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Death to the colonial oppressors!  Another colonial Sudan entry for the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge. This is a group of Madhist cavalry led by an armoured emir and his standard bearer. The figures are all from the Perry Brothers' amazing Colonial Sudan collection.

[Image] Armoured emir, with cloth barding [Image] Another view of the barding and the chain mail [Image] Cool armour - not sure it stops a round from a Martini-Henry... The emir and the standard bearer are riding horses clad in a cloth barding that is quite unique - you can still see contemporary examples of it online from festivals/celebrations in various parts of Africa today.  I tried to copy the example from the Perry Brothers' product listing on their site (the paint job on that site is obviously much, much nicer).

[Image] Standard bearer riding high - banner allegedly says something about serving god, but it may say "up with Queen Victoria's skirt!" for all I know... The banner is from The Virtual Armchair General.  It's not the nicest banner I have ever worked with, but it is still OK and the service from them is top notch.  I recommend them to you for any gaming needs you might have.

[Image] Baggara tribesmen
[Image] Rider with a "liberated" Remington rifle [Image]
The other riders are armed with a mix of spears and Remington breech-loader rifles, likely captured from one of the multiple Egyptian expeditions crushed by the Madhi's troops as his rebellion took hold of the Sudan.
[Image] I experimented with a new macro lense for a couple of these pictures  [Image]
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I almost went cross-eyed painting the cloth barding on the emir and the standard bearer, but I was pleased with the result.  The Madhists will now have a nice, scary looking leadership focal point the next time we get the Sudan figs out on the table!