I have been messing around with the Sudan campaign for a while and have been trying to get together an Egyptian Army for the disasters of Hicks and Bakers columns. Tonight whilst cooking dinner with several beer aperitifs, I pulled out a 2009 Pendarken catalogue and started thinking about what to order for Warfare. To my surprize I noticed in the Russo-Turkish 1877 list code RT7 Bashi Bazook. My questions are :
A- Could this figure be used for the Sudan, same period and part of the greater Ottoman empire?
B- Is this figure mounted?
c- Anybody got any pictures?
Sometimes you just can't beat looking through a catalogue, rather than just clicking on the period that interest you.
Thanks Bertie.
Hi
A search reveals:-
http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,1003.0.html (http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,1003.0.html)
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4128/4838388725_26de3c3e87.jpg)
Not mounted.
Cheers
GrumpyOldMan
Many thanks Grumpyoldman, any ideas what I could use?
Mix with ECW firing musketeer in the same pose, and they'd be pretty good Landsknechts, wouldn't they?
Hi
Yep would look fine - I also used Zouves, but remember only 1 pose in the pack so they look a bit disciplined for proper bashibazouks!
Thanks for the information folks. But waht about a mounted figure, in the Sudan they seem to be a mounted body of troops?
Bertie
Hi
If you want something mounted then try a mix of the FPW French Spahi and the unarmored Arab/Turkish Cavalry from the Dark age range. Both are very nice figures and should do the trick to provide a rag tag effect
Bernie