The first of my Sudan war troops

[Maenoferren]

How comes it takes 2 hours to paint the saddle cloths on 12 camels and paint half a dozen camels a different colour.... Wierd I call it wierd. Bang goes my 5th Jan deadline to finish the brits

[FierceKitty]

Lower your standards a bit! Geez, do I havta tell ya guys everything?

[paulr]

Lower your standards a bit! Geez, do I havta tell ya guys everything?

Talk about taking his own advice

I wouldn't worry too much about arbitrary deadlines Maenoferren 

[FierceKitty]

I love you too.

[Leman]

They look good Maenoferren. Enjoy the finished product and don't sweat over deadlines, unless, of course, you've promised them for a show.

[Maenoferren]

Lower your standards a bit! Geez, do I havta tell ya guys everything?

If I lowered my standards much more they will be left in their base colours 

[Leman]

  - know the feeling all too well.

[Maenoferren]

They look good Maenoferren. Enjoy the finished product and don't sweat over deadlines, unless, of course, you've promised them for a show.

Self defined deadline to ensure I get it finished. I got new stuff for Christmas so want to get it started after I finish the Sudan.

[Count Belisarius]

Those all look excellent! Particularly like the heavy cavalry.

A

[Hertsblue]

Self defined deadline to ensure I get it finished. I got new stuff for Christmas so want to get it started after I finish the Sudan.

What an un-natural wargamer you are, Maeno. You'll never build up a proper lead mountain that way. 

[Maenoferren]

What an un-natural wargamer you are, Maeno. You'll never build up a proper lead mountain that way. 

I am trying to be like that Abby Normal bloke and get a whole project finished before stating on the next. 

The camel corps are on their way.... after slapping the paint on the rest in some haphazard way I have gone overboard on accuracy (well for me anyway) on these chaps..... Hope they wont stand out too much

[Hertsblue]

You'll have difficulty hiding the camel-corps, methinks. 

[Maenoferren]

You'll have difficulty hiding the camel-corps, methinks. 

Well based on the Dark red saddle blanket they stick out quite a bit anyway, never mind being on camels
Did some more on them last night... this is taking forever 

[paulr]

What colours are you using for the camels themselves

My next batch, after the Ottoman Arab infantry regiment, will include a battalion from the Imperial Camel Corps Brigade 

[Maenoferren]

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc31/Maenoferren/Mobile%20Uploads/1420756645752298748532_zpscfa5d271.jpg

Here is a work in progress picture of the Camel Corps.
Basically the camels are ranging from light sand to dark gray (Iraqui sand to uniform gray with a bit of black in) Various shades of brown etc.
I hope this helps

[paulr]

Very helpful 

Those are looking good already

[Leman]

Your project is taking shape really well/ Most impressive.

[Techno]

Those are looking particularly spiffy. M.
Cheers - Phil

[Maenoferren]

Cheers Guys

The Mahdist camels were the same. the camels in the foreground haven't had their change of colour yet as I totally forgot before painting the dark red saddle cloth.


After watching the 1939 version of the Four feathers again.... the one thing I noticed was that all of the camels are the same colour... basically very pale sand colour. I think they must have done it for the film as camels range from light to almost black.

[Hertsblue]

All the camels I've seen in Dubai over the last ten years or so have been a light beige colour - the racing camels certainly are. They can have whitish legs and sometimes have tufts of black hair on their humps and the backs of their necks.