18mm Early British - Egyptian Campaign (1798–1801)

[Big Insect]

A very specialist request I know, but has anybody got any suggestions on 18mm British for Egypt and the later Anglo-Ottoman forces?

They need to match the Black Hat - Egyptian Campaign French & Ottomans - and sadly Black Hat (now sold by Fighting 15s) didn't do the matching early British.

MiniFigs do a very extensive range in 15mm that includes the British - which are actually very distinctive as they have the short tailed coats and the upturned brimmed 'top hat' type shako.
So I cannot use the Peninsular War British as the shako & coat are all wrong.
The Minifigs range is (ok) but nowhere near as nice as the Black Hat range sadly and not at all compatible in size and that is especially true of the Ottomans.

One option is for me to 'create' the British Line troops using Black Hat or AB Royal Marines figures, as they retained the top-hat shako and short tailed jacket long after the Line Regiments dropped them both. But that will be a labour of love (& potentially expensive) as the Black Hat Naval landing party packs also include a disembarked sailors.

Any or all thoughts gratefully received

Thanks
Mark

[sultanbev]

Lancashire Games do a complete war in Egypt range in 18mm. But you'd have to like their style of figures!

Mark