Hi all.
Another fringe question for the 'hive mind'.
I am looking for a manufacturer of 15mm Beja or Hadendoa camel riders (& camels).More african looking than Arab.
There are plenty of turbaned, capped or bare headed Sudanese type models on the market (Essex do a lovely pack) but "they are not the camels I am looking for"!
I was pointed towards the Lancashire Games 18mm range & they were perfect for what I was looking for, but they are closer to 20mm than 15mm.
Anyway. I just thought I'd ask.
Cheers
Mark (F)
Easy, used both the following as Tuaregs in my Nigerian Hausa forces
Old Glory via Timecast
https://www.timecastmodels.com/the-sudan-campaigns-1881-1889p
Three different types.
Or Forged in Battle camel riders
https://www.forgedinbattle.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=214&product_id=933
Thankyou
Good thinking, but sadly they are all far too 'araby'. Turbans & robes.
What I am looking for are your proper Corporal Jones - 'fuzzy-wuzzys' on camels, in loin cloths.
I have a mass of the minifigs 15mm infantry, which I use as ancient Beja, but have been missing my camel contingent, so far.
Peter Pig range 6 - heads?
They do Camel riders in skullcaps in their Colonial range too.
https://www.peterpig.co.uk/22%20Sudan%20colonial.html
I have some, 9 bareheaded fuzzy-wuzzies, 2 with turban, 1 with skull cap, already painted, I think they are Blue Moon or archived proper 15mm Lancashire Games.
(https://i.postimg.cc/dQz2Rwg6/15mm-beja-camelry.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/BtBP49SP)
If you want them PM me your address and I'll post 'em out to you, they're no use to me.
Mark
Quotecloser to 20mm than 15mm
Could you just put them a bit further away?
My poor keyboard, drowning in tea - it is.
Quote from: sultanbev on 14 August 2025, 01:33:43 PMI have some, 9 bareheaded fuzzy-wuzzies, 2 with turban, 1 with skull cap, already painted, I think they are Blue Moon or archived proper 15mm Lancashire Games.
(https://i.postimg.cc/dQz2Rwg6/15mm-beja-camelry.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/BtBP49SP)
If you want them PM me your address and I'll post 'em out to you, they're no use to me.
Mark
Thanks Mark, much appreciated, they certainly look more like what I am after.
I wasnt aware LG had some 'archived' 15mm colonials.
I'll PM you.
Cheers
Mark
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Quote from: Big Insect on 14 August 2025, 07:33:31 PMI wasnt aware LG had some 'archived' 15mm
Yes, the sculptor who did what are now archived range
https://www.lancashiregames.com/lg/the-archive.html
was very good, but he fell ill before completing all the ranges. If people look at the 1792 Rev. war Austrians and Prussians, they are some of the nicest 15mm sculpts around. Unfortunately the replacement sculptor could only do fat 18mm figures, so all their current releases are completely incompatible with their archived 15mm, and don't really fit in with anybody elses' 15/18mm either.
Such a shame, and this is one reason why I packed in 15mm, because even though I had helped Lanc Games with some figure designs I wanted (Cairo Janissaries, Mamelukes, Tibetans) they were just too huge to use.
Unfortunately I don't think I'll see Cairo Janissaries, Egyptian/Syrian Mamelukes and Tibetans in 10mm in my lifetime....