Anti-Colonial Camel Corp or Sudan Dervish Army

 Another army rolls off the painting (make up) desk and into the photo booth. Is this why we call it modelling?

In early 2023 I had purchased a Dervish army to fight the British red coats and French blue coats and add a bit of African flavour to my collection. 

Due to non-delivery after  2 months I contacted Pendraken and said they had not arrived. Leon of Pendraken was very apologetic, said the tracking information had just gone dead, and had a new order sent out that arrived two weeks later. To my surprise, a year later the original order turned up having travelled by sea. Considering Captain Cook only took 6 months to get to Australia this was very slow. I offered to return them but Leon kindly said that I should keep them so my Dervish army suddenly doubled in size.

Here they are in their glorious paint job.

The six camel units

Slightly different view - coming over my improvised dunes

The army, camel units and infantry with their glorious leader

The infantry units

Six dismounted camelry units with their waiting camels

Close up of one dismounted unit

Close up of a infantry unit

Close up of a camel unit

Close up of the general - the Angry Ayatollah  

Close up of an infantry stand

Another close up 

A top down view of an oasis with camels - it can also double as a desert island for pirate adventures

So next time a French or British army moves across the desert they will have to deal with the natives.

Basing is for OHW rules and fits with my other colonial/VSF armies.

Painted figures - mostly with contrast paints.

Camels    standing 82

Camels sitting        18

Infantry    186

general    1

A good sized dent into the lead mountain.

My original intention was to have 6 camel units and 6 dismounted units so have been able to use most/all of the infantry figures but still have about 90 camels left.

I have just purchased five adobe buildings to make a small village but will need to add some scatter terrain of rough ground, some date groves and also will need some goats and civilians to occupy it all. These will be added to the next Pendraken order.

I will also make some better "dunes" - probably something that just fits under the cloth.

The flags just came from some random internet images, cropped and resized to fit.

Next up my purchases and plans for 2025.