Sudan resting camels and 10th Hussars

Next up for the Sudan are some resting camels and the British 10th Hussar regiment for the Sudan.

The camels will be for the centre of the square formed by the dismounted Camel Regiments when they go into action.

Again the figures are 10mm Pendraken. I have changed the dry brush colour used on the bases and while I don’t think it is apparent in photos, I am much happier that it gives a good compromise between the cloth I will be using (the third photo below is the closest representation) and the greyer colour that I have seen of the land in photos. I am also forming the view that I need to look for some dry bush tufts to give a bit of a lift to my basing for the project.

Resting Camels

British 10th Hussars

The start of a Sands of Sudan project

The first units of a new Sudan project. 

It is a 10mm project using the figures from Pendraken. I am not going to slavishly stick to one of the various campaigns in the Sudan - so over time there will be red, khaki and grey coated British infantry, Egyptians, cavalry and the Desert Column (which makes an appearance today).

I intend to use the Sands of Sudan rules published by Carlo Pagano based on the work of Peter Gilder. One of the attractions of the rules (especially with the 10mm figures) is that the units are large - 60 or 72 figure British Infantry battalions for instance and 48 camels in the Desert Column regiments.

I have plans for various desert buildings / huts, oasis, Khartoum and its walls as well as a ‘Nile’ with all that should accompany it - paddle steamers, native boats and of course a crocodile. I may paint some of the terrain during the challenge (once I get to 1200 points goal).

First up then are some Beja warriors - and I have discovered how hard it is to photograph 10mm figures, especially when they are dark skinned.

Then the first of three Desert Column camel regiments for the British - there will eventually also be Mahdist, sitting and baggage camels.

Dismounted Savarin Knights for the Sassanids

The latest Sassanids painted are 3 bases of heavy foot dismounted Savarin Knights.  They do not appear in the Impetus lists but after seeing these on Dr Phil Hendry’s wonderful blog earlier in the year I decided that I would get them anyway and find a way to make them fit into the army.   These are Aventine figures with the banner and the shields from LBMS as always.  

I am participating in the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge again and these were my first entry for the year.

Sassanid force as it stands now

This is not all of them - but it is where we are at the moment.  I have a whole bunch more units in the lead mountain and also a few bases that have been prepped but need to be painted etc.

I am participating in the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge again this year and have another project that I want to be the main focus of that.  However, I will  paint those Sassanid figures that have been prepped over the next few weeks in the early stages of the Challenge.

I have wanted a Sassanid force for many years and painting these have given me a lot of fun.

More Sassanid Foot bases

Firstly, six bases of heavy foot levy spearmen (A&A Miniatures).

And the 'rest' - a skirmish base, another levy spearmen base and two archer bases (A&A, Gripping Beast and Aventine respectively)

As before, all are based for Impetus.

Some more Sassanid Cavalry

Just a quick shot of a few cavalry bases that I have been working on over the past two months.

There are four units of Clibinari armed with spears and bows and two light cavalry bow armed.

Figures are Gripping Beast and Aventine.