People of the Grassland

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Progress on the Malians' has yet to reach the paint stage, but I did finish a fairly heavy conversion of another twelve miniatures:

 

These represent the various Savannah natives, converted to Islam in name at least, if not wholly in spirit.  Limited sources describe Javelin armed men, with a long spear, sometimes also bows and shields.  As there will be plenty of bowmen in the force I've opted to leave those off here, lest they appear armed to the teeth!  

These were originally Ila, from Northstar Miniatures Darkest Africa range; first order of the day being to chop off all their head dresses.  There was a lot of clean up on the models, due to a rather flashy mould, but the underlying sculpts are good, and physically, exactly appropriate.  

Upping my sculpting skills with furled headscarves and moulded leather shields, again based on a mix of limited primary sources and secondary interpretations.

That's two units ready to go under the brush.  My other major commitments are out the way (more on them soon) so I should press on!

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