Siege of Khartoum (1 Viewer)

PolarBear said:
A great set for John to add to the Siege of Khartoum would be the Canadian Voyageurs and Mohawk Indians who were chosen by Wolseley to participate in the Nile Relief Expedition to rescue Gordon. This would tie together John's French & Indian War and Sudan series quite nicely.


Carl Benn’s new book, Mohawks on the Nile, just released by Dundurn Press in Toronto, explores the fascinating story of sixty aboriginal men who left their occupations in the Ottawa River timber industry to participate in a military expedition on the Nile River in 1884–85. Chosen because of their outstanding skills as river pilots, they formed part of the Canadian Voyageur Contingent, which transported British troops through the Nile’s treacherous cataracts on a fleet of whaleboats in the hard campaigning of the Sudan War. Their objective was to reach Khartoum in what then was the Egyptian province of Sudan. Their mission was to save its governor-general, Major-General Charles Gordon, besieged by Muslim forces inspired by the call to liberate Sudan from foreign control by Muhammad Ahmad ibn ‘Abdullahi, known to his followers as the ‘the Mahdi.’

Beyond Carl Benn’s narrative of the campaign of 1884–85 and analysis of its larger meaning in First Nations history, the book presents the memoirs of two Mohawk veterans of the Sudan War, Louis Jackson and James Deer, which they wrote upon returning to Canada in 1885. It also includes other revealing period images and documents, along with an annotated roll of the Mohawks voyageurs and other appendices. One of those appendices is a particularly-accurate distance chart of the Nile River in the 1880s, produced with the best satellite and other data available by Ryerson’s Associate Dean of Arts, Dr Philip Coppack. As well, Ryerson’s Paul Du from the Centre for the Study of Commercial Activity drew maps for Mohawks on the Nile, the cost of which was supported through the generosity of the university.
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Randy,
This is a completely new topic for me--I had no idea this had ever occurred. That would bridge the new range with the old rather nicely I think :D.
Regards,
 
Photos later tonite..........took plenty of the Kartoum first 4 releases........
 
We missed you, Randy! John is a great guy. We (Walt and I) were privileged to have some quality time with him this afternoon and to photograph some of his latest offerings. Naturally, we dented Matt's JJ supply just a bit - all for a good cause :D

I'll let Walt post his pix and fill in with any he may have missed. The Khartoum vignette is absolutely STUNNING. I'm very excited.
 
PJDeluhery said:
We missed you, Randy! John is a great guy. We (Walt and I) were privileged to have some quality time with him this afternoon and to photograph some of his latest offerings. Naturally, we dented Matt's JJ supply just a bit - all for a good cause :D

I'll let Walt post his pix and fill in with any he may have missed. The Khartoum vignette is absolutely STUNNING. I'm very excited.
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I did get to chat with John last night for an hour and had a great time. I am looking forward to the photos, especially of the Gordon set which we discussed on the phone including the possibility of a Nile Gunboat as a JJ Collectors Club item:)
 
Here are some of the photos Pat and I took today off Johns Work Table at Hobby Bunker. The wall and steps would be part of the first issue. I believe these shots contain the first 4 releases, so the brake out would be some combination of the figures shown here.
 

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Here are 2 photos that I think are the break out of release 1 and 2. The figures missing from these photos in the above thread would in some paring form the 3rd and 4th release

As a side note when asking John "WHY KHARTOUM" he had a very "Customer Centric" answer that went somethng like this.....The F&IW may have come so fast that collectors found it difficult to keep up, and others not necessarily into F&IW little to select from. By adding a new diverse series, more collectors can participate and the time invested in the new series allows for a slow down of the pace of the F&IW releases. It is not one at the expense of another, but more to set a sustainable collector pace in a great array of offerings to a more satisfy wider range of collector interest. Sounds good to me. Also note, I have photos coming in another thread of some great F&IW releases coming in the future, so F&IW addicts........the best is yet to come!!!
 

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WOW....pardon the really screwed up grammar in the prior thread...getting late. These two photos are POTENTIAL releases in the series...kind of just mock ups at this point. Certainly the one figure poses some real engineering issues when it comes to casting and potential disaster in the future due to metal fatique.

Enjoy.......Walt Damon
 

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Finally some one is doing Khartoum. I hope the new line coming from Britians will be interesting as well. I think this Jenkins set is very cool and since its small enough it can be a stand alone set for folks who have limited space. Great looking sculpts!

Thanks for posting the photos

Dave
 
Walt

Thank you so much for these photos. The figures are stunning and are a must have for any serious Sudan collector. John has done an excellent job with this new line.

Randy
 
I enlarged one of Walt's photos to show the great attention to detail in both sculpting and painting in this series.
 

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Well, I should have known better. In another thread, I made a statement to the effect that I wouldn't buy Death of Gordon, but would buy relief column related items. I was wrong. I want all of it now, after having seen the outstanding sculpts and color of this new line. JJD is just getting better and better. The Gordon figures, and especially the Mahdists, just look spectacular. What more can I say than "I want it all"? -- lancer
 
I may just be the pics, but to my eye the hands on some of the figures look too large. The figure at the top of the stairs (leaning over the railing) hands look as big as his whole face. :confused:

Also the highlander's, to a somewhat lesser extent.

What do you guys think?

Chuck
 
Very nice. Just curious if John mentioned how extensive this line will be? It appears to focus around the death of Gordon which would be a somewhat limited range. Maybe the size of BOS?
 
Was hoping to see some photos from the event yesterday, and clearly have not been disappointed. I am already decided on these and will absolutely be collecting this very exciting looking series. Thanks for the photos, gentlemen and glad to hear you had a nice time at the event. :)

MD
 
skeeterbuck said:
I may just be the pics, but to my eye the hands on some of the figures look too large. The figure at the top of the stairs (leaning over the railing) hands look as big as his whole face. :confused:

Also the highlander's, to a somewhat lesser extent.

What do you guys think?

Chuck
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It's the photography. I have this problem many times when shooting figures. It is an optical distortion. I know when I shot John's whaleboat set one figure looked like he had giant hands in the photo but in person they were not like that.
 
Combat said:
Very nice. Just curious if John mentioned how extensive this line will be? It appears to focus around the death of Gordon which would be a somewhat limited range. Maybe the size of BOS?
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John is willing to do an expanded Sudan series. This is the initial trial run to see how it goes. He would likely expand to the Relief Column/Nile Relief Expedition and says he is game for doing a boat to go with it--possibly as a Club item, which having an exact number of requests will cut the cost.

 
OH MY GGGOOOOOOOOsh!
And I thought that JJ figures had ugly (to me ) faces! Boy, has that thought changed with this potential series! Wow!
The best Mahdist Dervish Ansar Beja Hadendowa Army of God etc,,, I have EVER seen.
I am now excited!!!
Thanks guys for posting and enlightening me on this grand new adventure!
Mike
 
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