Colonial armies

David Crook recently asked me to give him some sort of idea what multi-figure based colonial armies I had available to use with my 6 hex x 8 hex wargames board ... so here they are!

British

These figures have done service as British and Britannic army troops, and comprise:

• 8 battalions of infantry (8 x 2 x 3 figure bases = 48 figures)
• 1 battery of machine guns (1 x 1 x 2 figure bases = 2 figures + 1 Gatling Gun)
• 2 batteries of artillery (2 x 1 x 2 figure bases = 4 figures + 2 Field Guns)
• 3 transport columns (3 x 1 x 1 figure + 1 mule per base = 3 figures + 3 mules)

Egyptian

These figures have done service as Egyptian, Fezian, and Zubian regular army troops, and comprise:

• 8 battalions of infantry (4 each of Egyptian and Sudanese) (8 x 2 x 3 figure bases = 48 figures)
• 2.5 regiments of cavalry (2.5 x 2 x 2 figure bases = 10 figures)
• 1 battery of machine guns (1 x 1 x 2 figure bases = 2 figures + 1 Gatling Gun)
• 1 battery of artillery (1 x 1 x 2 figure bases = 2 figures + 1 Field Gun)
• 3 transport columns (3 x 1 x 1 figure + 1 mule per base = 3 figures + 3 mules)

Mahdist

These figures have done service as Mahdists as well as Fezian and Zubian irregular troops, and comprise:

• 20 units of spear-armed infantry (20 x 2 x 3 figure bases = 120 figures)
• 7 units of musket-armed infantry (7 x 2 x 3 figure bases = 42 figures)
• 4 units of cavalry (4 x 2 x 2 figure bases = 16 figures)
• 3 units of camelry (3 x 2 x 2 figure bases = 12 figures)
• 2 batteries of artillery (2 x 1 x 2 figure bases = 4 figures + 2 Field Guns)