Another unit for the Sudanese

This unit came about after I assembled most of the Perry Bros plastic Sudanese.  I was looking at what I had left and saw that there were sooooo many heads left over.  Not wanting them to be banished to purgatory in my bits box, I went on a quest to find a use for them.  In the back corner of the twin mountains (my unpainted lead and plastic figures) under a mound of dust, I found a box of Wargames Factory Zulus that I bought ages ago.  I never really liked the sculpting on the heads and some of the poses are definitely funky, but the wheels were turning....

My dad and I are collecting colonial troops for our respective armies, French and American for him and German and British for me, all set in a fictional Africa setting loosely based on the Anglo- Sudan war.  We have a ton of native troops painted and are still painting more and whit the philosophy of more is always better, I decided to Frankenstein an unit together.  I know that there were no Beja tribes wearing garb that a Zulu would feel comfortable in, but I don't care :)   These are Wargames Factory Zulu bodies and arms with Perry Miniatures heads, shields, and an arm or two.  When massed together with the other troops they do look impressive.

WW2 Russians and a small dash of fantasy

Just finished some Black Tree Design WW2 Russians firing a DSHK 1938 12.7MM HMG.  Since they were wearing winter clothes I tried for the first time to add snow to my bases.  I used a mixture of baking soda, white glue and white paint.  I do not think I had the mixture right as it started to turn brown after I put it on.  After many coats of white paint I finally were able to get white snow.  Not sure why it changed color on me.  Maybe next time I paint white where I want the snow so the ground color does not bleed through, or I just buy some snow effects and call it a day.

The "snow" kept throwing my camera off but I think you get the picture.  It was not until I was up loading the pictures that I noticed the paint missing from the nose of the figure on the right in the first picture...that has now been corrected.

This last figure is of a Halfling riding an Emu.  I had such a blast painting this.  It was a nice change to paint something that was not in uniform.

Enjoy