Monday, January 25, 2010

British Navy and Egyptian Infantry

The last of my Imperial "troops" have now been completed.  They were two Naval Brigade Gatling guns and crews, three Naval officers, six sailors, and a platoon of regular Egyptian infantry.

The two Gatling guns are each manned with a crew of four gunners (one petty officer and three ratings each) and have a senior petty officer as the "battery commander."  The guns, senior petty officer (blue coat), and two ratings (brown leggings) are Ral Partha figures; the two petty officers in charge of each gun are Miniature Figurines (in yellow straw hats); and the other four ratings were cast by The London Warroom.


 The naval officers and ratings are a mix of manufacturers.  The officer in the center is the Parroom Station "Captain Jack Cole" figure.  The smaller officer on the front right is a Miniature Figurines. I cannot recall the manufacturer of the officer of the front left (unfortunately as he is a nice figure).  All six ratings are old London Warroom castings.



 
The Parroom Station officer will be my senior Royal Navy commander along the Green Nile.  I've decided to name him Captain Daniel Harrington.  He will be a distant ancestor of Admiral of the Fleet Steadholder and Duchess Honor Harrington. He is a nice figure with a stern gaze and is holding a cigar.

Finally, the Egyptian ground forces received their last troop unit, a platoon of regular infantry in the "older" white uniform.




As usual, my can click on each picture to get a larger image.

With the Imperial forces completed, I can now begin on the native forces.  This will be a larger contingent, consisting of a mounted leader, two 20-figure infantry units, three 12-figure cavalry units, and one 12-figure camel unit.  It will probably take me two months to complete them.  I'll posting pictures as they are finished.

4 comments:

A J said...

A very nice group. Nothing says Colonial-era to me more than those stalwart chaps of the Naval Brigade.

Fitz-Badger said...

Nice work! Let's hope Captain Harrington's battles are less bloody than those of his distant descendant's!

shandys brigade said...

Col,
Your Egyptian infantry look very much like the ones I acquired some 30 years ago; I believe they may have been Ral Partha, and were tru 25's. Am I mistaken in my identification of your figures?

ColCampbell50 said...

Shandy,

Nope, they are RalPartha. And are still available through Great Endeavours:

www.greatendeavours.co.uk/colonials/index.php

who also has an American distributor/partner who is linked on that web site.

Jim