Castaway Arts & Perry Sudan Ranges

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Gday
I also picked up a  couple of things that I forgot to mention that I picked up some Castaway Arts figures from Jerry last week.
The service was very prompt as usual ,and while not every model is a gem ,some are fantastic.
In fairness the Range is a bit mixed with some of the older ranges like Egyptians ,not that flash at all ,however  in particular his Fuzzy Wuzzy foot are very nice and I dare say approching Perry level,they certanily fit in with my Perrys ,and that is indeed the highest praise I can make .
There are even some very nice unique /one off models that Castaway make that Perry does not ,well worth looking at for the Sudan.

I did also pick up some Perry Plastic Mahdists from a convention a few weeks ago

I was gutted when I heard that the plastics were coming out ,as I just purchased an obscene amount of Metals .
However will probably get flack for this ,&  I am a big Perry Fan, but while nice the generic spue does not cut it for me .
I feel you end up looking like the whole unit is in " Mahdist March Attack'  as I call it.
In addition the assembly of the figures is a nightmare  unless you are Edward Scissor hands ,and involves much wailing ,knashing of teeth ,& loss of blood and a ton of time wasted.
 For me Plastics will augment the metals,they can not be beaten,and if you want your Sudan to look like Franks Sublime stuff  this is the way to go .
Cheers

[Volleyfire!]

Have to agree with you on this one. I bought 5 boxes of plastic Mahdists at Derby but am dreading the thought of all that assembly, cutting, glueing etc. I was expecting a bit more than the same sprue repeated over and over, maybe my expectations were too high, but I bought stacks of metals too in order to augment the plastics and stop each unit looking the same. I think you need a balance of both, use the plastics to 'bulk out' units cheaply, but still put metal figures in there to give them some personality.