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A few more bits - finally got my Naval Brigade gun team made - Perry figures with a bit of solder work to make new hand to hold the rope. Limber is an Irregular Miniatures piece, gun is a Connoissuer one.
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the large buildings
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and some rocky outcrops
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Very nice, full of moment. Is the gun meant to be covered in a canvas?
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Very nice, full of moment. Is the gun meant to be covered in a canvas?
Thanks, yes it is.. Keep the dust out of the machine gun mechanism
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Superb!
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Great looking gun & crew!
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(http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y536/Volleyfire/20160130_144952_zpsh3mcnapv.jpg)
Tiger Miniatures do a couple of nice limbers too.
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Tiger Miniatures do a couple of nice limbers too.
Thanks for that... I need to do another one , so will take a look
And ordered!
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Jolly good stuff! :-*
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the buildings are winderful... the guns are superb. Looks like a diorama !
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a few new bits
Camel Train - by Hinterland Miniatures..
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Young Winston
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SO WONDERFUL
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further reinforcements for the Naval Brigade
Gun and Limber mule team (Mules and Limbers by Tiger Miniatures)
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Lovely. You do set up some delightful dioramas, capturing the moment perfectly ;D
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Wonderful stuff!
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Great shot of the full brigade deployed.
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Added some Black Watch skirmishers , and Mahdists guns and Gatling
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The Marine's and their gun carriages are a stroke of genius mon ami :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Love all the rest too 8)
Darrell.
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:-* :-* :-* An impressive lot you got there mate! Keep up the good work of turning them out!
Really like the Tiger mule team and gun....will have to look at their offerings more closely. I was thinking of converting some of the Perry ACW plastic limbers for other uses....
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Great stuff, sir!
:-* :-*
It has been a while since I have been to the Sudan and it seems you have been very busy.
While you have a whole series of lovely new additions, your Naval Brigade puts mine to shame with their fancy new guns.
Superb.
8) 8)
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Cheers chaps. Glad you like em.
The lead mountain for this still fills a 7 litre sized Really Useful box , so plenty to go at !
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Its been a full weekend of gaming - 4 games played - 15 different players - can they relieve the Garrison and rescure the Generals wife and daughter..
the relief force looks a long way off!
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vF3Q9PrmF_c/V161DD5dG5I/AAAAAAAAXwA/Yh9oMo0B_QkTujW6FP8Qo10e0Uugm-Y5QCLcB/s1600/image1.JPG)
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more on the bloghttp://onemanhisbrushes.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/a-weekend-of-sudan-gaming.html (http://onemanhisbrushes.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/a-weekend-of-sudan-gaming.html)
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Excellent stuff! I didn't catch on your blog which set of rules you used; TS&TF?
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Excellent stuff! I didn't catch on your blog which set of rules you used; TS&TF?
It's Sands of the Sudan for this lot of games
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Looks really good!
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More Sudan goodness! :-* The Sands of the Sudan rules give an excellent game.
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Looked like a great set of games Dave. Congrats on getting your forces on the table!
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Wonderful work, Dave! It serves as an inspiration for me; the Sudan is one of my favorite periods. Thanks for sharing!
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Wot's that giant black sausage in the General's compound?
There's enough rations there to feed the garrison for six months.
;)
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Wot's that giant black sausage in the General's compound
It's a piece of terrain I created for the 2nd battle of El Teb , where there was an old disused boiler from the sugar cane factory ..
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I have confirmed a participation game at the Muster on the Parade Ground show at Stockton on Tees on the 9th of July , so if you are going pop by and say hello , or even drop in an chuck some dice.
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Thanks Deedles, the layout looks superb, bet it was great fun to play on?
:-*
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Thanks Deedles, the layout looks superb, bet it was great fun to play on?
:-*
Yep, it worked well. I have another 12x6 mat to make when we get some more summer!
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I can confirm it was very good to play on!
Definitely looked the business and mat, figures and terrain all looks great. If you get a chance to play at a show do take it up.
;)
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I have finished the last items from the mounted Mahdists lead pile ...an extra 12 Baggara , and 12 Beja camel riders..
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and all the mounted together so far..
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of course I might now have to go shopping ;-D
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Brilliant - thank you!
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Great stuff! :-*
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Good grief......I hope the Gatling doesn't jam!
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:-*Superb!
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wonderful pics !!! the Ansars and Beja look so menacing! We want some more ... [and some infantry please]
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wonderful pics !!! the Ansars and Beja look so menacing! We want some more ... [and some infantry please]
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A few shots from the weekends games at the Stockton on Tees show Muster on the Parade Ground
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Those Sudanese huts are pretty sweet. How'd you make them?
Also, that looks like a bad day for the poor Egyptians!
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Those Sudanese hutts are pretty sweet. How'd you make them?
Also, that looks like a bad day for the poor Egyptians!
The huts are by Hovels ... Code H38
http://www.hovelsltd.co.uk/eastern25.htm (http://www.hovelsltd.co.uk/eastern25.htm)
Yep the poor Egyptians had a hard time of it...
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I have been sorting out the storage boxes, doing a few running repairs after last few outings , so took the opportunity to count up the Order of Battle
Imperials:-
Camels Corps X 36 Mounted , 36 Close order dismounted, 12 skirmish order dismounted
19th Hussars X 24
10th Hussars X 24
9th Bengal Cavalry X 24
Black Watch X 36, 1 mounted officer, 9 skirmishers
Gordon Highlanders X 36
Royal Irish Fusiliers x48
Cameron Highlanders X 48
KRRC X 30
RMLI X 24
York and Lancs X 24
15th Sikhs X 48 close order, 2 officers, 6 skirmishers.
17th Bengal Infantry X 24
Skirmishers various X 36
Naval Brigade X 2 guns 10 crew, 18 close order , 11 Skirmish order, 2 limbered, and un limbered set
Various single figures X 6
Royal artillery screw guns X 3 , 12 crew
Medical section X 17
Engineers X 10, signallers , plus balloon section
Commanders X 10 ,
Various civilian types X 10
Baggage camels X 21' Mules X 10
Armoured steamer X 1
Egyptian Infantry
3 X 24 Battallions
Egyptian Lancers X 10
Egyptian Guns X 2 , crew 6
Mahdist Forces:-
Mounted Commanders X 8
Foot commanders X 4
Camel troops X 48
Cavalry X 32
Ansar X 166
Beja X 546
Nile tribes X 61
Guns X 3
MG X 1
Other various locals X 20
still a few gaps to fill , and some units to top up. More Indian army units, Guards , Lancers ,Sudanese infantry , and a top up to take me to 1000 Mahdist foot..will keep me busy for another winter painting season I think
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:o :o :o :o
No words...
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A very impressive list.
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the wargamers problem... basing ...
following a transportation issue - adding magnets to bases... a pretty good result on the first lot done
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vcsgCeiJ6-o/V5ivojYnjAI/AAAAAAAAYs0/FWMAc-NQKWQCYuSPesMMuNUH7PnfH6rNQCLcB/s1600/IMG_2320.JPG)
more on the blog
http://onemanhisbrushes.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/a-little-damage-limitation-store.html (http://onemanhisbrushes.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/a-little-damage-limitation-store.html)
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fantastic
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Its been a bit of a lull over the summer , but the paint desk has been back in business over the last few weeks. Making a start on the various Indian Army units that took part in the Sudan.
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Oh my - they are lovely
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A few new items this week, some single figures , and a few skirmishers for the Sikh battalion
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Lovely stuff! :-*
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:-* :-* :-*
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Some shots from the latest run out
Full write up on the blog
http://onemanhisbrushes.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/stand-to-game-report.html#comment-form
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A great looking battle!
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I have added in the last elements I wanted for my Naval Brigade
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I have even had a traditional Sennett had made too for when its out at shows - its an interesting talking point
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more bits on the blog
http://onemanhisbrushes.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/sudan-last-if-naval-brigade.html (http://onemanhisbrushes.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/sudan-last-if-naval-brigade.html)
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It is great to see the force taken to completion.
Most impressive!
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Bravo! It really looks very nice.
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Nothing compares to a well ordered array (and wonderfully painted) of colonial era miniatures. Beautiful!
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Very nice! :-* :-*
LB
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WONDERFUL
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Nothing compares to a well ordered array (and wonderfully painted) of colonial era miniatures. Beautiful!
And hats, you need to have hats. :) ;)
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Splendid stuff :)
And hats, you need to have hats. :) ;)
::)
cheers
James
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And hats, you need to have hats. :) ;)
Yes of course you need hats.... you really do!
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And hats, you need to have hats. :) ;)
I will let you have that one, dear boy, but please leave the frock at home this time.
;D ;D
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Sheer madness. Wonderfully delightful madness!
"But this is about getting it done in a Grand Manner initially.." Very much the approach - though I think you're paint jobs are well above the average.
Three years and still running forward with the progress. Impressive collection in all regards. Only thing I can think to add would be more civilians and some more "critters" - especially some 'naked' camels to roam about but more goats and stuff for the locals (if you don't already have and just haven't shown us yet - wouldn't be the least surprised).
Well, you are short a few gunboats and a lot Canadian boatmen with their boats and a variety of feluccas...but don't let that spoil your party, you'll get there a lot sooner than most of us. Oh, and then there is the train, you still need a train.
:D
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Sheer madness. Wonderfully delightful madness!
Three years and still running forward with the progress. Impressive collection in all regards. Only thing I can think to add would be more civilians and some more "critters" - especially some 'naked' camels to roam about but more goats and stuff for the locals (if you don't already have and just haven't shown us yet - wouldn't be the least surprised).
Well, you are short a few gunboats and a lot Canadian boatmen with their boats and a variety of feluccas...but don't let that spoil your party, you'll get there a lot sooner than most of us. Oh, and then there is the train, you still need a train.
:D
Cheers oh it's a delightful madness .
Next up is last of the Mahdist forces and a few more imperial infantry units .
I have the others on the "to do" list . I have boats and train and the construction crew in the planning phase at the moment ...
Along with next years larger man cave and the new car for transporting it all!
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I think you will need a van or truck for this collection. :D
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More forces for the Sudan - with the emptying of the lead/plastic pile for the Khalifa/Mahdi. sees the foot elements of the force go over 1000 figures
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(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FSeBd5OkYRY/WH9fSfVdsdI/AAAAAAAAb3c/6fR_ecmNkvc8PpnxktZTkcdeptYyoaEBACLcB/s1600/IMG_2627.JPG)
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There is a short video from when i set most of forces out recently - with the just over 1000 foot figures
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVNiGkIyk1E (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVNiGkIyk1E)
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That is an Awesome collection, both in numbers and quality!!!
The only thing you need now for the Mahdi is another dhow or 2. Check out my buddies boats, he makes and sells great boats that look amazing and are built for war gaming.
https://laststanddan.blogspot.com
Cheers,
JB
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Beautiful camels! I took the liberty to photoshop one of the pics removing the bases. I think the effect is ok, no?
(http://i.imgur.com/EyFP2y4.jpg)
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never seen something more spectacular and wonderful like these Cmel mounted Beja warriors
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Early in this posting Malamute referenced his memories of Peter Gilder and Wargames Illustrated from many years back, and his feeling that your collection reminded him of those Peter Gilder moments. I agree with him absolutely... great memories.
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Beautiful camels! I took the liberty to photoshop one of the pics removing the bases. I think the effect is ok, no?
(http://i.imgur.com/EyFP2y4.jpg)
thanks.
one of my upcoming projects is to set up a load of new photographs
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Early in this posting Malamute referenced his memories of Peter Gilder and Wargames Illustrated from many years back, and his feeling that your collection reminded him of those Peter Gilder moments. I agree with him absolutely... great memories.
indeed , seeing Peters stuff in the flesh and in the magazines has always been the inspiration for this collection
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beautiful work ..going to borrow the way you paint the camels..
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Latest addition is a large guards battalion - and time for some red coats to make an appearance. I have added a seperate standard bearer figure as I could not resist the urge for a big flag with the the red coats - so it might not be be truly historical - but its fine for my army!
60 figures close order , mounted officer and 8 figures on skirmish bases
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more here
[url]http://onemanhisbrushes.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/sudan-guards-battalion-in-red.html/url]
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Nice addition!
A remarkable collection.
I envy you, sir!
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Beauty. Looks very dignified.
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Splendid, great to see the thin red line amongst all the khaki ;D
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A 60 fig unit!!!!!!!! You are crazy but God loves those that are!!!!!!!!!! Keep up the good work. I am really loving this thread of yours!
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A 60 fig unit!!!!!!!! You are crazy but God loves those that are!!!!!!!!!! Keep up the good work. I am really loving this thread of yours!
Cheers.. mind I had thought about making it 72 figures.... mwahhaahaa!
The Mahdists are very nearly completed... but still got a fair few options on Imperials , Egyptians, Sudanese and civilians to go at....
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Splendid, great to see the thin red line amongst all the khaki ;D
The other redcoats will be Cameron's... red coats .. and kilts! Stay tuned
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Wargaming at it's finest! Great work.
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A splendid array! :-*
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Been checking through the various terrain items and set up the main town/city area, which is taking up about 6x4
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I will do some more bits n bobs for it.. need some more civilians etc.
but I am getting visions of Blackhawk Down...oh hell here we go with a side project..
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The last elements of the lead pile for Mahdist forces have been completed - another 40 Baggara cavalry
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takes them up to 72 figures worth
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and the whole army collection is now fnished - still got work to do on Egyptians, Sudanese, Imperial and civilians
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and a short video review of it all
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN09bG2k0dw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN09bG2k0dw)
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WOW!!!! That's awesome!
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unbelievable
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Finish up the infantry for my Indian Army brigade to go along with the Lancers and sappers
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Looks amazing. :-*
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Absolutely awesome!
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Terrific! :-*
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Where the heck do you find all the time????????
Very very impressive work.
Please do share with us your painting advice for the Sudanese (both Arabs and Fuzzy Wuzzies), as I am keen to see how you approach this task and turned out such nice looking figs!
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Where the heck do you find all the time????????
Very very impressive work.
Please do share with us your painting advice for the Sudanese (both Arabs and Fuzzy Wuzzies), as I am keen to see how you approach this task and turned out such nice looking figs!
ha - been off from day job for a little while - but not much longer !
Hi there is a blog post I did on painting the mahdist Masses
http://onemanhisbrushes.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/sudan-painting-your-horde.html (http://onemanhisbrushes.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/sudan-painting-your-horde.html)
I use all my paints thinned down 10--20% to help them to flow easier ..
Undercoat
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oIXvvRUbNyM/VTTMKnNJRrI/AAAAAAAAMAc/njvwxHeNMpE/s1600/IMG_0025s.jpg)
add blacks
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do a dark wash - all over - two thin washes are better then one heavy one...
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-x_ZUUFKr-gw/VTTMKsrZPdI/AAAAAAAAMAg/IVh5uQn5ga8/s1600/IMG_0032s.jpg)
do the cloth material colours - 4 different colours used - 1 per figure , no two figures next to each other in same colour
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FsABlcyZ9To/VTTMLYOTYvI/AAAAAAAAMA8/ZjOEeGRoO4g/s1600/IMG_0033s.jpg)
do another thin wash all over , paint spears , rifles etc - but not the metals yet
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hit with matt varnish - this tones thing down and brings things together - you can then see what to do extra highlight to. I use Vallejo flat earth thinned to 50% or so to highlight muscle tops etc. A bit if highlight to some cloth if required , highlight shields etc . paint metals last . if you can't get a to bit if the figure easily - don't sweat it - your are not likely to see it are you! Though these having a loose formation helps - an I do think of that when basing them prior to undercoating
add some basing material and highlight - add tufts etc
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DnKna6gAaso/VTTMMMilK0I/AAAAAAAAMA4/xMbk_CthqsQ/s1600/IMG_0046s.jpg)
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Thanks for the info, it is greatly appreciated! Your blog bit was very helpful too!
Like I said, keep up the good work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PS And remember, if the Perry's do Zulus in plastic along with their forthcoming Brits, well, you will be back at it, as you need 1000s of them!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D
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Thanks for the info, it is greatly appreciated! Your blog bit was very helpful too!
Like I said, keep up the good work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PS And remember, if the Perry's do Zulus in plastic along with their forthcoming Brits, well, you will be back at it, as you need 1000s of them!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D
your welcome.... and ermm .oneof my gaming buds just dropped Rorkes Drift set on my desk.... so I await developments ! Another whole thread in the offing ..
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:o :o :o Aaargh I've just discovered this thread.
Absolutely wonderful.
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Those Indian troops are gorgeous
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a full days game has been had with a refight of 3rd El Teb
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EdiXXtNtIsA/WKDMRMDofAI/AAAAAAAAcuI/SFOME3UMbC43dyRQt4dYrti8Vrexu9JvwCLcB/s1600/23.jpg)
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(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LHcfYVORdzU/WKDPnmsZwLI/AAAAAAAAcvo/Km8WsJ2aDqguqjEaLmo-ROz7Vw_WEiPXACLcB/s1600/File_000%2B%25281%2529.jpeg)
a short write up on my blog http://onemanhisbrushes.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/gaming-sudan-3rd-battle-of-el-teb-29th.html (http://onemanhisbrushes.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/gaming-sudan-3rd-battle-of-el-teb-29th.html)
and Martin the commander of one of the Brit brigades http://28mmheroes.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/3rd-battle-of-el-teb.html (http://28mmheroes.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/3rd-battle-of-el-teb.html)
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That looks like a fun battle.
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A period I haven't touched (yet?), but I can appreciate how stunning it looks.
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a new small addition - a conversion job to make Major Kitchener - crisis crossing the desert in his role as intelligence officer
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:o :o :o
I have only just caught the battle report.
What an amazing sight to behold.
It must have been very satisfying to get to use that massive collection that you have put together.
Proper eye candy!
Top drawer, sir.
:-* :-* :-*
Silly question time: What is that cloth/mat that you played the game on made of?
Some kind of canvas?
Whatever it is, it certainly looks very effective.
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:o :o :o
I have only just caught the battle report.
What an amazing sight to behold.
It must have been very satisfying to get to use that massive collection that you have put together.
Proper eye candy!
Top drawer, sir.
:-* :-* :-*
cheers - indeed it was great to be able to do the battle that drove the initial idea doing this. very satisfying. I have enough kit to run two - possible 3 battles simultaneously now.. or a mega one... this one only used a third of the mahdists... there will be a lot more games this year - I have a table booked at Hammerhead coming up
Silly question time: What is that cloth/mat that you played the game on made of?
Some kind of canvas?
Whatever it is, it certainly looks very effective.
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its made from a 1/2 a plastic backed dust sheet I got from screw fix http://www.screwfix.com/p/no-nonsense-poly-backed-dust-sheet-12-x-12/26177 (http://www.screwfix.com/p/no-nonsense-poly-backed-dust-sheet-12-x-12/26177). so its fairly sturdy. I cut the full 12x12 sheet in half to get 2 12x6. on last summers hot day I pegged it out on the lawn and covered it with magnolia colour decorators caulk (99p from screw fix) took about 10 tubes ... covered with sand/chincilla dust etc ..and let it dry in the sun. brushed off the excess and gave it a few dry brushes , and spray from a light brown colour can... cost was about £30 and an afternoons labour. only downside is it retained some of its original fold creases a bit , but that does it it some slight undulations on a flat table which do add a little more variation. I have made one - if we get another sunny day this year I will make the next one..
there are a few shots on the bottom of an old blog post of making it..
http://onemanhisbrushes.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/sudan-civilians-young-winston-and.html (http://onemanhisbrushes.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/sudan-civilians-young-winston-and.html)
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Some more new bits
Start of the Bashi Bazooks , and some Mounted Infantry
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6jaaxfJsBAk/WKL4ujelFbI/AAAAAAAAc0E/LjkvBJon2u07GKDa-M_LWdnHQYoKhzYtQCLcB/s1600/IMG_2582S.jpg)
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Bashi-de-lovelies. An awe inspiring collection that seems without end - which is a good thing because it sure is fun watching it grow. Imagine our disappointment when you are done adding to it. Ah, but then there will be all those games to show of, right? 8)
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I saw there was a Sands of Sudan game listed for Hammerhead - good stuff. Must come along and say 'hello'.
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I saw there was a Sands of Sudan game listed for Hammerhead - good stuff. Must come along and say 'hello'.
Please do..
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Bashi-de-lovelies. An awe inspiring collection that seems without end - which is a good thing because it sure is fun watching it grow. Imagine our disappointment when you are done adding to it. Ah, but then there will be all those games to show of, right? 8)
At least another year of additions I reckon .. but yes lots of games in the offing
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Shplendid! 8)
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Awesome! :o :-*
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A bit of set dressing stuff...
the market place..
4 resin pieces from Adrianswalls , the figures are old school Connoissuer stuff as is the smaller market stall.
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A very nice looking market. Though I am surprised you used so few figures. lol
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Enjoyed a great day out at Hammerhead - talked to few LAFers as well - thanks guys
so a few pics for you.
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Bugger I didn't realise this was you or I would have said hello. A most impressive game.
Cheers
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Bugger I didn't realise this was you or I would have said hello. A most impressive game.
Cheers
Next time perhaps .. got booked in for Partizan in May
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Bugger I didn't realise this was you or I would have said hello. A most impressive game.
Likewise. I did stop and have a quick nose a couple of times, but I'll dwell longer when Partizan comes round and have a chat.
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That last picture is the money shot, alright.
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Fantastic, I wish I could have seen it. Maybe next time.
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Bugger I didn't realise this was you or I would have said hello. A most impressive game.
Cheers
Me neither! I took some photos Deedles but didn't realise you were a fellow LAFer....
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Latest addition is a new artillery battery to represent the New South Wales contingent
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They look great, as always!
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Very Nice! :-* :-*
LB
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Wow! :o ;D
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Gorgeous - who makes the batteries & limbers?
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Gorgeous - who makes the batteries & limbers?
Horse teams and limbers (open and closed) are by tiger Miniatures
http://www.tigerminiatures.co.uk/page14.htm (http://www.tigerminiatures.co.uk/page14.htm)
The guns are by Perry from the Victoria little wars range
https://www.perry-miniatures.com/product_info.php?cPath=23_96&products_id=3513&osCsid=bvc8fea61g85kjk9fi8kcidt75 (https://www.perry-miniatures.com/product_info.php?cPath=23_96&products_id=3513&osCsid=bvc8fea61g85kjk9fi8kcidt75)
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Lovely collection :-*
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I had some figures left over from the gun battery so decided to make up some engineers with a few conversions , adding in saws, picks, shovels etc. Some wagons and stores.
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Wow, more goodness ;D
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Nice additions. How do you get that basing over the bases' edge not sticking to the table when you're making them?
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Nice additions. How do you get that basing over the bases' edge not sticking to the table when you're making them?
I think you mean on the carts and stores? The edges are chamfered to about 30 degreees .. I use neat PVA as my glue for these and just add sand . After a few min I clean round the edges of bases with finger or a stiff brush ..
For figure bases which are not chamfered I always clean off any excess materials before it dries...
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Love the engineers! :-* Who makes the mules and wagons?
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Lovely - what an excellent addition :o
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Love the engineers! :-* Who makes the mules and wagons?
Hi , thanks .
The Mules are from Tiger Miniatures
http://www.tigerminiatures.co.uk/page14.htm (http://www.tigerminiatures.co.uk/page14.htm)
The carts are by warbases
http://war-bases.co.uk/ACCESSORIES/Carts-Wagon?product_id=998 (http://war-bases.co.uk/ACCESSORIES/Carts-Wagon?product_id=998)
I did modify the horse yolk arrangement to make it suitable for a larger team ..
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Back to adding some new items, completed items for the railway. The loco and wagons is made from a couple toy sets (with a bit of tweaking)- search Teemsterz train , they are labelled a 1/55th . the track is model railway On30 . Same gauge as 00 but has a bigger gap and size to the sleepers
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Great job. Adds to the flavour of the period.
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Loving it. How much of this collection will be travelling south for Partizan?
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Loving it. How much of this collection will be travelling south for Partizan?
Oh about a third this time ... I need my new car to be able to transport it all... it's on order!
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A decent sized van might be required if you carry on like this! Is there anything left on your to-do list for the Sudan?
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A decent sized van might be required if you carry on like this! Is there anything left on your to-do list for the Sudan?
Hi . Oh still a bit more I want to do , expand my Egyptian and Sudanese forces from 3 units up to 9 , more Bashi Bazooks , Egyptian camel corps . I have a couple of other steamers to do and the Voyageurs . Plus Cameron's in red coats and 5th and 21st Lancers .
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Hi . Oh still a bit more I want to do , expand my Egyptian and Sudanese forces from 3 units up to 9 , more Bashi Bazooks , Egyptian camel corps . I have a couple of other steamers to do and the Voyageurs . Plus Cameron's in red coats and 5th and 21st Lancers .
Oh, not much then lol. I keep lobbying the Perrys from time to time for some 'proper' mounted infantry on Egyptian horses and, since they've produced whalers for the Napoleonic period, some whalers and occupants for this period. Seems to fall on deaf ears though. :D
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Partizan today...
the battle around the Suakin Berber railway... a few early shots
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NlDp1vYLPWs/WSH7VkM5kbI/AAAAAAAAfTw/5WkfHY8wZZkuwC1awueQqHFhfiqXEKM5wCLcB/s1600/FB_IMG_1495360419543_edited-1.jpg)
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Lp4QQvMhFos/WSH7oRRDAxI/AAAAAAAAfT4/4YYPmYFLKtUWePMQiLUzEwt-_vTx-0_2wCLcB/s1600/IMG_3350_edited-1.jpg)
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C_lA89u2EGY/WSH7_a8hP_I/AAAAAAAAfT8/36r4SDNAxm4uqqa58Sj3rhc_vvZIN5wXQCLcB/s1600/IMG_3347_edited-1.jpg)
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-o_lLHBULzSM/WSH8WmGctAI/AAAAAAAAfUA/tlRJQljKpFkP2EbgDdB7o2NvnkB-VUJAQCLcB/s1600/IMG_3343.JPG)
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T9fGiM3ouZo/WSH93E9UVZI/AAAAAAAAfUY/R0yNUr3XtYAgi9XHd2oncbJ02X5uIzUkACLcB/s1600/IMG_3341_edited-2.jpg)
the sound of the Mahdists drums begins to beat...
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Some great photos and it looked even better on the table for real. A most impressive collection indeed.
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Lovely photos, thanks for sharing.
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It was good to meet yesterday David, thanks for taking time out to chat. You gave me several ideas for the future, plus you reminded me how much I have left to do with my own collection lol. Lovely stuff indeed. Glad my mat gave you the same idea, it just lifts everything I think and melds it all together to give it that bit extra ooomph when you stand back and take it all in.
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It was good to meet yesterday David, thanks for taking time out to chat. You gave me several ideas for the future, plus you reminded me how much I have left to do with my own collection lol. Lovely stuff indeed. Glad my mat gave you the same idea, it just lifts everything I think and melds it all together to give it that bit extra ooomph when you stand back and take it all in.
Yeah , was good to chat really enjoyed it . The mat was a real plus as must say .. I feel another order coming on!
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It looks great! Bravo!
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Lovely set-up! :o Train games have always had an appeal, possibly because they've always been completely out of my reach! It does seem like they would provide an added tactical element, however. Thank you for sharing!
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:o :o So beautiful... :-*
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The second part of the battle... where it got busy! - it became a proper duff up!
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GOD! :o
That must be fun to play on that table!
Really awesome! The way wargaming was meant to be! :-*
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Well, blimey, I observe a balloon! :o lol
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I see the Bengal Lancers eventually got stuck in after standing around posing most of the day! :D lol
Did you manage to fight it to a conclusion, or did the clock beat you?
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I see the Bengal Lancers eventually got stuck in after standing around posing most of the day! :D lol
Did you manage to fight it to a conclusion, or did the clock beat you?
The Mahdists broke around 4pm... both sides cavalry wanted to just sit for a few turns ... was fine until the Gardner found its mark on the baggara and did 9 consecutive hits .
The other side saw some cracking morale dice from the Brits which helped them to hold long enough to break the attack ... but it was damn close
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That looks an absolutely fantastic game. I'd love to have a bash with that sort of set up.
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This was a real treat to see at Partizan.
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I loved seeing this at Partizan.
Great job.
Here's a few pictures I grabbed
(http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r195/webdeak/Sudan/DSCF5409_zps9reh7dkj.jpg~original)
(http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r195/webdeak/Sudan/DSCF5413_zpsqiq6nq2j.jpg~original)
(http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r195/webdeak/Sudan/DSCF5408_zpsjzcualkr.jpg~original)
(http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r195/webdeak/Sudan/DSCF5410_zpsffs8v50k.jpg~original)
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Good pics . Thanks for posting
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Superb. :o
(http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r195/webdeak/Sudan/DSCF5409_zps9reh7dkj.jpg)
And a very interesting idea, this casualty marker!
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Patrice , the marker is made using warbases dials
http://war-bases.co.uk/ACCESSORIES/GAMING-AIDS?product_id=944 (http://war-bases.co.uk/ACCESSORIES/GAMING-AIDS?product_id=944)
And adding in various casualty figures
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Ah, and the train. On the casualty bases - a good idea? Yes. Visually enhances the table? No! The figure does, the dial, pulls focus from everything else done so well. Or so say I.
I think your Sudan collection may be the finest cohesive collection of figures I've ever seen - well, outside of Mr. Ray's astonishing work.
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Patrice , the marker is made using warbases dials
http://war-bases.co.uk/ACCESSORIES/GAMING-AIDS?product_id=944 (http://war-bases.co.uk/ACCESSORIES/GAMING-AIDS?product_id=944)
Ah OK! Thanks.
At first sight I believed it was a variable number of washers under the casualty figure... lol
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Ah OK! Thanks.
At first sight I believed it was a variable number of washers under the casualty figure... lol
That solution was one of the options I have looked at too. :-)
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Just to let you know that I will have this out again at The Other Partizan show on the 20thof August
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BH4mRHE_8e4/WSSKWYbwYqI/AAAAAAAAfXE/0uKLS6Ofb0otR4dPIqdV13V6wuwyfiMNACLcB/s1600/IMG_3358.JPG)
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Splendid table setup!
What a fight! :o
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Just to let you know that I will have this out again at The Other Partizan show on the 20thof August
Excellent, I will stop by and admire again. Are you planning a re-run of the same scenario, or something new this time?
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Just to let you know that I will have this out again at The Other Partizan show on the 20thof August
Excellent, I will stop by and admire again. Are you planning a re-run of the same scenario, or something new this time?
Similar , but with a few more tweaks ... and I may get the third box of mahdists in the car!
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Does that mean a bigger table?? With extra support to stop the legs giving way? lol
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Does that mean a bigger table?? With extra support to stop the legs giving way? lol
It may do . I got another mat from Tinywargames , but this time have a desert / arid mix created , it mat get a run out this time ... I just need to iron the damn thing...and at 12x6 it's a lot of ironing .joined with the other I can make 24x6 , or 12 x 12 with a gap for the river in the middle..and access..
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Its either leave a gap for the river, or get one of those harness things that Tom Cruise uses in Mission Impossible to dangle from the ceiling with then. :D
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I've been toying with doing something similar for about 2 years now. My idea was to hire the local village hall as it has some nice long flat tables and set them far enough apart to be able to get in-between, and call that gap the Nile. At the time I thought of this I was using TSS tiles, so the idea was to get a 4ft x 2ft river tile and put a dhow or steamer on it and keep moving tile along to simulate movement whilst leaving the gap on both sides to be able to move troops on either side of the river. Changing to a cloth negated that, so I was thinking of getting Andy Whortley to make me one of his river pieces, but 3ft or 4ft across with desert banks instead of grass. That would with the addition of another cloth give me a surface 12 x5ft on one side, and if I got another cloth I'd go for 12x 6ft for the other. If that is what you intend doing I'll be interested to see how it plays.
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Superb stuff Deedles :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :o :o :o :o :o
I don't suppose you fancy bringing your set up to the Durham club ??? ??? ??? ;D :)
Darrell.
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Superb stuff Deedles :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :o :o :o :o :o
I don't suppose you fancy bringing your set up to the Durham club ??? ??? ??? ;D :)
Darrell.
I am intending to get it to the Shildon show in October!
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Part 1 of the battle run at the the Other Partizan in August
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What a beautiful table! Maybe I can talk my wife into a visit to England next year... :D
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The table setup is fantastic! And so beautiful figures! :-* :-* :-*
It must have been an exciting game!
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and some shots from the later parts of the battle
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-stP01yn-RN0/WZvyAIkMpMI/AAAAAAAAguI/7pIQMAQPTbMz_OIidaTufB9n3F2K1fpUgCLcBGAs/s1600/MIMG_3948.jpg)
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Really lovely photos of what looks to be a great game!
One of my favorite threads... just saying.
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Really lovely photos of what looks to be a great game!
One of my favorite threads... just saying.
Thanks :D
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Superb! :o :-* I can never get enough Sudan gaming. ;)
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Lovely photos, thank you for sharing.
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Gorgeous sweeping scenes. Reminds me of a painting of the Battle of Omdurman that was above the fireplace of a beach-side house we used to rent for summer holidays (which inexplicably had all the Tommies in red coats).
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Dave,
Just caught up with this thread. What a great looking game. Love the new mat.
Well done sir!
AtB
Stuart
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Dave,
Just caught up with this thread. What a great looking game. Love the new mat.
Well done sir!
AtB
Stuart
Thanks ... you should get to play in it next year!
Gorgeous sweeping scenes. Reminds me of a painting of the Battle of Omdurman that was above the fireplace of a beach-side house we used to rent for summer holidays (which inexplicably had all the Tommies in red coats)
Thanks , I am enjoying the spectacle of the mass of the collection... glad you appreciate it too :D :D
Superb! :o :-* I can never get enough Sudan gaming. ;)
... indeed , but then you are preaching to the converted here!
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I apologize for all the shorted electrical connections and sudden internet disconnects! It's just that I've been hit with a bought of uncontrollable drooling upon viewing this Museum set up again. lol
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Fantastic.
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Thanks ... you should get to play in it next year!
I'm going to take you up on that. :)
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Great work as usual from you! Like the toy train.
So how many figs in total have you done now??????
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Great work as usual from you! Like the toy train.
So how many figs in total have you done now??????
Thanks , it sitting around the 2500 figures ... only another 500 or so to add...
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Thanks , it sitting around the 2500 figures ... only another 500 or so to add...
OMG! :o How many hands do you have? ;)
This is the definition of the word: Prolific! Congrats!!!
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Thanks , it sitting around the 2500 figures ... only another 500 or so to add...
Have you thought about trying to go for a 1:1 scale representation? ;)
Imagine how glorious those regiments would look!
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Have you thought about trying to go for a 1:1 scale representation? ;)
Imagine how glorious those regiments would look!
Tempting!
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Those are some serious eye candy shots in those battle scenes.
Top drawer, sir.
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Absolutely Awesome table and awesome collection!!! You've raised the bar for the Sudan sir...... I'd love to participate in one of your games. What rules do you use?
I dabble in the Sudan, but your tables are inspirational. I just finished some Ansar gun crews for a buddy of mine. Here is the post about my Ansar gun crews on my humble blog.
https://sgtguinness.blogspot.com/
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bSgfRoetPwk/WaD85g5siHI/AAAAAAAACBk/ZyH6-o0daQ4GFdFpUteiLnnqxVin-3SsACLcBGAs/s320/Ansar%2B-%2BGun%2BCrew-26.jpg)
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Absolutely Awesome table and awesome collection!!! You've raised the bar for the Sudan sir...... I'd love to participate in one of your games. What rules do you use?
I dabble in the Sudan, but your tables are inspirational. I just finished some Ansar gun crews for a buddy of mine. Here is the post about my Ansar gun crews on my humble blog.
https://sgtguinness.blogspot.com/
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bSgfRoetPwk/WaD85g5siHI/AAAAAAAACBk/ZyH6-o0daQ4GFdFpUteiLnnqxVin-3SsACLcBGAs/s320/Ansar%2B-%2BGun%2BCrew-26.jpg)
They look great . Thanks for the comments . I have used a range of rules , all add a certain something . I am currently enjoying Victorian Steel , with a few bits of random events thrown in . Suggest you add the "follow" widget to you blog , makes it easier for people to find you.
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Deedles,
Thanks for the advice. I added the follow widget on my blog so people can follow when I post.
Cheers,
Much obliged.
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Back to this for some of my winter painting sessions.
Finished off the last of the highland units - the Camerons
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AoY-0YkisTY/Wmm3WVXkXqI/AAAAAAAAjmk/ki5vRq3YS6gXVSoiV4jtBoq97jRxAegCgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_2640.JPG)
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Wow, Your dedication to this project is amazing. They look superb. :-*
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Gobsmacked! True dedication and brilliantly executed Sir!
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Wonderful painting and nicely posed photo.
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Splendid! Magnificent! Cheers!
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Cheers chaps ..
Few more new units on the paint desk coming up
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Wow, Your dedication to this project is amazing. They look superb. :-*
I think this fella summed it up pretty well.
Bleedin' lovely!
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A truly wonderful collection!!!
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Beautiful additions. The tartan is scaring me off of painting mine. lol
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Topped up with some more bits for the baggage column
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mF2r0GMisbA/Wm8JS9iZUpI/AAAAAAAAjqI/Z2PlrWEa1g0jVyn5Ayc8Lw2djd4cNaMLwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_2669.JPG)
Most recent Castaway Arts set
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Bi0yoZvjKuk/Wm8JQUjcZpI/AAAAAAAAjqE/CnpQvnGwGjgMTLgVWhjUV-QWgWP2ixq_wCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_2666s.jpg)
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WOW!!!! :-* :-*
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WOW!!!! :-* :-*
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Nice 👍
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Now that's what I call a baggage column. :-* Makes mine with 2 donkeys and 3 camels look positively weedy by comparison. lol
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Double Wow! :-*
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All parts of your project have substancial proportions! And beautifully painted too! A real caravan!
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Lovely work on those Castaway camels,think I'll pinch those ideas for mine :)
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I'd like to know where you got the tartan paint from Deedles?? lol And in the correct scale too!
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You can never have too many baggage elements.
If the escorting force can surround it entirely then it is too small.
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Excellent work :-* :-* I really enjoy your work on this thread.
LB
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Cheers all. Great to see such positive comments re the baggage - something often overlooked in collections I think , given how much it can add .
I'd like to know where you got the tartan paint from Deedles?? lol And in the correct scale too!
It’s a new invention honest .. nothing at all to do with my ruined eyes..
Now that's what I call a baggage column. :-* Makes mine with 2 donkeys and 3 camels look positively weedy by comparison. lol
Maybe I should do some sort of rent a camel scheme ...
You can never have too many baggage elements.
If the escorting force can surround it entirely then it is too small.
That’s kind of how I feel too !
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Wonderful work.
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Okay, I need a lot more camels now.
And i'm not even doing the Sudan - only Bonaparte's expedition to Egypt lol
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Adding more to my Egyptians at the moment
So here is the Egyptian Camel Corps .. mounted , figures are Old Glory
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iFOmbhjVBlg/WnoYCbh2yrI/AAAAAAAAjxw/kN5AUAI9FRs8t8gBuyrC8StfGwYENdgewCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_2677m.jpg)
And on foot , close order and skirmish, with a few new Perry mounted commanders . Still need some dismounted camels doing yet
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MznoOlpPKE0/WnoYMUw5jQI/AAAAAAAAjyA/rdWuvw5fp6YLvRV1MeO_Gs8AkRODvc3kwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_2675m.jpg)
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Ooooooo!! Those Egyptians are beautiful.
Mine are all in dress white uniforms with officers in blue, but I love your colour scheme.
Excellent.
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Nice basing on the skirmish line and a lot of nice painting on those Egyptians.
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What a cool unit. Love those camels!
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Very nice 👍
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I like the hue of their uniforms :-*
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A small game at the weekend - this time using Death in the Dark Continent
eye spy an ambush...!
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pv-nUIJJCeQ/WorBgFVzHYI/AAAAAAAAkI0/tz-NXrFPAzwcMq2j3q722gZwJsJc80i1QCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_4680m.jpg)
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(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9_rJq8EON_w/WorXQEoiiMI/AAAAAAAAkK8/Vtx3A8VAz5oOlDqdv0M8fHULvNWwAWNAwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_4683.JPG)
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Nice piccies of the game.
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*Very* nice looking table and minis! :-* :-*
LB
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Wife's watching the (yawn) winter olympics and I was too tired to work on my own project so I came by LAF for a visit and decided to go through this entire thread (the piccies, any ways) and have come to the following conclusion:
I am adjectively deprived.
You, sir, shall have worshippers kneeling to you - and shall inspire a new rising one day. Someday there will be sculpts of the Deedlevishes! lol
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Thanks for that
This made me laugh!
Someday there will be sculpts of the Deedlevishes! lol
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Okay, I need a lot more camels now.
And i'm not even doing the Sudan - only Bonaparte's expedition to Egypt lol
If there is one thing I have learnt with this .. is that you always need more camels
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The thread that keeps giving 8)
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I have added in some Iron Duke baggage camels to the baggage caravan - can you spot them - took the opportunity to set up a few pictures.
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-o3ceXhLpZ1I/WpWdB8rCTzI/AAAAAAAAkhY/0nigq3Hly3wco658ztf_XvwoenV82tRNgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_2734.JPG)
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Epic!
My envy grows only greater.
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Spectacular! So many well painted minis! :-* A feast for the eyes!
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Very impressive :-* :-* :-*
LB
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Taking the memsahibs with them to sort out the Mahdi? How frightfully modern of them! I must go and have a sit down. ;)
Spectacularly impressive. At this point we'd expect no less, we've been spoiled with this thread.
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Absolutely stunning. :-* :-*
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What the Plynkerator said.
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Wow; this is an amazing and inspiring thread!
Almost makes me want to revisit the Soudan myself!
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breathtaking! I am completely stunned. You are a perfectionist sir...
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awesome....
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A most inspiring sight indeed 8)
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Taking the memsahibs with them to sort out the Mahdi? How frightfully modern of them! I must go and have a sit down. ;
You know the saying, "behind every great man is a great women."
Great photos, a wonderful collection of figures.
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Will you be at Partizan again this year David? Presumably with a bigger table is so? :D
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Will you be at Partizan again this year David? Presumably with a bigger table is so? :D
Not in May , but hopefully August.. yes a bigger table !
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Amazing table and a wonderful game. :-* :-*
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Pretty stuff there. :o
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Just WOW!
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Thanks all. There is still a bit more life in the project for you yet!
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Inspiring photo's! :-*
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Spectacular is in danger of becoming an overused word on this thread. But I can't think of a better one. Bravo!
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I am giving the lads a run out again at The Other Partizan on the 19th August.
So if any LAFers care to pop by and say hi your more than welcome
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I am giving the lads a run out again at The Other Partizan on the 19th August.
So if any LAFers care to pop by and say hi your more than welcome
I'll shuffle by and drool over everything ;D ;D
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What a collection you have.
It's utterly disgusting.
But in a good way. ;D
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Completed a little top up for my Egyptians .. well,it was handy having Partizan show as a deadline as running a game
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MFiJ0ozO1ik/W3cwpMEo79I/AAAAAAAAnaw/e9o39HZoksc-QUL1jHVzxgmSvC9iNlf_wCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_5392.JPG)
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Very nice work! :-* :-*
LB
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Very well painted, they look great! :-*
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Excellent collection and nicley photographed :-*
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Splendid. Love the square. :-*
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Splendid. Love the square. :-*
Agreed, but the thin red line is my favourite, a lovely staged photo. :-*
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A part of the collection had a run out at The Other Partizan show .
So some shots of the action for you
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Thats rather good!!!
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thats very good ! ;)
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Bravo! the complete game,great terrain and figures.I especially love the baggage train,sooften overlooked by gamers.
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Bravo! the complete game,great terrain and figures.I especially love the baggage train,sooften overlooked by gamers.
Really? In my experience, the Sudan is the one place where gamers do take the trouble to have one.
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An MCC supporter in the village? I didn't spot him on the table on Sunday!
I like the Big Red Bat bases for the fuzzies, but I'm not going to start re-basing mine.
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An MCC supporter in the village? I didn't spot him on the table on Sunday!
I like the Big Red Bat bases for the fuzzies, but I'm not going to start re-basing mine.
Ah yes , he was ready to defend himself!
Yep , I like the effect of the big bases . I want to rebase some of my smaller bases to bigger ones , but it’s a bit down the to do list
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More's the pity, Deedles, but you seem unlikely to emigrate to California, northern portion. Oh, drat.
Since you continue to add to the collection, witness the "Egyptian top up", it may be a moot question, but I shall ask nonetheless: Now that you've had this impressive, excuse me, mightily impressive collection for some time now, how are you finding the sheer volume of troops you've created? Despite the opportunities for fun inherent in the volume of stuff available, do you ever find it a bit burdensome in ways? The stowage, the hauling, the setting up, the putting away - or is just too much a passion project to matter?
Regarding the baggage train, yes, often represented but rarely as done here - there's at least three full oodles of them here. What, you don't know how many there are in an oodle? Hide thy face, it is a classic military term. Somewhere.
There be shades of Peter Gilder at use here, methinks. Well, allegedly, from time to time.
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Since you continue to add to the collection, witness the "Egyptian top up", it may be a moot question, but I shall ask nonetheless: Now that you've had this impressive, excuse me, mightily impressive collection for some time now, how are you finding the sheer volume of troops you've created?
There be shades of Peter Gilder at use here, methinks. Well, allegedly, from time to time.
Fifteensaway .. indeed a valid question.i like rotating different sections of it in and out of games.. a lot of the imperials in the latest run out were new . In terms of troops I h ave done some reorganisation of transportation storage, fewer larger boxes is working better. Terrain storage is the main challenge , but still achievable. The mats for the main playing area make a volume storage difference as roll up into a very small volume .
As for Peter, I gamed with him and the original Sudan Collection back in the day .. it’s always been the inspiration. While I am sure I view it through historic rose tinted glasses as something to aspire too , I think I may have actually just about surpassed it .. at least in IMHO .. but I still think I have more work to do to get it out to the masses .
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Deedles, while I never had the opportunity to play with Mr. Gilder, I've drooled - often - over photos of his work and, as far as the troops go, you've surpassed him beyond question, at least in my opinion. To "lap him" I suppose there would need to be more work on civilians and roaming critters, both domestic and wild (like camels), and perhaps a bit more on the structural front. Or maybe I've forgotten that you've already covered that and are working on the second lap to gain.
Caution, drooling over magazines damages pages! :o lol
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I admired this game (again) at Partizan.
Here's a few pics I took:
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DG2HuTP8Irw/W4PPQLCeY4I/AAAAAAAASmU/xbx_X2cDbqw7wlRNO7rH1S1TJujlN5YkACLcBGAs/s1600/wargames_0020.jpg)
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-joGDoibkJZ4/W4PPQdphsrI/AAAAAAAASmY/UAEM3w1rG0MGVOayvGQL4IVPZaEtWcNuwCLcBGAs/s1600/wargames_0021.jpg)
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http://tomstoysoldiers.blogspot.com/2018/08/partizan-sudan-pics.html
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OH, NO!!! Do I spy a blemish? On the ground beneath the camel mounted ladies, are those puddles of white as in water or puddles of glue. Oh, the calumny if it be glue.
Maybe I can forgive you - eventually. ::)
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It's the markings of the mat, I think they are meant to represent stone as they are actually light grey in colour.
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Added in a new steamer for the collection. It’s the Sarissa one with a few mods made.
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ey-2FVPcXFQ/W5QhScj8xTI/AAAAAAAAnuA/TToq34UQevECpcd05BxAbQpqSKDKc7gMwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_2783.JPG)
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Methinks the waves taste sweet! lol Nice steamer - and well staffed, too.
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That's turned out very nicely indeed. I might have to get one now you've done such a splendid job, just to keep my Redoubt one company.
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That's turned out very nicely indeed. I might have to get one now you've done such a splendid job, just to keep my Redoubt one company.
You must!
Fifteensaway
OH, NO!!! Do I spy a blemish? On the ground beneath the camel mounted ladies, are those puddles of white as in water or puddles of glue. Oh, the calumny if it be glue.
Maybe I can forgive you - eventually. ::)
It is indeed just a bit of the mat printing . That’s bit is part of a more arid looking section. In main you don’t see that level of detail with a naked eye , just more the overall eff3ct
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So that's what one does with used Popsicle sticks! ;D ;D ;D
Looking good!!!!!! Sorry I wasn't able to attend the 'Other Partizan', as the game looks like a good one.
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You're giving the late Peter Gilder a run for his money. Very impressive collection!
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Great looking steamer.
I have eyed buying the Sarissa one for years.
Have always like the look of it.
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Time for a proper big game
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Stunning set up :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
I am so jealous of the space you have for the table?
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Agree - and I love the charts are there for all to see lol
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Zowie!
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Amazing gaming table and full of the most gorgeously painted figures. Wonderful. :-* :-* :-*
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Cheers chaps ..
And a few other shots from later in the game.as the river column arrives in the very nick of time!
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Hurrah for the Sudan!!
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Now that is a gaming table! And wonderfully exploited as well. Great looking game.
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oh my golly gosh...that is stunning...how long is that table
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oh my golly gosh...that is stunning...how long is that table
The centre table is 24x6 , 3 foot gap to a 24x3 table each side giving a bit of of extra depth and manoeuvre room . We made use of the gap to drop a river board and we slid it along
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Brilliant....wish my shed was as wide...
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Now that is just unbelievable. :o Splendid work!
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Very impressive :-* :-* Truly a proper game!
LB
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I'm getting concerned that you can read my mind David. I had the same sort of table layout in mind about 2 years ago for a game in our village hall, with the river in-between the tables and the boats moving along on one tile. lol
Now, you've not answered the question everyone wants to know.....did you manage to save Gordon?
P.S. any idea where the city walls and buildings came from? Some look like they're from Germany (can't remember the manufacturer's name), the rest I can't place, unless they're scratchbuilds of course.
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I'm getting concerned that you can read my mind David. I had the same sort of table layout in mind about 2 years ago for a game in our village hall, with the river in-between the tables and the boats moving along on one tile. lol
Now, you've not answered the question everyone wants to know.....did you manage to save Gordon?
P.S. any idea where the city walls and buildings came from? Some look like they're from Germany (can't remember the manufacturer's name), the rest I can't place, unless they're scratchbuilds of course.
Ha ha.. oh yes in the nick of time the river column broke through .
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7yt5kh6hJjA/W7o9aCB1ngI/AAAAAAAAoFo/8zcjEh7gIAU6bNPgkz2sz3C1TIFSxXsdQCKgBGAs/s1600/IMG_5666.JPG)
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FkX_-5m616M/W7o9Hir0Z8I/AAAAAAAAoFg/x3r9QpWGpIInAAeWOU0XyXci6NCa9RqeACKgBGAs/s1600/20181007_142931.jpg)
I can make terrain when I put my mind to it, but it’s a balance of time/effort and cost. I decided to outsource a lot of the terrain items as there is a lot of good stuff out there ..
The walls and towers were made by Andy at Colonial Steamboat Company http://www.colonialsteamboat.co.uk (http://www.colonialsteamboat.co.uk) top job .no extra work require , and good value
The large mosque was by Adrian’s Walls http://adrianswalls.co.uk (http://adrianswalls.co.uk)
The othe large building were resin made Jens from Najewitz from Germany. No longer in production I believe , as has now moved to,some 3D printing options .
https://www.najewitz-modellbau.de/index.php/en/ (https://www.najewitz-modellbau.de/index.php/en/)
I picked some other bits from Crisis last year (in search of more next month!)
Other buildings were by Belgian on LAF who sold em off needing a paint job . Lucky me as they are a great build
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Wow!! :-* :-* :-*
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Najewitz, that was the name I couldn't remember. Shame they've moved to 3D printing, I would have bought some if they still made them, I remember a post on her a long while ago saying they were going to produce city walls next but nothing appeared. I didn't realise Andy at Colonial Steamboat would do commissions. Interesting.
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Stunning! :o :-*
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Ha ha.. oh yes in the nick of time the river column broke through .
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7yt5kh6hJjA/W7o9aCB1ngI/AAAAAAAAoFo/8zcjEh7gIAU6bNPgkz2sz3C1TIFSxXsdQCKgBGAs/s1600/IMG_5666.JPG)
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FkX_-5m616M/W7o9Hir0Z8I/AAAAAAAAoFg/x3r9QpWGpIInAAeWOU0XyXci6NCa9RqeACKgBGAs/s1600/20181007_142931.jpg)
I can make terrain when I put my mind to it, but it’s a balance of time/effort and cost. I decided to outsource a lot of the terrain items as there is a lot of good stuff out there ..
The walls and towers were made by Andy at Colonial Steamboat Company http://www.colonialsteamboat.co.uk (http://www.colonialsteamboat.co.uk) top job .no extra work require , and good value
The large mosque was by Adrian’s Walls http://adrianswalls.co.uk (http://adrianswalls.co.uk)
The othe large building were resin made Jens from Najewitz from Germany. No longer in production I believe , as has now moved to,some 3D printing options .
https://www.najewitz-modellbau.de/index.php/en/ (https://www.najewitz-modellbau.de/index.php/en/)
I picked some other bits from Crisis last year (in search of more next month!)
Other buildings were by Belgian on LAF who sold em off needing a paint job . Lucky me as they are a great build
Thanks for the kind words, always willing to make some more should somebody be interested.
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Thanks for the kind words, always willing to make some more should somebody be interested.
Ooh might take you up on that in the new year :D
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Ooh might take you up on that in the new year :D
Sounds good ;) also open for more detailled builds, just ask and you will receive ;D
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Spending a little time back with this project , I have a few new items to add to it . Adding in the New South Wales infantry battallion and some water carriers
The collection is booked for another full run out in May .. and I may have it at Partizan again
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Good to see some Australians. They didn't have a banner? (I'm not knowledgable on these things mind you.)
Edit: never mind, looks like you add banners separately. Nice additions.
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The Brits didn't carry colours into battle in this period. Not sure about the Aussies, but it seems unlikely.
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A quick look at the Australian War Memorial archives tells me they probably didn't:
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1279951
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C173965
Yes, these are departure images of the NSW contingent to Sudan, but if you say the British didn't carry any colours, I doubt the colonial forces did either (but again, I note my complete lack of knowledge on this subject).
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Really looks good.
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A quick look at the Australian War Memorial archives tells me they probably didn't:
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1279951
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C173965
Yes, these are departure images of the NSW contingent to Sudan, but if you say the British didn't carry any colours, I doubt the colonial forces did either (but again, I note my complete lack of knowledge on this subject).
Thanks . I had seen one of those images before
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a new unit for the collection
I found a line drawing in my copy of Cassels War in the Sudan that showed a bengal lancer on a camel - and I suspect they would have tried this - so I thought why not make a little unit of them
so here they are
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they are old school figures a marriage of Bengal Lancer and camels made by connoisseur sold by by Bicorne - just needed a bit of milliput work on saddle and pommel
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And I dub thee "Crikey's" Camels. As in, crikey, even more figures for an immense collection! Now, is that immense in size or immense in spectacularness? Up to individual choice. :D
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Love it!
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I remember that line drawing as well. Brilliant job on these!!!!
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Excellent paintjob on the riders, but the camels also have a so natural color, congrats!
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"One day the lead mountain will be gone.... one day"
I'm inspired to ask, what is the status of the lead mountain five years on along this thread?
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"One day the lead mountain will be gone.... one day"
I'm inspired to ask, what is the status of the lead mountain five years on along this thread?
...well I was down to one 7 litre box full .. which was mainly Sudanese infantry and some Egyptian cavalry ... however I have recently bought more 5 more boxes of Mahdists ...and 3 Dhows... so there is life in the project yet
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You are truly an inspiration to us all for collecting the Sudan. :)
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I'm not convinced that such a unit existed (there is no mention of anything but horses in the two battles fought by the 9th BC), but damn if it isn't a great idea beautifully executed. Definitely worth doing, well done! I'd love to see the pic that gave you the idea, I've not seen that one.
I'd advise you to rein in the temptation to stat them as effective lancers, too. They weren't officially lancers at this point, but had been issued lances following the Brits' rough experiences against the Beja in the previous Suakin campaign. They had not however been trained how to use them effectively at this stage, and got severely dished up themselves. They did better in their second outing, though, adopting mounted infantry style tactics which were more successful.
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Another little new unit is a rocket battery .
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4Z87dglNpQ8/XNCU2TlQTZI/AAAAAAAArbQ/Bl-zI2ED5sY48z5eXqzI9fwbmj8Ooo4UACLcBGAs/s1600/8158F641-851E-4C07-BC6B-0F853C0E2175.jpeg)
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Bit of kit bashing to add a bit of brass tube to the launcher to hold the pipe cleaner smoke trails
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Bravo sir, this is a great little piece.
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Excellent!! Are they Empress AZW conversions ??
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Excellent!! Are they Empress AZW conversions ??
Indeed they are
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Great job, love the pipe cleaner smoke trails!
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Love the bases. Wishing that perhaps I'd based mine the same now ::), but life's too short to rebase everything. :'( Are you appearing at Partizan this year Deedles?
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Love the bases. Wishing that perhaps I'd based mine the same now ::), but life's too short to rebase everything. :'( Are you appearing at Partizan this year Deedles?
Ah yes basing.. I have some of this be done with collection at some po8nt , it’s evolved over time I guess .. but however it’s based it’s still useable so won’t sweat it .
No Partizans this year .. doing next week as straight up punter . And I have a family wedding in August..
Will be back next year with luck
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Your rocket-section are an inspiration to rocketeers everywhere. A wonderful thread.
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Another fine full weekends game ..
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Cinema-like scenes! Splendid!
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Bloody marvelous sir!!
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Superb! :-*
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Champion! Great pics.
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Truly inspirational!!!!!
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Cheers chaps. Glad ya like em
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Absolutely agree - truly inspirational! Fantastic work.
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Bit more work going on with the collection, another 200 mahdists being added , some Maxims and 21st Lancers still wip .. so a few new shots of the existing stuff for you while it was out of the box
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Splendid stuff. How many Mahdists and British can you now field?
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Splendid stuff. How many Mahdists and British can you now field?
Currently around 1000 in the various imperial forces , 350 in Egyptian and 1400 in mahdists
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I think ‘splendid’ is the only word for it!
A magnificent setup, both the mass, and the individual quality of the figures.
Splendid indeed.
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Superb 👍
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And a few more new ones for your delectation
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(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-paMYyV_vpgc/XUc-q2pcaEI/AAAAAAAAsuU/H_mXKzzJOzMhywqTxtR1vQu81Gt5BAd8wCLcBGAs/s1600/0EAF0245-B4BE-479B-A068-1CBF6477D0EF.jpeg)
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In the top photo I think I spy some of the old Connoisseur figures by Peter Gilder. Not state-of-the-art anymore, but I still love those sculpts.
The whole set-up is most impressive!
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In the top photo I think I spy some of the old Connoisseur figures by Peter Gilder. Not state-of-the-art anymore, but I still love those sculpts.
The whole set-up is most impressive!
Yes , the charging camels are still really good, the riders are showing their age a bit ..
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Wow that’s impressive!! The thin red line look to be in trouble with that little lot coming straight at them 🥵
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great armies!
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Beautiful pictures of your fantastic collection.
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Wonderful atmosphere to all the pictures. Brilliant.
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Stunning. It's like an Iliad for Colonial Adventures.
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Wow, they look brilliant! very atmospheric! :-*
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Cheers chaps..
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Outstanding array of painted miniatures
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This is a perfect photo staging of some most finely painted figures I've ever seen!!!
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You all heard Deedles is packing up and moving to Northern California and bringing his miniatures along with him, didn't you?
"Unh, what? Dear, stop poking me with your elbow. I was having this really good dream."
o_o ;D lol
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Love the pictures. :) :-*
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I don't think that I have ever seen the 'mass of enemy' so well depicted on the table top.
Fantastic painting and superb photography. :-* :-* :-*
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How many figures in those Armies?
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How many figures in those Armies?
Thanks, I have around 1400 mahdists , commanders, foot , mounted , guns & crew , boat crew and vignette pieces . I have about 200 more being added shortly
The imperials and Egyptians are about the same .., but only a fraction were in these pictures . Or would ever be in the same battle . I like to have different forces to choose from
So overall the collection is heading for 3000 28mm figures
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Well, if you have that many British and Egyptians, I think you need a few more of the Mahdist forces, only about 3,000 more. Not too many. Certainly not for you! ;)
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Well, if you have that many British and Egyptians, I think you need a few more of the Mahdist forces, only about 3,000 more. Not too many. Certainly not for you! ;)
Would love to! .. but I think I will lose the storage wars!
There are though a few more under way.. the drums are beating
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I am doing some pieces for the 1898 reconquest of the Sudan at the moment .
First up adding in some Maxim teams
"Whatever happens , we have the maxim gun and they do not"
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M3z3heeD4LY/XVXL3LGJtqI/AAAAAAAAswY/lPLUvVXPrOggiuvq6eHeeG8lCaBUUFPXwCLcBGAs/s1600/63094269-81EF-4030-9A0C-DE49FAA94F61.jpeg)
these are Wargames foundry sets, mounted on a gun carriage with an added plasticard shield ..
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And Young Winston has arrived
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Conversion job . Base figures is a Foundry mounted infantry officer . Took the arm off and soldered on one with a broom handled Mauser - figure from Statusque Miniatures pulp range . Horse is a Perry one from one of thier Egyptian sets .
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Excellent 👍
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That's a nice conversion! :-*
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Great work on those conversions.
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Excellent work as usual, love the conversion ;D
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"but I think I will lose the storage wars!" Amen and hallelujah, brother. For some inconceivable reason, my wife thinks she should have space for her stuff, too. The nerve of the woman! lol
And, yes, nice work.
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A wonderful collection... so much to see and enjoy! Richard
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Great stuff. I can only manage a small skirmish.
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Great stuff. I can only manage a small skirmish.
..at one point so could I ....
Thanks chaps ..
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You are very much the Chinese proverb, 'Journey of a 1000 miles begins with one step'
I still admire your 1000 miles, while enjoying my few steps.
Life is a journey, not a destination. Enjoy the journey.
I do and I think you do too.
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Brilliant stuff as always matey 8)
Love the Young Winston!!
Kind Regards
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Wonderful as always. :-* :-*
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Working on clearing out the some of the plastic/lead pile for this .
Ansar and large casualty bases completed this week
Made from Perry plastics on 20cm large bases from Big Red Bat
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-opUg9QvRfdE/XWuYO6BGUkI/AAAAAAAAsys/iLsqeaNj4Egm-1w5EDk8s4eNZnjTDWQigCLcBGAs/s1600/C1F03A72-8F84-4376-80AD-54E4CB3950E5.jpeg)
Old Glory casualty sets
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Splendid! Those casualties are pretty gruesome. Nicely done.
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Eye candy! :-* :-* :-*
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Nice additions. Especially like the large number of casualties on one base, will make a statement about what happened in the game at that point on the table.
Though you forget one essential element - you left out the horde of flies! Get to it, mate. lol
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Well, heck, it's been two whole days without a reply. I'll bet he's squirreled away in some corner feverishly kicking out fly after fly after fly and will dazzle us all with his mastery of the subject - and the amazing volume of insectivoric output! Heck, just looking at the mass is likely to induce a a gorge raising sense of the smell of death.
We await.
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Bzzzzzz
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Well,actually I was busy doing some 21st Lancers
Some old school sculpts found in the lead pile
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ppmMvlYzs1U/XXAWBpW6DuI/AAAAAAAAszc/By7YgqZ_JUUofgR43JpcP5jP7mYLFsDTwCLcBGAs/s1600/2F6FFF45-9BEB-4178-9DA5-7385CAF29274.jpeg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zk2UF77KhAA/XXAVbEoURkI/AAAAAAAAszQ/0mvBY7IhQnApGwmWu_yGQOcPaRTaQ6e0gCLcBGAs/s1600/EE6CCF0C-3673-4BE8-A9AD-F0FA892C48A7.jpeg)
So that’s this project had a bit of attention for a few weeks ,, back too it’s again later in the autumn ... more goodness then
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So, instead of a nasty horde of smelly, revolting flies we get nicely painted cavalry on pleasing bases. Oh, the nerve of that man Deedles! lol
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Continuing to run the lead pile down . Two new additions .
A third steamer . This time a more heavily armed version .
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-10e8wamOMWA/Xa2JQpgoVOI/AAAAAAAAs90/qlZAqRa-mmULYcQE1k0GM-AulzdKW13aQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/47788A75-9BFD-422A-9FC6-A758A1B4F6BD.jpeg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n_L6wH8w5-I/Xa2I8HC4f_I/AAAAAAAAs9o/xopKxKWjvVgcBWA-7N8e_-CIkPoxB__jQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/0B89D9FE-23BD-4952-BFFA-8F95AEEF727A.jpeg)
Plus a new unit for my Egyptians
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QBAvrRPccyo/Xa2IYeMmYKI/AAAAAAAAs9U/C2PvuDqluVc-IPfX7wt9_f2iSYZ_F7hNQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/0691E267-BD03-42B0-8223-63F4CD965739.jpeg)
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I notice the Egyptian's have abandoned their white uniforms. mate.
I'm not up on Late 19th Century Egyptian uniforms so I have to ask, I take it that the khaki uniform is for on and around the period of for Omdurman?
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I notice the Egyptian's have abandoned their white uniforms. mate.
I'm not up on Late 19th Century Egyptian uniforms so I have to ask, I take it that the khaki uniform is for on and around the period of for Omdurman?
Yep
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Yep
Have you got any references for that on the net matey?
I'd like to take a gander.
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Have you got any references for that on the net matey?
I'd like to take a gander.
Try this https://www.ottoman-uniforms.com/1883-till-1914-army-of-egypt-infantry/ (https://www.ottoman-uniforms.com/1883-till-1914-army-of-egypt-infantry/)
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Try this https://www.ottoman-uniforms.com/1883-till-1914-army-of-egypt-infantry/ (https://www.ottoman-uniforms.com/1883-till-1914-army-of-egypt-infantry/)
Bingo! Thanks 8)
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Unfortunately the uniforms for the reconquest itself are a bit different. It's the one lower down the page with a jersey and fez with a khaki cover, and puttees. They don't really look like those Perry figures (I'd really love some quality figures for that era, as they could be used for the Darfur campaign of WW1 at a pinch, I'm not a super fan of any of the ones I've seen).
But they are fine for the period in between Gordon and Omdurman, and nicely painted.
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That boat is just 'cricket'. Yes, I spotted the player onboard. lol
And the mummy-men look nice - but, wow, 50 figure units, that is a lot to paint. I've been slogging through my FIW 42-45 figure units and it is taking FOREVER!!!! Smaller units just seem to paint so much faster.
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Unfortunately the uniforms for the reconquest itself are a bit different. It's the one lower down the page with a jersey and fez with a khaki cover, and puttees. They don't really look like those Perry figures (I'd really love some quality figures for that era, as they could be used for the Darfur campaign of WW1 at a pinch, I'm not a super fan of any of the ones I've seen
Indeed ,. They will do for me as post 1885 until someone makes something better for the late Sudanese units I want
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:-* :-* :-* Quite the armies you have there. Not sure why all the OG casualties are lined up so well, but hey, you need a lot of them as the British volley fire did take its toll!
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Unfortunately the uniforms for the reconquest itself are a bit different. It's the one lower down the page with a jersey and fez with a khaki cover, and puttees. They don't really look like those Perry figures (I'd really love some quality figures for that era, as they could be used for the Darfur campaign of WW1 at a pinch, I'm not a super fan of any of the ones I've seen).
But they are fine for the period in between Gordon and Omdurman, and nicely painted.
i think there are a pair of figures that depict correctly the Egyptian Infantry for late period..they are from the Old School type Essex Colonial range..(which i like and find also very useful)..they are not in jersey but in service tunic..whick could be OK..not only for distinguishing them from the Sudanese Btgs in jersey
https://www.essexminiatures.co.uk/collections/25mm-colonial/products/co26
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i think there are a pair of figures that depict correctly the Egyptian Infantry for late period..they are from the Old School type Essex Colonial range..(which i like and find also very useful)..they are not in jersey but in service tunic..whick could be OK..not only for distinguishing them from the Sudanese Btgs in jersey
https://www.essexminiatures.co.uk/collections/25mm-colonial/products/co26
Forgot about those.
Old Glory also do some Egyptians similar which I have
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8H1S9FEce54/WnoYI8mLZfI/AAAAAAAAjx8/29ev31P2uKoiXmwkwNkf5ROf2gPXDINcgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_2674s.jpg)
OG also have some as named Sudanese Infantry which look to be more in the jersey but I have never seen them in the flesh , and not ordering a big pack to find out!
https://www.oldgloryminiatures.com/proddetail.asp?prod=CSB-04 (https://www.oldgloryminiatures.com/proddetail.asp?prod=CSB-04)
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OG also have some as named Sudanese Infantry which look to be more in the jersey but I have never seen them in the flesh , and not ordering a big pack to find out!
I bought those, but didn't care for them enough to put any paint on them. When I said that I hadn't seen any I cared earlier it was those ones that were at the front of my mind. They are faithful to the period (1896-98 reconquest), just not very nice figures.
If I can find any of them I'll send you a couple if you want, so you can make your own mind up. But I'd leave 'em be. Once you've grown accustomed to Perry or Copplestone, stuff like this doesn't seem worth the money, however much cheaper they are. But you are more than welcome to any I can dig out of storage.
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I bought those, but didn't care for them enough to put any paint on them. When I said that I hadn't seen any I cared earlier it was those ones that were at the front of my mind. They are faithful to the period (1896-98 reconquest), just not very nice figures.
If I can find any of them I'll send you a couple if you want, so you can make your own mind up. But I'd leave 'em be. Once you've grown accustomed to Perry or Copplestone, stuff like this doesn't seem worth the money, however much cheaper they are. But you are more than welcome to any I can dig out of storage.
If you do find any that would be appreciated . I do find OG often paint up better than they look in the raw metal sometime
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Sure. I'll PM you as and when I have anything. Quite a few drawers and boxes of junk to look in. :)
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Had a few days away helping a film company
So here are a few shots - more on the blog
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dTnChR4TxsU/XcZnaFvw3XI/AAAAAAAAtH4/_JRQDVh7BAc29U5XQb4O1jZ2sxynPBL2gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/7D1E44A8-9CF0-4D40-BCA8-C5B3ECEA66F7.jpeg)
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(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CpO4VYeWDPM/XcXQleNO02I/AAAAAAAAtGY/kKiVT-0AJK4yyoleTaMnHZcYFkfwXkeagCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/455BA0BC-6E16-464D-AB42-4A24AC0334EF.jpeg)
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Amazing!!
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Impressive - hopefully it does get to air (and sooner rather than later).
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Impressive - hopefully it does get to air (and sooner rather than later).
I missed that bit and went straight to the lovely pics!
Yeah, keep us updated on whether the programme airs- it will be great to see that set up on TV :)
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Oh, just stop it now....this is just too much wargaming porn for the eyes to take in in one go!
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Bloody amazing!
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I really hope this does get used as I would love to see it on the screen.
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Oh ..ok a few more
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6ocHa_0Rgew/Xcavnr84upI/AAAAAAAAtJY/Di-4vCwgEbsjDac1LRlHaJ25ZENAEKiWwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/73F3D637-3012-444B-BE58-E9219D381B81.jpeg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DfWqBQIDTNM/XcavHJEJxUI/AAAAAAAAtJQ/IAlv3xZkqiMnCQxrtdDdhN7lNiRRXVmiwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/7157615E-8C24-4875-9EB8-7D88EF756F44.jpeg)
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One hundred minutes of effort, one minute of screen time. Sometimes five hundred minutes of effort and only five seconds of screen time.
Curiosity question (and knowing you may be contractually obligated to not answer) but is this for a miniatures focused production, history focused production, or a scene (or set of scenes) within some sort of dramatic production (movie or television show)?
Hope someone provided knee pads!
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One hundred minutes of effort, one minute of screen time. Sometimes five hundred minutes of effort and only five seconds of screen time.
Curiosity question (and knowing you may be contractually obligated to not answer) but is this for a miniatures focused production, history focused production, or a scene (or set of scenes) within some sort of dramatic production (movie or television show)?
Hope someone provided knee pads!
It’s for TV documentary .. it’s just a small part of the show , focussing on impact of the event , the things it leads too ....it’s a different take
Yes knee pads were available! Thank goodness!
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Let us know where and when, I would like to see that
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Long ago my gaming club had a 12 foot sand filled table. It looked really cool but it made a mess as sand went everywhere. Over time we realized it was horrible for your painted figures and once the table really started leaking we got rid of the sand permanently.
Hopefully they will give you a copy of the video taken even if they don't release it. That was a beautiful setup.
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Stunning
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So how many figs have you done now??? It is looking really really good! Well done to you sir!
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So how many figs have you done now???
That's a damn good question.... do you have a headcount?
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That's a damn good question.... do you have a headcount?
At the last update of the spreadsheet...it’s 2814 ...Though I suspect it’s a little higher as I don’t think all the vignette pieces are properly recorded ... a job for a rainy day !
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a job for a rainy day !
A very long rainy day I would assume! :D
I'd be very interested to find out. It's a mighty collection!!
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2814
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Next question, how many hours do you think you have into this project???
And another question, are you now finished or is there more to come???
I have been working on my Sudanese plastics but nowhere near the progress you have made!
Great work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Be proud of such an achievement!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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2814
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Next question, how many hours do you think you have into this project???
And another question, are you now finished or is there more to come???
I have been working on my Sudanese plastics but nowhere near the progress you have made!
Great work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Be proud of such an achievement!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Everything ARKOUDAKI has said!!??
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Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Next question, how many hours do you think you have into this project???
And another question, are you now finished or is there more to come???
I have been working on my Sudanese plastics but nowhere near the progress you have made!
Great work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Be proud of such an achievement!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would think it’s a few thousand hours .. I am a fairly quick painter generally . But building the damn Perry plastics consumes time, as does doing conversions and vignette pieces
There are a few more things left that I want to do ..
Another couple of British infantry units ,Probably KOSLI 36 figures .., plus 5th Royal Irish Lancers 24 figs
Some Canadian Voyageurs and boats
Sudanese Infantry unit , 48 figure
Egyptian Gendarmes ,
Bashi-Bazooks
I have about 100 Beja left from the Perry boxes to build and paint
That should about see it done at about 3000 figures .. well as much as you call any project done .
Then I need someone with very deep pockets to buy it and I will do Zulu’s!
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Then I need someone with very deep pockets to buy it and I will do Zulu’s!
Nooooooooo! Don't sell it!!! Too precious!!! :)
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Way too precious to sell! Your tracking of this magnificent project inspired me to start my own Sudan collection (though it's only barely over 1000) which I probably will finish painting in 10 years or not. lol
I painted the British side of the Zule wars and left the hordes to my friends in our gaming club. Not that you would cheat like they did and reuse some units as married when they were obviously not painted that way. :D
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I just went through this whole thread and all I can say is WOW!!!
Absolutely incredible work. After a break of a couple years I've started working on my 10mm Sudan stuff again and this is a huge inspiration for me to keep at it.
Also, since you did rocket batteries, were they actually used in the 1880's campaigns, as I don't recall reading about them in the Sudan? Or is that just a fun little addition for the heck of it?
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Zulus? We don't need no stinking Zulus! Bloody murder, that. At least with the Sudan you get so much more variety - and you have a work in being ready to play. And it offers more tactical variety than that event further south. Sell it? Are you having a dizzy spell?!
lol
Unless, of course, you really need the funds - but if you really needed the funds you wouldn't be contemplating Zulus, now would you? ;)
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Yes Zulus farsands of em. My favourite subject. Wether you sell your Sudan range or not it would be great to see your AZW project. Go for it don’t listen to the others !!!!!!!!
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You can have my Madhists or my Zulus when you take them from my cold, dead hands.
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Yes Zulus farsands of em. My favourite subject. Wether you sell your Sudan range or not it would be great to see your AZW project. Go for it don’t listen to the others !!!!!!!!
Now, we were not saying he shouldn't collect Zulu's too...
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I have a few figures left in the mountain to finish off . So I will be doing a few more items for this .
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I have a few figures left in the mountain to finish off . So I will be doing a few more items for this .
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Hi mate, great to have you back in Sudan mode :)
More superb additions :-* :-* :-*
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Not wanting to distract you from completing your lovely Sudan range - but might I draw your attention to the recently released Khurasan Zulu range. Being in 15 mm it might be too small for your tastes but, wow, a nice looking range of figures. And in the smaller scale, not so punitive on the wallet and allows a broader expanse for your games in the same space.
Nice additions here, by the way.
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Yikes!
You are going to sell all those wonderful minis... :'(
You might regret it one day. Think carefully.
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Yikes!
You are going to sell all those wonderful minis... :'(
You might regret it one day. Think carefully.
Having sold painted stuff in the past that I came to regret I have to say I agree. Give it some deep thought. :)
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Not wanting to distract you from completing your lovely Sudan range - but might I draw your attention to the recently released Khurasan Zulu range. Being in 15 mm it might be too small for your tastes but, wow, a nice looking range of figures. And in the smaller scale, not so punitive on the wallet and allows a broader expanse for your games in the same space.
Nice additions here, by the way.
I could be tempted !
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The thing is it is so difficult to put a value on a collection like this, and even more difficult to find someone with enough money who values it as much as you do to want to buy it all, rather than ruin it by selling it off piecemeal. If you take into account your time and the love you've put into it the value would be even greater, but people don't look at it from a sentimental point of view if they are buying. If it was mine I'd keep it.
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I think he could find a buyer. But I'm pretty sure he/she would break it up and sell the units individually on Ebay. :'(
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I have a few figures left in the mountain to finish off . So I will be doing a few more items for this .
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Lovely. Staggered you’re considering selling
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don't sell- you will never get back what you paid for it in both time and money.
the whole set up looks fantastic and provides inspiration for us mere mortals
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The last few weeks has seen some more work on the collection
Egyptian Gendarmes
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I have cleared out the last of the plastic from the 20 boxes of Perry Mahdists .
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Still some bits n bibs left to do - for now selling the collection is off the cards . I just await post lockdown for more big games !
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20 boxes? You loony! lol I'll be content if I ever finish the one box I have.
Lovely stuff! I especially like those red-coated fellows from the previous post (just saying that now because I neglected to before). Really nice.
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20 boxes? You loony! lol I'll be content if I ever finish the one box I have.
Lovely stuff! I especially like those red-coated fellows from the previous post (just saying that now because I neglected to before). Really nice.
Thanks - I got most of the boxes at trade price - so that helped ,looney - yup I agree ! It’s the desert sun you know - the OG Sudanese you sent are up shortly - see what they look like painted up!
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Thanks - I got most of the boxes at trade price - so that helped ,looney - yup I agree ! It’s the desert sun you know - the OG Sudanese you sent are up shortly - see what they look like painted up!
Oh I’m looking forward to seeing what the old glory Sudanese look like with paint, OG has horrible photos on their website. I love the thread too, of course. Very inspiring.
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Love 'em :-* :-* :-*
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Impressive jobs there! Top notch paintjob and excellent basing! Cheers!
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Oh I am looking forward to seeing those Sudanese with some paint on. I mean sometimes OG stuff looks pretty good once you hold your breath and dive in, but I'm afraid I just couldn't bring myself to paint them. They have an odd power to suck away all of one's inspiration and enthusiasm. :)
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Just went through the whole thread and I have to say
ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS
The range and variety of all your different units (and the size of them) are amazing, plus the vignettes really spice it up and are most beautiful. I am taken aback and lost for words (and that's quite hard for me lol). Well done, a completely and utterly well done.
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Those jimpy edged bases make the charging warriors look even more menacing...
Twenty Boxes = Target Rich Environment
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They have an odd power to suck away all of one's inspiration and enthusiasm. :)
Bloody hard to paint too, not much there to work with!
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A few screen grab shots from the TV debut of the collection .HBO series Exterminate all the Brutes, episode 3 , recreation of Omdurman
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Will be getting some more high res shots at some time
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Great-looking pictures, is the series good and is your collection used to represent the battle or how was it actually used?
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Superb mate :-* :-* :-*
Your photography is very evocative too which s always a bonus.
BTW, where have you been? :)
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Superb mate :-* :-* :-*
Your photography is very evocative too which s always a bonus.
BTW, where have you been? :)
Thx , been working on the WW2 collection, and a new 28mm Vietnam one - there is a thread fur that one
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Thx , been working 9n the WW2 collection, and a new 28mm Vietnam one - there is a thread fur that onee
I'll check it out. 8)
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Nice! Haven't seen the show (might not have been on here yet), but I saw the figures on the trailer, which certainly got my attention.
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Brilliant!
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I have teamed up with the good guys from Legendary Wargames and we are running a weekend mega campaign game at the HQ near Bradford in the UK . There are still some places left .
Four Feathers and Funeral - more info here :-
https://legendarywargames.com/events/four-feathers-and-a-funeral/ (https://legendarywargames.com/events/four-feathers-and-a-funeral/)
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Sounds brilliant mate. I dearly wish it could make it :'(
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We have just run a 3 day mega game , with 6 players on two massive 24x6 tables . Here are a few pictures for your entertainment.
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Sounds like war gamers heaven! :-*
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This thread is filled with brilliant work, I have no idea how I missed it until now. Inspirational! 👏🏻
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I see you're willing to field Fuzzies and Ansar side by side. I do the same myself - can't resist the spectacle - but I've attracted censure for violence towards historical facts. What do other Kipplers and riders of Haggards think?
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Lovely! Fantastic looking battle!
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I see you're willing to field Fuzzies and Ansar side by side. I do the same myself - can't resist the spectacle - but I've attracted censure for violence towards historical facts. What do other Kipplers and riders of Haggards think?
I think you'd probably say that 'Fuzzies' are Ansar, if they're fighting for the Mahdi.
I don't think it hurts to be armed with the information that the Brits only fought two major battles against the Beja in traditional garb and with their signature hairdos. They weren't the ubiquitous enemy that wargamers seem to think they were (they just made a huge impression on the public consciousness).
However, once armed with that info, it is no great crime to ignore it altogether. :)
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I think you'd probably say that 'Fuzzies' are Ansar, if they're fighting for the Mahdi.
I don't think it hurts to be armed with the information that the Brits only fought two major battles against the Beja in traditional garb and with their signature hairdos. They weren't the ubiquitous enemy that wargamers seem to think they were (they just made a huge impression on the public consciousness).
However, once armed with that info, it is no great crime to ignore it altogether. :)
Indeed - now if only someone did just a complete box of plastics of the guys wearing a jibbah that would be great . The Perry box makes 14 of those out of 40 ..
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Well it’s been a while since this collection had some love . I have some bits to add to it over the winter paint season .
This pair have lain in the depths of the lead mine for a while - so time to slap some paint on.
Sir Garnet Wolsley and Sir Sidney Ruff Diamond - we maybe heading up the Khyber here in due course , but he will be heading to Khartoum for tiffin soon enough .
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Them 2 fellers look great! Well done!
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A new addition to the collection - Ghurkas .
While they didn’t deploy to the Soudan as part of the Indian army I think it’s perfectly possible they could have . It of course gives another nice colour option for the various uniforms on show too.
In addition they will of course be doing some service in the NWF in due course ! The opposition has been added to the painting queue!
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Your madness continues! :o. Delightful madness for us to behold, certainly. But madness nonetheless. That's a lot of freakin' Ghurkas.
"March all the way down the Nile, turn right, transit the Suez (by boat, please), turn left, sail the ocean waves, disembark, turn left and climb up them hills until you come to some really big ones, and then turn left again."
Your Sudan has really made a left turn. ;D
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A wonderful looking unit of Ghurkas.
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Very inspiring! :-* :-* :-*
(Where do I have those unpainted ghurkas....)
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Your madness continues! :o. Delightful madness for us to behold, certainly. But madness nonetheless. That's a lot of freakin' Ghurkas.
"March all the way down the Nile, turn right, transit the Suez (by boat, please), turn left, sail the ocean waves, disembark, turn left and climb up them hills until you come to some really big ones, and then turn left again."
Your Sudan has really made a left turn. ;D
It’s the desert heat you know … I am glad it’s catching you 😅😅
Very inspiring! :-* :-* :-*
(Where do I have those unpainted ghurkas....)
Your welcome - let’s see then done then!
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Those Ghurkas do indeed look great. I'm sure they will make a good account of themselves when they see the elephant for the first time...
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Next addition for the excursion to the NWF is the Last stand at Gandamak set from Iron Duke
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Excellent work, as normal.
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Nicely done, they are.