I finished some camels from Castaway Arts yesterday. The pack camels are from TR8 Camel Caravan and the other two are TR9 Kneeling camels, unsaddled; both are found in the Baggage/Transport section of the web page.
They painted up nice enough, but what I thought was the hardest part was positioning the cargo on the camels. A quick email to Gerry at Castaway Arts pointed me in the right direction though. The camel caravan comes with a driver and guard, but I am unsure whether I'll use the driver at this point. I really like these camels and they will fill a very useful role in capture/escape scenarios or just good to spice up a scene. Although a little expensive, Castaway Arts have some really nice miniatures, and have always been very helpful. I have no problems recommending them - plus they're Australian! I have my eye on some of their beautiful pack mules next. (Click the images to enlarge)
They painted up nice enough, but what I thought was the hardest part was positioning the cargo on the camels. A quick email to Gerry at Castaway Arts pointed me in the right direction though. The camel caravan comes with a driver and guard, but I am unsure whether I'll use the driver at this point. I really like these camels and they will fill a very useful role in capture/escape scenarios or just good to spice up a scene. Although a little expensive, Castaway Arts have some really nice miniatures, and have always been very helpful. I have no problems recommending them - plus they're Australian! I have my eye on some of their beautiful pack mules next. (Click the images to enlarge)
The camel caravan
The kneeling camels
A Pathan and his camel
(Foundry 28mm for comparison)
(Foundry 28mm for comparison)
Those beasts look great. I'm thinking of getting some camel troops for a "Napoleon in Egypt" campaign someday. Dean
ReplyDeleteExcellent work on the camels!
ReplyDeleteLovely camels
ReplyDeletewhich one of the kneeling camels is called Humphrey ?
-- Allan
Thanks for the comments guys.
ReplyDeleteHad to Google Humphrey tidders - but I can now comfortably say whichever one you like!