British Zulu Wars Heliograph

This heliograph set from Black Tree provides my Zulu War British with long-range comms capability (admittedly one-way until I get another set...).

 

Beja Warriors

To back up the Beja camelry I've started on the Perry miniatures Beja warband that Andy kindly bought me for Xmas a couple of years back.  This bunch are armed with spears and throwing sticks.

The figures are Perry miniatures 28mm metal

Figures are undercoated in white and painted in acrylics.  Bases are tetrion on coins with sand and static grass

Mounted Boers

Back to South Africa for a couple of mounted Boers after a bit of break from 28mm figures to finish a couple more 15mm Napoleonic infantry battalions..  The Boer figures are from Black Tree.  I've based them on plasticard so that a unit of 6 mounted figures will take up the same frontage as a company of regular infantry.

Beja Camelry

Andy had bought me a stack of Perry Miniatures Mahdists a couple of Christmases ago: some infantry, some command figures, and six Beja camel riders.  With the Paddle Steamer completed I thought it was time to get these other Sudan figures painted up.

The figures are based on 6cm x 3cm plasticard to match the rest of my Black Powder bases

Redoubt Paddle Steamer completed

With the completion of the infantry, the Redoubt kit is now finished after 4 months.  I'm planning an initial gaming scenario using it as a Congo paddle steamer with my Darkest Africa stuff while I get on with painting sufficient Beja opposition to use it in a Sudan game.

The Redoubt illustration doesn't allow for the figures to be based, and doesn't include all the figures that come in the set (eg the chaps stoking the engine)

Cressida Rose

Given that the bases take up space on deck there are more figures in the set than appear in the pictures above.  At some point I think I'll also fashion some steam to attach to the smokestack...

13th (Somersetshire) Light Infantry - Part Two

With these last 6 figures, I've now completed the full Redoubt Paddle Steamer set.  Will take some pics of the full set tomorrow, but for now, these are the last of the infantry.

The other half of the firing line...

The full company (without officers as yet) on magnetised bases for Black Powder

13th (Somersetshire) Light infantry - Part One

In addition to the Paddle Steamer itself, crew, support weapons and Naval Brigade, the Redoubt Paddle Steamer kit comes with a company of British Sudan infantry.  I had a bit of a dilemma in deciding on how to paint these - whether to go with the later Sudan uniforms of grey or khaki, or go for scarlet so that I could use the unit alongside my Zulu Wars British infantry.  In the end I opted for the earlier uniform, choosing that of the 13th (Somersetshire) Light Infantry, counterparts for my existing companies of the 24th foot (like this chap) who took a bit of a pasting at Isandlwana.  And scarlet was worn in the Sudan (by the Yorkshire Regiment at the Battle of Ginniss at the end of 1885) so they'll be good to take on the Beja at some point too.  Just six more of these chaps to go and that will be all the elements of the Steamer kit.