Hi, following the review I've written about the Perry Miniatures Ansar boxed kit, I will now show some of the assembled miniatures and share my personal opinion about the assembling progress. The assembly of the miniatures is easy as pie as the miniatures are well placed on the sprue and they are made of good quality hard plastic. The minor disadvantages of this boxed kit are if you are a bit too eager to get the swords loose you can easily snap one in half as these are really thin. The other disadvantage is the weak link between the feet of some of the models and their integral bases. But as said these disadvantages are very minor!
I will now show some miniatures I've assembled using about 2/3 of the boxed kit, the miniatures may not look as Beja or other Sudanese tribes as I tried to make them look like some sort of Arab slaver caravan or Arab pirates. The first miniatures I've assembled were the command miniatures including a drummer, flagbearer and commander. All of these miniatures are very well detailled and especially the commander has turned out well!
The rest of the miniatures I've divided in three groups of eight of which two have handweapons such as swords and spears while the other group has been equiped with captured Remington rifles. The first picture represent one of the handweapon groups which will see extensive action against the British crown colonies of Mbuij Mayi!
The second group of Arab slavers with handweapons, you may notice that some of the miniatures have been assembled with Beja heads. These miniatures are intended to be mercenaries drawn from the fierce Beja tribes of the Sudan. These mercenaries however few in number have been in Arab service for several years as they hate the British colonists the most!
The last group gives the Arab contigent enough firing power to deal with native warriors or the British army. Equipped with the Remington rifles they captured in the Sudan and by boarding British supply vessels, they are among the best riflemen in Arab service. I had the intention to have at least two groups armed with rifles but the box only contained eight of them.
As last a picture of the entire Arab slave/ pirate contigent which will be used in several games as opponents or allies for my British colonial force. Remember this is only 2/3 of the boxed kit, the other miniatures will be saved for conversions or new projects!
I hope you enjoyed this small update,
Greets,
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