Colonial Forces On Display

This is an overhead shot of many of my first 19th Century African Colonial Wars figures. They are mostly in 4 stand company's and include Colonial Infantry units of the Boers, Italian Askaris, Royal Nigerian Rifles, 3rd Sikhs, 24th Foot, German Southwest African Corps, 42nd Highlanders, 2 companies of French Foreign Legionnaire's, & 2 companies of the 3rd London Volunteers.  The Colonial Cavalry units include Skinners Horse, Sapahi's, Colonial Mounted Rifles & 2 squadrons of the Sudan Camel Detachment. All supported by 3 batteries of Gatling guns and 2 batteries of field artillery. African units include Zulus (Induyenge and Ingiondto Regiments), 3 companies of Arab Rifles, Arab Spearmen, Arab Cavalry and Sudanese Camel Riders.

 There are over 200 figures here, several units are still AWOL in storage boxes which is why there are so many more Colonial than "Native" units.

My first African Colonial Wars forces were metal N Gauge Scrubby figures that I painted with Testors Oil paints in the Spring of 1976.