Info about Germans in East Africa??

[Plynkes]

...and a finally a question for mr. Plynkes, where can I find this minis?

They are all Brigade Games figures. The gun and crew are from BG-WIAG10 (German (Europeans) in Sun Helmet HMG Teams) plus one fellow from BG-WIAG17  (German Sailor Command).


The guy on the right.

You can get them from here...
http://www.brigadegames.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=SFNT

[archangel1]

There's a new book on German Colonial Troops that was just released about 3 months ago.  Haven't seen it in hand but it was mentioned in the current update from On Military Matters.  About $70US.

[Svennn]

£55.00 on Amazon and the illustration style on the cover looks a little stylised for me but still tempted.

[traveller]

£25.75 on http://www.bookdepository.com (post free)...

[archangel1]

£25.75 on http://www.bookdepository.com (post free)...

Interesting.  My original search on Amazon.ca said it had a release date of Oct.1, 2009 while other sources are showing it as not yet released.  Good price, though.  Amazon has it for $93CDN!

[Plynkes]

£55.00 on Amazon and the illustration style on the cover looks a little stylised for me but still tempted.

That's actually a period illustration, I believe. I have the same one in an old issue of The Age of Empires magazine, along with a bunch of others including field guns in action, a wagon train being ambushed and Germans burying their dead (the action is from the Namakrieg). In the magazine they look great (colours and printing look slightly different from the version on that book cover making the whole thing look a bit more realistic). Personally I wish I had many more period pictures in this style. I really like them.

[Helen]

I for one would be interested in seeing the inside contents of this book. In particular, covering Palestine and Georgia.

Thanks guys for the heads up.

Helen

[archangel1]

My one 'worry' about this book is that it is published by Schiffer.  They have a distinctly spotty record when it comes to books.  Some are excellent, with nice clear photos and text, while too many others remind you of the old Ballantine Books, where some photos might well have not been included at all, being heavy grained and so dark you could barely discern a summer-camouflaged vehicle on a field of snow!

[Poiter50]

Site says it has 40 days to go to release.

£25.75 on http://www.bookdepository.com (post free)...

[traveller]

I just ordered it, I will post when it arrives 

[Admiral Benbow]

You really are missing out. It is classic Pulp Great War in Africa fun. One of my favourite films. A taste for you...
The Wilbur Smith novel the film is based upon is even better. A great action read, and darker than the film.

Need to come back to this topic as your info on this movie started my interest and I snapped it on Ebay and had a look at it yesterday. I'd say it's an ok colonial pulp film which can't decide if being a comedy or drama, but it was quite entertaining and had some real good props; no, definitely not the crocodile ...

The version I bought seems to be heaviliy mutilated and all info on IMDB confirms this. But there is one thing in the film which I can't understand: wtf are the germans transporting through the grasland on huge wheeled carts, pulling on long ropes with hundreds of askaris? Just metal sheets for repairing the ship? Or are they building a secret landship?

[traveller]

Good question, as it tells the same story as of the real life "Königsberg" the wheels could be used to salvage the guns from the ship but I guess carts to transport the plates must be more likely since the ship was still operative at that point in time.

[redaskari]

Very interesting topic, I got a few Tiger Miniature figures now I need to expand.
and build a ship... or is it boat....

[archangel1]

...and build a ship... or is it boat....

If it carries another boat, life- or otherwise, it's a ship.  Unless it's a submarine, which is a boat.  Whatever, you still need a floaty thing.

[Plynkes]

That ain't it. In the old days you had to have three square-rigged masts to count as a ship (hence HMAV Bounty, rather than HMS Bounty). In these newfangled days of vessels with engines there's no clear definition (just a vague sense of if it's big enough to warrant the name). You can put a dinghy on a racing yacht, but that don't make it a ship.