Abyssinians/Ethiopians

[aecurtis]

That tears it.  Anglian Miniatures' new Ethiopian tribesmen for the c.20th Italian invasion just beg to be put up against the Khalifa.  (Along with some of their colleagues from Askari Miniatures, and maybe some from Castaway Arts.)









Has anyone seen or done a list in the style of the "In the Heart of Africa" lists for Abyssinians/Ethiopians?

Just another army in competition for the Upper Nile...

Allen

[Plynkes]

Another potential enemy might be my Copplestone Somalis, methinks. The old Mad Mullah fell out with all of his neighbours as I recall, including the Abyssinians.

[aecurtis]

You are correct, sir.  You can do a one on one--Ras Makonnen and the Mullah in the Ogaden in '95--or a three-way with the Brits (a "what if" the Brits hadn't decided to back off).  Or Bring in the Italians for a three-on-one pile-on in '01.

All lovely rocky desert stuff, too.

Allen

[Lowtardog]

Very nice, I played a game a long time ago where my "Boer War" Brits ended up in a 3 way fling with Assasinians and Italians. Dont Bicorne also produce a range ? or am I thinking of an italian company...cant rmember  all went to evil bay some time ago

[aecurtis]

Right on both: Bicorne do Italians and Abyssinians:

http://www.bicorne.net/catalog/index.php/cPath/292_293_1_27_28

...as do Strategia e Tattica:

http://www.strategiaetattica.it/miniature_base.asp?tipologia=25mmcoloniale

(But I think the Anglian figures raise the bar somewhat.)

Allen

[Lowtardog]

I agree Allen they are very good. Thoese were the ones I used to have many moons ago

[carlos marighela]

Cannon Fodder do Italians for Adowa. OOP I think but if you email Greg Blake, he might have some run off. Much nicer figures than the Bicorne IMO.

[oxiana]

What lovely figures.

As Sudan is so often the flavour of the month, these guys can also be used to fight the Mahdists. For example, the battle of Gallabat in 1889: the Mahdist army fought and beat the Ethiopian forces of Yohannes IV. Over 15,000 men are thought to have been killed, and so much booty taken back to Omdurman it caused the price of slaves to collapse. But was a pyrrhic victory, as although the Ethiopian king was killed, the cream of the Mahdist army was destroyed and the battle essentially marked the end of the expansionist dreams of the Khalifa.