The Wind And The Lion

The Wind And The Lion
German gunners range in on the U.S. Marines as they cross the vill. Figures are Old Glory German Sea Battalion conversions. Archway by Miniature Building Authority.

Friday, August 25, 2017

Ansar / Dervish Gun Crews

                                      Ansar / Dervish Gun Crews

I promised a good friend of mine that I would paint him some 28mm Dervish gun crews for his upcoming Sudan convention game for use with his TSATF variant of naval combat called "Gunboat & Dhow". Well about a year or more later I've finally gotten around to completing them! Thankfully he wasn't relying on these for his game.....




(All of these awesome gun positions were made by Bill Daniel at The Gamer`s Garage. wdaniel994@comcast.net)

These gunners were slightly converted from Old Glory Ansar swordsmen and spearmen packs CSD-04 & CSD-05. The weapons were removed, arms re-positioned, holes drilled in the hands, and fabricated gunnery tools installed. One crewman is a Perry plastic figure and another is an Askari Mini's fig from the excavation pack used as a ladle bearer. The gun crews are set up for the standard The Sword And The Flame gun crews of (3) gunners and one commander. The figs have a hand spike, sponge, rammer, ladle, bucket, or fuse lighter.









                         The following pics are the works in progress set.











Once the figs are completed, glue dried, figs cleaned and washed they are ready for priming. In this case I chose a flat white base coat followed by painting the various skin tones.








  This photo shows the troops just before applying the Poly Shades Minwax wash and sealer.


Followed by the figs being brushed with the dip but prior to being sprayed with Testors lusterless Flat sealer. I let the paint dry for 24 hrs, then brush the minwax dip and let dry for 24 hrs, then I spray them with matt flat sealer.






And the final step is to add a little flocking or bushes to the bases. The end product is a nice flat finish that is fairly strong and protected.





Here are (2) pics of an Ansar crew from Cannon Fodder Minis. There are (3) captured Egyptian Gunners pressed into service with a large Sudanese task master "commanding" the battery. This unit is set up for The Sword And The Flame, it's a basic (4) man gun crew, (3) gunners and (1) commander/officer.


7 comments:

  1. Выглядит очень красиво! Браво!

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    1. Благодарим вас за участие в должности и для вашего вдохновения. Эти показатели были очень весело для краски.

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  2. Great post, Jeff!

    The Ansar gun crews look great! The guy holding the sponge/rammer on the left in the 3rd pic from bottom with his mouth wide open and gritting his teeth is fantastic!

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    2. And the other guys the one with the sword and the other ith the whip are so fearsome! I am sure the gunners would be afraid more of them than of the enemies! Wonderful figures !

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  3. Mltiadis, I'm glad you appreciate them. They took WAY longer than anticipated to complete among my other projects. Thank you for taking the time to post your comments.
    Your Sudan collection is Awesome by the way!!!
    Cheers,
    JB

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