19th Century Sudan Wargames Armies 1883-1885

Up for auction this week is a tiny note from General Gordon written whilst Khartoum was under siege. Dated June 22nd 1884 and written in Ara...

I am totally unable to paint without music and usually, when painting Sudan British happily listen to the Complete Marches of Kenneth Alford...

The uniform illustration by Michael Perry The site which really helped me on this was: http://www.angelfire.com/tx/ToySoldier/tartan.htm I ...

Well, I have, at last finished four Gordon Highlanders (only 18 more to do). I don't think I have ever found figures so stressful to ...

I was just looking at the on the workbench section of the Perry Miniatures site and noticed these Sudan War correspondents. An unusual choi...

I don't like the new cover style. I preferred the older ones which featured Victorian paintings! I enjoy John Wilcox' novels about ...

This is the commanding officer of my Sudan Expeditionary Force, Major General Sir Gerald Graham VC. Graham was the only son of a Northumbria...

Some of the Perry Beja figures are shown with throwing sticks. These don't look that threatening but a throwing stick is one of the olde...

I have been painting all sorts of other stuff lately, especially a lot of Darkest Africa stuff, but my recent visit to Egypt has got me prep...

I have finished the Egyptians I bought on eBay the other month. They are going to represent the Cairo Gendarme Battalion which formed part o...