Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Arab mounted troops for the Middle East WW1

 I've just completed the painting and basing of 8 stands of Arab camelry, and 8 stands of Arab cavalry, for the Middle East in World War 1. These are intended for my preferred rules set Great War Spearhead, and each stand represents the equivalent of a squadron in European terms. The figures are from the Irregular 6mm range.

I am still thinking about the base label format for these, so they are as yet unlabelled.




Cavalry and camelry on the right, the Arab infantry I completed several weeks ago are on the left.

Russian advance into East Prussia 1914

It's August 1914. Rennenkampf's offensive into East Prussia with the Russian First Army has begun. The German army is scrabbling to ...