From DaveD - Sudan - Camels for the Mahdi (241 Points)

Last year it seemed almost every challenger had a go at painting camels, and yet this year they have been pretty thin on the ground. Well I thought it time to make up for that. Here we have a top up of old school Connoisseur Miniatures camels and riders - 24 of the blighters... these are long time lead mountain lurkers, perhaps 20 years?

The camels themselves are, I think, still very good. Peter Gilder was very good at getting movement into his sculpting , particularly horses and these camels. The riders are getting a little long in the tooth design wise, but still just about serviceable "en masse"... when you have 75+ (The number I am looking at as a minimum required here) charging your square I am not sure you will be looking too closely at detail..

Right then , off to splash some more paint around, there are one or two extra Beja lying around that need completing :-). 


From Curt:

Stonking beautiful work Dave, though 20 years is a somewhat long seasoning period! As you say the riders are a bit anachronistic, but the overall effect of the unit, especially with those wonderfully loping camels poses, is just fantastic.  Also, I like how pale you went with the camels' coat/fur/hides - mine, I believe, are a tad too dark and I think I may go back and lighten them a touch. 

 I look forward to seeing what else you excavate from your lead reserves!