"Spanish for the Rif War" Topic
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| Richard Baber | 14 Sep 2019 1:08 a.m. PST |
Some new 28mm stuff over on my blog:
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| Kevin C | 14 Sep 2019 8:05 a.m. PST |
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jurgenation  | 14 Sep 2019 1:07 p.m. PST |
Richard these look great..are these from Rif Raf minis? |
| Richard Baber | 15 Sep 2019 4:34 a.m. PST |
No, these were sculpted by a guy in Scotland for himself, but then never released?? I was lucky enough to pick up the entire stock (about 3-400 figures a mix of Riffi and Legionnaires) a few yrs back :) I was planning eventually to batch them up and flog them off on Ebay, but I`ve become disillusioned with their selling fees (plus Paypal charges) and just can`t be arsed so they languish in a shoe box :( I`d lost my drive to paint and model and thought I`d do a few of these as change – they came out OK I think :) |
| Ragbones | 15 Sep 2019 8:05 a.m. PST |
I think they look terrific. The figures possess a lot of individual character. Thanks for posting! |
| Dave Jackson | 15 Sep 2019 10:05 a.m. PST |
remind me somewhat of 'Pass of the North" figures. |
| Richard Baber | 15 Sep 2019 10:43 a.m. PST |
Thanks guys, comments much appreciated More photos of both Legionnaires and Riffi here:
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| Henry Martini | 15 Sep 2019 8:32 p.m. PST |
It's a shame the sculptor didn't put them into production; they would have made for the most comprehensive and historically accurate Rif War range on the market. Many years ago I read a history of the Rif Wars, and I seem to recall that the book mentioned that El Krim had three battalions of regulars, but that he used them only for suppressing internal rebellions and not against the Spanish or French. |
| Richard Baber | 16 Sep 2019 1:33 a.m. PST |
The various tribes and clans only lent troops to El Krims war. There were set conscription time periods so flocks, fields, harvests could be looked after. There was a full time standing unit of Regulares, of roughly 1,000 men, these were used as cadre for the various harkas and warbands. |
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