Lead Adventure Forum
Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: marco55 on December 29, 2020, 04:28:14 AM
-
A couple of books by Gallieni in English.
Mark
https://nafzigercollection.com/product-category/warfare-in-africa/page/2/
-
Marco55, the books by Mr Nafziger are outstanding. I have several from multiple periods and theatre’s.
-
I do too. :D
Mark
-
Just out of interest (I probably shouldn't ask as their is some danger in it on my part!), are there any miniatures specific to the French Conquest of Western Sudan available in 28mm?
-
Yes,Castaway Arts in Australia has a small line. https://www.castawayarts.com.au/index.php?cmd=store
Mark
-
Yes,Castaway Arts in Australia has a small line. https://www.castawayarts.com.au/index.php?cmd=store
Mark
Cheers. I forgot about Castaway for some reason! o_o ???
-
Castaway Arts in OZ has great figures AND great customer service.
-
Castaway Arts are nice, and mix well with Foundry Darkest Africa adventurers etc.
Other ranges are nice too but are slightly different in size. Artizan Design are bigger... and Askari Miniatures slightly smaller...
A sad thing with Castaway is that they haven't expanded their range since many years. Long ago I had planned to build a "tata" a Western Sudanese fortress but with the lack of more different figures I still haven't done it.
-
A sad thing with Castaway is that they haven't expanded their range since many years. Long ago I had planned to build a "tata" a Western Sudanese fortress but with the lack of more different figures I still haven't done it.
That's the reason I never have done it either.
Mark
-
A sad thing with Castaway is that they haven't expanded their range since many years. Long ago I had planned to build a "tata" a Western Sudanese fortress but with the lack of more different figures I still haven't done it.
I tried to find a photo of a "tata" but had no luck.Do you have any?
Mark
-
I tried to find a photo of a "tata" but had no luck.Do you have any?
Mark
You have to find some key words... "tata fort mali" or "tata fort senegal" bring some research results amongst other things.
Also, in French only I think...
https://fracademic.com/dic.nsf/frwiki/1606505
https://www.persee.fr/doc/jafr_0037-9166_1966_num_36_1_1403
https://www.le-voyage-autrement.com/benin/mag/les-tata-des-chateaux-forts-en-banco
https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/afrique/societe-africaine/togo-les-tata-somba-mini-chateaux-forts-et-fragiles-a-la-fois_3054481.html
Basically there are two different things (which can be complementary): a wall and towers around a village; and walls between very close neighbouring huts of a same family which compose very small forts inside the village, French officers of the late 19th C. wrote these were very effective.
-
Thank you very much.
Mark
-
After becoming interested in this period I decided on a project to do when I retire (in May I hope).I would like to do a diorama. It won't be a historical fact dio but a generic battle of the French fighting Rabih's army in the west african/Chad region. As we were talking about a tata a while back I decided to see if I could get some kind of west sudan old fort type of structure built so I contacted Andrew Birch of Colonial Steamboat Co. and he came up with a idea for me. It's a generic type not modeled on any particular structure. I think it came out pretty nice. It's not quite as big as I would have liked but for shipping purposes and shipping costs. :o it's perfect. It's 1/72 scale as I want to be able to put quite a few figures on the diorama.
Below is some photos of it. I think it looks even better in person.It's darker than the photos show. looks more like a mud fort.
Mark
-
Marco55, I just answered my question to you when I saw this post. This sounds like a fun project. Andrew does great work!!! I tried to contact him
Several times about making a Chitral house and fort for me, but luckily he never responded so I won’t have to pay those crazy shipping fees. Another friend of mine, Bill from Gamers Garage makes awesome custom terrain in the US based in Colorado. I’ve been going to him for my custom terrain needs.
-
Love the fort.
Very useful for a lot of different time periods.
-
Is this an excuse to use the Legion against my Mahdists?
-
Is this an excuse to use the Legion against my Mahdists?
In fact they were the Tirailleurs Sénégalais that succesfully faced the Mahdist at Fachoda..
-
I thought they faced the British and Egyptians there over the scattered corpses of the Madhists?
-
There was moslem empires in West Africa also. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabih_az-Zubayr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kouss%C3%A9ri
Mark
-
that fort looks awesome
-
Thank you. :D
Mark
-
I had had a couple of French officers and Senegalese Tirailleurs sculpted a while back but then got sidetracked working on my Russian Conquest of Central Asia project. I did get a few painted.
Mark
-
I decided to add to my Senegalese by using Algerian Tirailleurs (done by Masimo Costa of Black Watch Miniatures) that were made for the Franco-Prussian War. I had them painted as Senegalese by just getting the tunic plain blue and having the faces painted darker. The only thing that I don't like is they are not barefooted. I hope to get more sculpted after a few more Russians. Here's some pics.
-
More pics,
-
I decided to give up on this project so I could focus on my Russian Central Asian project. I'll probably regret it later. :'(
Mark
-
These are wonderful.
-
Colonial Steamboat Co. Has a generic mud fort for sale like mine if anyone is interested.
Mark
-
https://www.amazon.com/Conquest-Sahara-History-Douglas-Porch/dp/0374128790/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=FgFqp&content-id=amzn1.sym.ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_p=ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_r=147-6599253-1088603&pd_rd_wg=ZmBbj&pd_rd_r=30b92a4c-adb8-4783-a531-68ba0a4e42b4&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk
(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51bIGjsyAhL.jpg)
-
Going to start getting more of these sculpted soon.
Mark
-
Proto types for new sculpts. More work to be done on these, just the first draft
Mark
PT1 French Marine
PT2 General Dodds
-
Finished figures.
Mark
-
Marco..as you are, like me, a fan of French colonial history..in that case AEF and AOF ..i would like to point you some new 3D minis that are available from a French manufacture..(but i think they also have a US distributor) ..In their vast WW2 catalogue they list some apparently nice Méharistes camel troopers which, except for the rifles, which is not so distinguishable at that scale, could be absolutly perfect even for combats in Mauritanie, Niger, AOF, Soudan borders and the conquest of Sahara from 1890. Méharistes are, in my opinion, unavoidable if your have read Douglas Porch..
Aside that, with your Tirailleurs Sénégalais you can recontruct that iconic scene in the moovie "Fort Saganne" in which the Méharistes long range travelling column lead by Gerard Dépardieu is halted at gun point by a patrol of tirailleurs sénégalais lead by the histerical capitaine shouting something like "Messieurs ne bougez pas..vous etes maintenant en Afrique Occidentale Francaise!!!" lol lol lol ...a real episode that i found on my rare antiquarian books about the French colonies.. :o
They are sold both in 28mm and in 1/72 (which is your favourite scale) plus , in case you have a printer or a willing friend, in stl file which is far more cheaper.
i'm in the process of ordering some (in 28mm).I'll let you know and post some images when they ll arrive.
https://eskiceminiature.fr/en/products/meharistes-ww2-x10
-
Yes I've seen these before. Not really what I will use but I hope you like them. My figures aren't really 20mm but 22mm to fit with Massimo Costa's figures. Something a little different, French Army of the Levant figures plus others. I think they are some very nice figures. They just had a Kickstarter that was very successful. I'm going to get a few as collectibles. https://www.destrancheesauxbarricades.com/
Mark
-
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=143470.new#new
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/972098603/poilus-dorient-french-army-in-the-middle-east?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=poilus
Mark
-
Proto-types of a Frenchman and a Senegalese. More work to be done.
Mark
-
Based on a couple of figures in this picture.
Mark
-
The almost finished French officer and Senegalese. All opinions are welcome.
Mark
-
Great figs Marc, my only negative comment would be that the officer’s pistol looks a bit small.
-
Sculptor was going by the picture in post 35.
Mark
-
I emailed the sculptor about the pistols and their feet. Also I think the back leg seems unnatural, the foot should be more forward.
Mark
-
My latest .
Mark
-
My latest Senegalese sculpt.
Mark
-
BTW I don't remember if I mentioned this TV film, Capitaine des Ténèbres (2005) inspired by the disgraceful events of the Voulet-Chanoine mission in 1898.
(https://media.themoviedb.org/t/p/w300_and_h450_bestv2/bb87SwckzNACcXoJ3zOm9OTx8sD.jpg)
-
Not over here I'm afraid. I would have to use sub-titles. Can't speak French.
Mark
-
It doesn't seem available on internet (I found it somewhere but I can't find it again, it appears sometimes but without copyright). You may find some bits or pictures if you research the title.
It's not bad but it's a TV film, there has been historical research but the uniform cloth is too bright I think.
The film French director, Serge Moati, was born in Tunisia, very interested about colonial history (in an interview he said his father was arrested in Tunisia in WW2 for mild Resistance activity but survived because the nazis thought his name was Italian and they didn't understood he was Jewish).
Another article:
https://www.jeuneafrique.com/340813/politique/jour-16-juillet-1899-tirailleurs-de-colonne-voulet-chanoine-se-mutinent/