This week’s fox is the painting of a dozen Armies In Plastic British Camel Corps figures. These will bring my mounted CC contingent to 40 figures. My goal is to eventually have 50 to 60 mounted Camel Corps figures to align with a similar number of dismounted CC figures.
The idea is that my mounted Camel Corps will move across the wargame table. Stop and dismount. Then form square to fight the Dervish attack. Below are some pictures of the AIP Camel Corps that I painted back in 2020.
CC troops did not fight on their camels like horse cavalry, but rather, the camel served as a vehicle to quickly move from Point A to Point B. There the CC soldiers would dismount and fight on foot. By the way, the CC soldiers did force their camels to the ground to be used as protection from Dervish bullets. The camels were collected and held in the center of the battle square.
I am looking forward to painting more camels this week and adding them to my forces. I primed the figures last night so that I will have them ready to paint today.
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Fantastic project Jim and it looks so awesome
ReplyDeleteThank you Graham, I have the vivid mental image of 60 camels on a 24 ft table, which drives my painting.
DeleteVery nice Jim. Those Camels very much look the part.
ReplyDeleteMagnificent. There is something special about the Camel Corp.
ReplyDeleteFabulous! What a splendid sight.
ReplyDeleteI remember watching the movie Khartoum and feeling so sorry for the Camel Corps, looking so cool riding to General Gordon's rescue but getting their asses kicked by the Mahdi's fanatics instead. (I could be remembering the details wrong by now.)
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