Sudan? (1 Viewer)

[Mister Dave]

Hey, look at these posts on another thread!


Hi Ken,
Any chance of a sneak peak of the War on the Nile series?
Cheers,
Benjamin


If we bring the samples back from the UK event we may bring them along.
Hope to see some of you there!
All the Best,
Ken Osen


Cameras ready and waiting.

Jeff

Yes, it cannot sound more promising than that as far as a sneak peak is concerned.

MD

 

[kogu]

Sure seems to be that many members are sitting on the edge of their seats and anxiously waiting for the first previews, and that includes me.
There will be camels, right?
Konrad

 

[jomartvr]

For me a sneak peak will make the difference between collecting Britains or John Jenkins Sudan series.
Looking for forward to a peak.
Benjamin

 

[Mister Dave]

For me a sneak peak will make the difference between collecting Britains or John Jenkins Sudan series.
Looking for forward to a peak.
Benjamin

In my case, I'd substitute an "and" here.

MD

 

[Rob]

Guys,did I read somewhere that this new range will be in London next week?.If this is so I'll get some pics.

Rob

 

[Ken & Ericka Osen/H&A Studio]

Hi There!
Richard, myself and the rest of the W. Britain crew will be at the Friday evening WB event and the London Show on Saturday.
Please stop by to see our display and chat.
Hope to see some of you next week.
All the Best!
Ken Osen

 

[The Lt.]

Rob by all means take photos but be sure to include photos of the Zulu Series. By the way whose going to be joining Richard and Ken at the WBritain event Friday night and Ken hopefully will have loads of photos of the event for I'm sure along with the new Sudan series the Zulu War's new sets and figures featured will once again be a hit at the show.

 

[Rob]

Rob by all means take photos but be sure to include photos of the Zulu Series. By the way whose going to be joining Richard and Ken at the WBritain event Friday night and Ken hopefully will have loads of photos of the event for I'm sure along with the new Sudan series the Zulu War's new sets and figures featured will once again be a hit at the show.

I sure will Joe.I can't go to the Britains event I'm afraid,maybe next year.Looking forward to their tables a lot though.

Rob

 

[octavedoctor]

I had the pleasure to chat with Mr Osen at the London show on Saturday and view some of the new Sudan range (sorry no photographs - I'm sure someone will post soon).

There were some very excellent highlanders, a couple of Fuzzy Wuzzys, 3 dismounted Camel Corp troupers and a kneeling camel. He also had photographs of several more as yet unfinished figures - more Fuzzy Wuzzys and a standing firing Yorks and Lancs (?) soldier for the Sudan, plus another hard pressed firing British officer (with great mutton-chop whiskers) for Isandlwana.

In the pipeline are at least a further 5 highlanders for the Sudan range (enough poses to make a decent firing line or start of a square), including an officer.

Isandlwana is to get much more attention and there will be more Zulu casualties - much needed, but poor Zulus.

The Sudan range will be in the January supplement.

 

[Deitz]

I had the pleasure to chat with Mr Osen at the London show on Saturday and view some of the new Sudan range (sorry no photographs - I'm sure someone will post soon).

There were some very excellent highlanders, a couple of Fuzzy Wuzzys, 3 dismounted Camel Corp troupers and a kneeling camel. He also had photographs of several more as yet unfinished figures - more Fuzzy Wuzzys and a standing firing Yorks and Lancs (?) soldier for the Sudan, plus another hard pressed firing British officer (with great mutton-chop whiskers) for Isandlwana.

In the pipeline are at least a further 5 highlanders for the Sudan range (enough poses to make a decent firing line or start of a square), including an officer.

Isandlwana is to get much more attention and there will be more Zulu casualties - much needed, but poor Zulus.

The Sudan range will be in the January supplement.

Welcome to the forum.

 

[Mister Dave]

I had the pleasure to chat with Mr Osen at the London show on Saturday and view some of the new Sudan range (sorry no photographs - I'm sure someone will post soon).

There were some very excellent highlanders, a couple of Fuzzy Wuzzys, 3 dismounted Camel Corp troupers and a kneeling camel. He also had photographs of several more as yet unfinished figures - more Fuzzy Wuzzys and a standing firing Yorks and Lancs (?) soldier for the Sudan, plus another hard pressed firing British officer (with great mutton-chop whiskers) for Isandlwana.

In the pipeline are at least a further 5 highlanders for the Sudan range (enough poses to make a decent firing line or start of a square), including an officer.

Isandlwana is to get much more attention and there will be more Zulu casualties - much needed, but poor Zulus.

The Sudan range will be in the January supplement.

Thanks for the intel. This all sounds just about right to me.

MD

 

[marksable]

Thanks, Octave.

I had to look up the term fuzzie-wuzzie. I'm sure everyone here is more knowledgeable about than I am, but if you're not, here's what I found on wiki:

"Fuzzy-Wuzzy is a poem by the English author and poet Rudyard Kipling, published in 1892 as part of Barrack Room Ballads.

"Fuzzy-Wuzzy" was the term used by British colonial soldiers for the nineteenth century Hadendoa warriors supporting the Sudanese Mahdi in the Mahdist War. The name "Fuzzy-Wuzzy" may be purely English in origin, or it may incorporate some sort of Arabic pun (possibly based on ghazī, "warrior"). It alludes to their butter-matted hair which gave them a distinctive "fuzzy" look. They are mentioned in a poem by Rudyard Kipling.

The Beja people were one of two broad multi-tribal groupings supporting the Mahdi, and were divided into three tribes. One of these, the Hadendoa, was nomadic along Sudan's Red Sea coast and provided a large number of cavalry and jihādiyya (referring to mounted infantry units). They were armed with swords and spears and some of them carried breech-loaded rifles which had been captured from the Egyptian forces, and some of them had acquired military experience in the Egyptian army.

Kipling's poem Fuzzy-Wuzzy praises the Hadendoa for their martial prowess, because "for all the odds agin' you, Fuzzy-Wuz, you broke the square." This could refer to either or both historical battles between the British and Mahdist forces where British infantry squares were broken. The first was at the Battle of Tamai, on March 13, 1884, and the second was on January 17, 1885 during the Battle of Abu Klea. Kipling's narrator, an infantry soldier, speaks in admiring terms of the "Fuzzy-Wuzzies", praising their bravery which, although insufficient to defeat the British, did at least enable them to boast of having "broken the square"—an achievement which few other British foes could claim. The poem takes a satirical look at the British soldiers of the time who perceived themselves as invincible."

I'm glad the line will include both Brits and Mahdists. Hopefully someone will have some pics soon.

 

[PolarBear]

Thanks, Octave.

I had to look up the term fuzzie-wuzzie. I'm sure everyone here is more knowledgeable about than I am, but if you're not, here's what I found on wiki:

"Fuzzy-Wuzzy is a poem by the English author and poet Rudyard Kipling, published in 1892 as part of Barrack Room Ballads.

"Fuzzy-Wuzzy" was the term used by British colonial soldiers for the nineteenth century Hadendoa warriors supporting the Sudanese Mahdi in the Mahdist War. The name "Fuzzy-Wuzzy" may be purely English in origin, or it may incorporate some sort of Arabic pun (possibly based on ghazī, "warrior"). It alludes to their butter-matted hair which gave them a distinctive "fuzzy" look. They are mentioned in a poem by Rudyard Kipling.

The Beja people were one of two broad multi-tribal groupings supporting the Mahdi, and were divided into three tribes. One of these, the Hadendoa, was nomadic along Sudan's Red Sea coast and provided a large number of cavalry and jihādiyya (referring to mounted infantry units). They were armed with swords and spears and some of them carried breech-loaded rifles which had been captured from the Egyptian forces, and some of them had acquired military experience in the Egyptian army.

Kipling's poem Fuzzy-Wuzzy praises the Hadendoa for their martial prowess, because "for all the odds agin' you, Fuzzy-Wuz, you broke the square." This could refer to either or both historical battles between the British and Mahdist forces where British infantry squares were broken. The first was at the Battle of Tamai, on March 13, 1884, and the second was on January 17, 1885 during the Battle of Abu Klea. Kipling's narrator, an infantry soldier, speaks in admiring terms of the "Fuzzy-Wuzzies", praising their bravery which, although insufficient to defeat the British, did at least enable them to boast of having "broken the square"—an achievement which few other British foes could claim. The poem takes a satirical look at the British soldiers of the time who perceived themselves as invincible."

I'm glad the line will include both Brits and Mahdists. Hopefully someone will have some pics soon.

Lots of WB Sudan pics already posted under

http://www.treefrogtreasures.com/forum/showthread.php?p=255086#post255086

It's a long thread and the Sudan times by WB are posted several times so check out the whole thread.