Firstly we have a few batteries of Gatling guns with their Naval crews.
Keeping with the naval theme, I have then done the Royal Marine Light Infantry (RMLI) battalion with their grey serge uniforms and white helmets and webbing.
And for even more naval action there is a battalion from the Naval Brigade in their sailor uniforms with the straw boater. I bought these as a battalion when ordering from Pendraken, but from my reading so far it appears as though they were actually used to man the Gatling and Maxim guns and were not fielded as a formed battalion. In any case, they look good, are different and are always seen in 28mm Sudan armies as a formed unit - so I am having them.
Next up is a unit of dismounted Camel Regiment troops to go with the mounted camels (a few who are accompanying them for flavour - but painted earlier) that I put up as one of my early entries. These are a smaller unit to match the number of figures in the mounted regiment.
Lastly we have a regiment of Indian Lancers. Both the 9th and 13th Bengal Lancers served in the Sudan campaign. However, as I could not find much description of their field uniform I have loosely followed a picture in Mike Snook's Go Strong Into the Desert. If anyone is interested in the 1885 campaign this is a wonderful book.
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