From RichardM - Sudan start of the Egyptians and British limbers (228 points)

I’ve moved onto the Egyptians this week and wanted to get one unit of each arm painted so I could get happy with the paint recipes for future units.  

In the original purchase from Pendraken, I bought sufficient Egyptian infantry to make three battalions.  Subsequently I have looked at the OOB for the iconic Battle of Omdurman and have seen there are 16 Egyptian and Sudanese battalions on the field.  It is a decision for later whether I acquire the figures to refight that battle - which I think would look pretty spectacular.  However, that is a further 26 packs from Pendraken and at somewhere near GBP 7 per pack you can see that even 10mm can get pretty expensive.  I think I need to do some more research to see whether anywhere near that many battalions were used in other battles.

So first is the Egyptian 2nd Infantry Battalion.  

Then we have the first two of five batteries needed (for Omdurman) of Egyptian artillery.

And finally the first regiment of Egyptian cavalry.  I like the combination of the red fez and blue pants.   

Lastly, for no other reason that they were the first bag I pulled out of the figure box, I have the first limber teams for the British Artillery batteries.  

As always, all these are the lovely 10mm Pendraken figures. 

And just for fun, perhaps a ‘family’ photo for the Egyptian ruler’s album:

I think I’ll go back to British units next week.  

Points:

Egyptian Infantry battalion - 60 figures = 60

Egyptian Cavalry regiment -  24 figures = 72

Egyptian Artillery - each gun and crew is 6 points, so six guns and crews = 36

British Limbers - each limber and team is 15 points, so four teams = 60

Total: 228 points

From Millsy:

I was hoping you'd get to the Egyptians before the end of the Challenge Richard. They're amongst my favourite protagonists for the conflict. Rows and rows of red fezzes atop white uniforms look amazing, and the officers sprinkled throughout in all dark blue are the icing on the cake.

Great to see limbers too which are often neglected (I'm equally guilty) as they are mainly set dressing and still cost money and time. They do give a proper sense of how large an artillery park is in practice though, something we conveniently forget as gamers for the most part.

228 more points of North African goodness it is. Love em!

Cheers,
Millsy