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I know I seldom post nowadays, but I'm not Idle. The Malian project has seen some attention with the first two units now being finished:
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| Mandinke Bowmen |
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| Fulani Javelinmen |
Both units feature varying degrees of GreenStuff work, and represent my best efforts to research and represent a largely overlooked nation. The bases are modelling clay, painted, much like the Scicilian Normans I did last year; I used a fairly exotic range of GamersGrass tufts to get an exotic feel to the bases.
Next up is a fairly simple unit of Berber spearmen, one of the advantages of Mali from a gaming and modelling standpoint is that it was a culturally diverse empire with many troop types available to it. Down the line are cavalry and a novel command group; but they are a lot of scratchbuilding and some time away...
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