Haddabiera Fanatics

The final foot unit for my Haddabiera tribe has now been completed. It will be a unit of "fanatics" armed with many swords and knives and a few muskets.

The flag is homemade. I again used an on-line translation site to come up with the slogan. In Arabic, it is supposed to read:

There is only one God
Muhammed is His prophet
Death to the infidels

The figures are some I bought from the now out-of-business London War Room. They are actually Lyzard Grin Sikh warriors, but I have "enlisted" them in my quasi-Pathan tribe - the Haddabiera.

Now all I have left to paint before the convention next weekend is a 12-figure unit of Royal Aooghastan cavalry. I was able to get them primed this morning so painting can commence tonight.

New Native Unit - Ral Partha Arabs

Yesterday I completed the second of four new native units for the game I will be running at Bayou Wars later in June. It is composed of 18 vintage Ral Partha Arab type figures armed with spears and two others who are armed with swords. These were easy to paint. I used white, cream, camel, and suede acrylic colors for the robes and turbans. The skin was painted spice brown to simulate a tanned Middle Eastern/Afghan look.

The two sword armed figures are in the front. The one on the left appears to be similar to MiniFigs in stature but is missing all the usual MiniFigs markings. He may be a Frontier or Falcon figure. The figure on the right with the flowing cape had some indecipherable markings on the bottom. I have no idea from which manufacturer he came.

I made the banner on my computer by using the MSWord table feature.
The Arabic script, according to an on-line translation site, reads:

"There is but one God,
and Mohammed is his prophet."

This unit will join with two rifle-armed units to form the Silver Fox Clan of the Haddabiera tribe.

Victorian Colonial Battle Teaser

Just a small teaser from the Victorian Colonial game we had this past Saturday (May 16). It pitted an Anglo-Indian punitive expedition of five infantry units, two cavalry units, and two artillery units against the Haddabiera tribe of five infantry units, one cavalry unit, and two guns in the Vale ofKhalaam in the North Central Frontier of Aooghastan.

A more detailed report will be posted on the Jackson Gamers blog (see link in side-bar) later this week.

An overview of the Anglo-Indian expedition as it enters the mouth of the Vale of Kalaam.

Part of the Niyam town militia fleeing a burning and collapsing building.

An overview of the battlefield as the game was drawing to a close.