Monday 9 January 2017

From DaveD - The Drums are beating ... Beja - (625 points)

The drums have been beating wildly - and Osman Digna (the Beja leader) has been busy recruiting for the Mahdist armies.

Here we have 6 large stands of Beja , one "ambush " stand breaking out the long grass plus one of Nile tribe rifleman.







These lads are a mix of Perry plastics with metal command and casuality figures plus two old school Connoisseur single figures for the Emir and solo standard bearer. This completes the last of the 20 boxes of Perry Mahdist infantry  (well it will with todays other posts) - and also completes the target of 1000 foot 28mm figures in the army - there is a very big game in the offing.

Having done so many of these over the last few years I find it takes longer to de-sprue , assemble and base the blighters than it does to paint them.

For this lot I have also moved over to "large" 200x60mm bases as produced by that other megalomaniac Simon Miller (Big Reg Bat)  . Experience from running some large participation games is its quicker and easier to move large bases - and quicker to pack up too!

Alogether its 140 figures with 1/2 point for the prone casualties it counts as124 full figures

MilesR: Another huge points bomb for this Monday - 124 figures is a massive achievement and all very nicely done.  I tip my hat to you Sir.  Since Tamsin's Nubians put me in a generous mood I'm throwing in another 5 points for the banners and superb basing, bringing you to a totals of 625 - wow!!!!  I may have to try some of Mr Millers bases.

You must be planning a very epic game...
 

48 comments:

  1. Unbelievable are you sure you don't have some magic painting house elves or something? I hope the generous spirit of extra points is still in effect when we get to my entry Miles.

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    1. Ha .. I wish! Just old fashioned hard work... I did do some work on these these on day 1 mind

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  2. Excellent and unhurried work! Congratulations!

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  3. They look outstanding! The big bases are very intimidating. I am going to borrow your idea of using Simon Millers irregular bases. Keep up the great work

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    1. Thanks. Indeed the big bases do allow for some real creativity

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  4. Very nice additions to your Beja horde Dave :)

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  5. Very nice. I do like the look of those big bases.

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    1. Thanks Cknt ... sorry no camels were included

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  7. Fantastic effort, there must be something in the water on Mondays

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  8. Absolutely Stonking! 1000 foot figures - Wow. Love them Dave.

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    1. Thanks MrC ..I am looking forward to the full group shot!

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  9. Boom! Great bomb and congratulations on achieving the remarkable feat of a thousand Mahdist foot troops Dave!

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  10. I think there must be a mistake.... these must be 6mm, right? There's no way I could get anywhere near painting this many to this standard at this speed in 28mm! I doff my cap to you sir for doing just that.

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    1. 6mm.. oh aged no they would take easily as long!

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  11. What was that crashing noise? Oh it's just Dave giving us some great eye candy............again

    Ian

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    1. Well yes I think that may the biggest one up my sleeve,,

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  12. Oh my goodness Dave, what a magnificent entry.

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  13. How's that 1:1 force ratio look on the tabletop, Dave? or do you wargame on a football pitch?
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    Astounding stuff, mate, well done!

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    1. I do have access to some very large tables... hence the need to fill them!

      Thanks Ev

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  14. Wow that is a huge entry Dave! Not quite sure how you manage that much at once, but they look very impressive when assembled like that. And I think that many may sound a bit more like a train.... but that was last year, wasn't it?

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    1. Byron ... the train may be along later!

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  15. Awesome stuff Dave. Quantity and quality painting combined!!

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  16. Huge and excellent post Dave! Love the guys in ambush! A kilo-Madist horde!

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  17. Absolutely impressive! Both quality and quantity are stunning.

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  18. Bleedin' hordes of 'em!! Sorry wrong film! Stupendous work Dave!!

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  19. Blimey, I'm still trying to get my head around 20 boxes of Perrys ...

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  20. oh man this is another entry to die for, what a brilliant lot!

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  21. Yay, more hordes - awesome once again.

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