Picking up those brushes again.

Hi and welcome to the occasional mutterings of Dave Doc, a military modeller and some time gamer. Gaming and model making has given me a real education, History & Geography(obvious really), Artistry, Politics, Economics, Logistics, Project Management -you try building miniature armies without the last 3.

I will use the blog to record my creations & the odd occasion I actually do some gaming.

I have always been inspired by the aesthetic side of gaming. Playing on well constructed terrain using excellently painted units is always a joy.

Thursday 8 February 2018

Sudan - Egyptian Camel Corps

I have completed one of the more oddball units for the collection this week - the Egyptian Camel Corps. It was first raised as an irregular unit in 1883 and served throughout the period.

The figures are by Old Glory - and have a lot of character - even if they have the odd unusual pose to them .

There are 24 mounted , 24 dismounted in close order and 6 skirmishing . I also completed 3 Perry mounted Egyptian commanders as I have a number of the Egyptian army battalions to be painted soon







Overall very pleased how these came out. - and another large unit completed.

17 comments:

  1. Are you telling me, that in the time it took me to paint nine twenty-eight mil' figures, a few odd bits of scatter terrain, and a couple of little space ships, this - and those other kilted troops - are all you've done! One of us isn't in the others league!!

    Cracking work, Dave. And I really like how you've done the skirmish basing. Very nice work!

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    1. Cheers Roy. I like to do some nice basework on the larger skirmish bases . For a larger scale project like this I am not a fan of single bases and sabot trays etc .

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  2. Thats a very natty looking unit Dave. I do like camel units, it always struck me as being an animal totally unsuited for warfare.

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    1. Cheers Robbie .. you could be right , they seem so temperamental!

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  3. Well done Dave, lovely colors on these camels, a beautiful unit!

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  4. I agree with Roy- although the painting is great work, the way you have based the skirmishers really catches the eye.

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    1. Cheers , there are plenty of other examples like that in the collection too , they are on the blog too.

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  5. Outstanding stuff from the 'definitive mass historical hobby painter' :-)

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  6. Lovely units Dave ...high level of productivity as always 😀

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  7. Wonderful looking troops Dave! You truly are the ‚master of camels‘.

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    1. Cheers Nick.. after doing about 200 of the bu@@ers , I am getting the hang of it!

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  8. These are fantastic Dave and I had no idea that Old Glory had an Egyptian Camel Corps series available. Well done.

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  9. Very fine indeed mate. The Egyptians are often neglected yet they played their part.

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