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Wider Wargaming => Genre/Period Discussion => Firelocks to Maxims (1680 - 1900) => Topic started by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 14 March 2025, 12:32:14 PM

Title: Colour of Egyptian artillery carriages 1880 & 90s?
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 14 March 2025, 12:32:14 PM
What ho!
What colour were Egyptian guns in the Sudan misadventures?
Seeing as they were used on both sides...
Will
Title: Re: Colour of Egyptian artillery carriages 1880 & 90s?
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 14 March 2025, 02:01:24 PM
Found one image that suggests dark grey, another dark blue.
But seeing as these were no doubt done hundreds of miles away and after the event, not sure they are trustworthy.
Title: Re: Colour of Egyptian artillery carriages 1880 & 90s?
Post by: Big Insect on 14 March 2025, 03:37:19 PM
My research (a far while ago now) left me with the impression that they were a dark blue-grey.
But I also expect that this weathered considerably in the heat and dust of Egypt and the Sudan.

So I painted mine dark blue-grey as a base and then heavily dry-brushed them with a very light bone-white, to give that on-campaign sand-storm blasted weathering effect.

Cheers
Mark
Title: Re: Colour of Egyptian artillery carriages 1880 & 90s?
Post by: slugbalancer on 14 March 2025, 04:56:31 PM
Years ago I found this...
"Egyptian gun carriages/limbers:  Krupp guns would be medium blue-gray with steel barrels."

So that's how I painted mine.
http://www.slugbalancer.co.uk/gallery/10mm_land/pen/P_SC10.jpg (http://www.slugbalancer.co.uk/gallery/10mm_land/pen/P_SC10.jpg)
Title: Re: Colour of Egyptian artillery carriages 1880 & 90s?
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 14 March 2025, 05:19:32 PM
Thank you gentlemens
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