"Perry Miniatures: Mahdist Ansar - 1930's Pulp suitability??" Topic

Hi. I am starting to pull together 28mm figures for 1930's Pulp adventure gaming. So far during lockdown we have been playing Savage Worlds RPG online using Discord. But when Covid restrictions are eased I am hoping we can resume at gaming club with miniatures and terrain.

For players character's adventurers, sidekicks, contacts etc I have got ten packs together of Bob Murch's marvellous Pul Figures range, mainly his PHP Heroes and Personalities packs.

Painted excellently by Matt Slade from Glenbrook Games Painting Service. I will try and share when some pictures when I have a moment.

What I am wanting to do next is use some of awesome Perry Miniatures 28mm plastics to fill out opposing hordes of nameless minions for our plucky player character guys and gals to face off against. So far my friend is running the four of us through Egyptians catacombs. Great fun!!

Our Pulp RPG campaign is set in 1930's.

One of the first Perry Miniatures 28mm plastics was Mahdist Ansar – these are described as Sudanese Tribesmen 1881-1885.

My question is how suitable would these to represent 1930's Sudanese tribes?? And if so, are their particular options in the box I should go for and/or avoid?

I gather 8 fihures per box set come with a gun (I presume two per sprue). Tha would still leave the bulk of the figures in the box with spear or spear and shield. I fugured they could still well represent rural tribes or cultists.

I don't know much about 1930's Sudan, so I have no idea if these would work in the context of a Pulp adventures game.

Thanks

James

I think that is a great idea. I have the box and assembled them but they still need paint.

Cool – thanks

I think the Perry plastic Ansar would suit your purpose very well. I suspect Sudanese costume would not have changed that much from 1880's to 1930's? Note the head options too, you can choose Beja/Fuzzy Wuzzy hair or Nile Arabs. And you would also have a good start on colonial gaming, should you ever decide to go that way.

For what your after I think would be fine. Pictures of the British campaigns in somalia ,in 1920, against the "mad mullah" show Somali still dressed much as they where 50 years earlier. Plenty of Central African people's are photographed between the wars still wearing traditional dress.I don't see why the Sudanese would be any different and even if they where it's pulp which calls more for the expected look than reality, imo, so Egypt means Fez.

You could look at kit bashing using some Gripping Beast Arabs and bolt action plastics for more variety and that Indiana Jones Arabs with SMGs look.

Also don't forget Southern Sudan is very diffent and has plenty of interesting local people so you could use Copplestone's Darkest Africa Dinka or Shilluk pretty much as is in the 1930s as both are genuine south Sudanese people's.

Don't forget that some of the ‘extras' who took part in Korda's version of THE FOUR FEATHERS were veterans of the Battle of Omdurman, and wore their normal clothes for the film.

They would be fine, but they need rifles.